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I live close to a community college and they offer a maintanence technology degree, they offer 2 classes in plumbing.... The first one is basic plumbing which meets for 5 hours a day for 8 weeks. The next one is commercial plumbing which meets for 5 hours a day for 8 weeks Do you...

If I bought the materials he used at Home Depot it would be 35-40 dollars, He provided those. I was under that sink for about 2 hours and tried to do it myself, and it wasn't as easy as appeared on youtube and in books I have read. My dad said you don't need a plumber for that job...

A plumber came out today and took care of the job. He changed 2 water valves, 2 faucet connectors and installed a faucet for me that I purchased. The job took him 1.5 hours and he charged me $200. My dad said he ripped me off and it should have been(120-140 tops). I thought the price was...

I tried that. The sad thing is I could not even remove the old faucet. Everything is wound up very tight, I could not even remove the bolt with a basin wrench. The bolt is huge and basin wrench hardly fits over. I tried w40 and still can't get it. Very frustrating

I was attempting to changed kitchen faucet. The bolts on the water lines were so tight that I believe I may have damaged the water valve (were the water shuts off under sink) I have the water valve off but I still have a leak. Any one have any idea how I screwed up and how I could fix it. Will...

I have a slow toilet leak, I shut off the water and it takes about 1 hour for my tank to empty. I changed the flapper and it's still leaking. What to do?

Today I came home from work and I noticed that I had a leak in my ceiling. Not a horrible leak, but it has been dripping through ceiling for about 45 minutes. I believe it may be coming from shower and noticed it needs to be caulked. My wife took a 30 minute shower about 30 minutes...

Thank you so much, I got it to flush properly will get a new flapper for good measure!

Thank you so much, I adjusted the fill valve to the proper height and there is more water in tank and flush is more powerful. The problem now is that flapper still closes too quickly. I adjusted the chain back and forth (longer and shorter and its still closes to quickly. Could the flapper be...

Yeah, I know a guy who is a heating and cooling guy and he said the exact same thing. I would think for some one who is as un handy as me it would help.

This is the class description for the basic plumbing course Covers working knowledge and basic plumbing skills for installations and maintenance. Provides experience in pipe material selection, assembly, and tools commonly used by plumbers in their daily work.

I am not looking to do side jobs or have a career in plumbing. Am just looking to become a little handier and learn the basics. Obviously you tube helps and forums such as this. I am at the point in my life were I would like to be a little handier and there is a community college not far...

Thanks so much for that. I lifted the locking ring, but it still doesn't seem that I can raise the shaft. It feels like its locked and if I raise it I will break it. Do I twist the bottom or mid part of the shaft? Will try it tonight!

I am having the exact same problem as we speak!

Also can I remove plastic screw and put it back on? Again I am scared of breaking it.

My uncle put in a fluid master fill valve for my mother in law. The problem after a few days is the toilet tank doesn't fill up enough and the pressure when flushing is weak due to a lack of water. I believe the fill valve needs to be adjusted about an inch higher. Is there any way I can...