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We've been living in a 100-year-old house for 45-years with about every ten years an occasional clog which I've been able to clear with a rented 50-foot snake. This weekend, life as we knew it came to an end. The rented snake didn't do it. A pro-rooter stringing two 125-foot snakes together...

On another thread, a pro maintenance plumber says he always uses Sharkbite for repairs and they'll last as long as copper fitting repairs. While I'm old school enough to wonder about that, what say you other pros? What does Sharkbite claim? jack vines

All I know about plumbing, I learned helping my father, a forty-year United Steelworkers pipefitter at US Steel. He worked a lot of overtime, but in his few off hours, he donated his labor as a church tithe, helping to build new churches and helping members home plumbing problems. He always...

FWIW, I've been working on, in and around home plumbing for fifty years. I'd have said I know my way around common repairs and construction. The daughter's sink drain clogged. It's old iron pipe and for whatever reason in the construction, a snake wouldn't make the 90-downturn in the wall...

We have a one-year-old Bradford-White 65 gallon Defender dual in/out unit which serves both domestic hot water and radiant floor heat in one room. Leaving for a week, we turned down the radiant heat thermostat and there was no domestic hot water use. Upon return, we found water in the...

I've used Bradford White water heaters for many years and believe them to be a reasonably good product. However, their policies makes it difficult for the DIY to compare potential installations. Any suggestions as to how to where to find actual costs and average retail-to-customer markups...

Our Bradford-White 65gal CombiCore heater failed a pinhole leak in the bottom of the tank and I had to temporarily install a 55gal Whirlpool while the B-W was being ordered. In the same position, on the same exhaust ducting, the Whirlpool burner exhaust is noticeably louder than the B-W...

Based upon what I've been reading here, it seems we've gotten exceptional service from our 65 gal Bradford White CombiCore domestic/radiant combination water heater. It's lasted 15 years with a water softener attached. Just last week, it began leaking. Second thing I've learned from...