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  1. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Sewer camera wanted

    Thanks guys for all the advice you given so far. In 2-3 months i open my company,does anyone have a mainline sewer camera with monitor and locator for sale or recommends a good but cheap one inline to start?
  2. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Need help finding parts

    Thanks in advance, anyone know were I can find some of theses old drain and water tubes for this toilet?
  3. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Need help too not look like a newbie

    I’m headed no to this job in one hour, what’s the first think you guys would check with out opening walls?
  4. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Tub to shower conversion of

    Hey guys I'm in the beginning of converting a tub to shower in a slap house( my moms) my question is . Does the whole shower need wet board for the moister. Or only the wall near the shower?
  5. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Water heater help

    Thanks in advance. Would you guys know why a two year old water heater would put out hot water one day then cold the next day. It's in a restaurant 50 gallon gas.
  6. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Toilet help

    If toilet bolts are 11" from finished wall base board,will a standart 12" rough fit in ? the only journeyman available at the moment(my least favorite ) said no, But I want a different opinion, thanks in advance.
  7. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Vent help

    Hi guys thanks in advance. So my journeyman doesn't know how to explain to me , why my set up for vent is bad and his is ok. I'm more then glad do to it the right way but just want to know why? What's you're opinion? Green = wc waste Blue= vent My choice is the top picture using a long sweep...
  8. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Copper or pex

    What do you guys prefer for a house repipe copper or pex?
  9. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Water repipe

    Hi guys thanks in advance . I am going to do my first house repipe this weekend and besides beign worryed as f , I have a few questions 1,too repipe back to back shower valves,with shower and spout , what is my best option for Access ? Meaning do I cut Sheetrock near toilet , do I cut off...
  10. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Sloan valve constant running

    Hi guys two part question here. so I ran into a remodel going on where all new Sloan valves and toilets were replaced on men's and women's back to back restroom . Two Sloan valves leak from the diaphram cap which I fixed by lowering the pressure on the angle stop and a toilet keeps...
  11. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Boring through steel stud

    Hi guys what's you're best method of boring steel studs to run two inch pipe.. I know there's an expensive tool that does , but is there any other way ?
  12. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Low hot water pressure

    Thanks in advance guys... A residential two bathroom house has low hot water in one bathroom on the shower and lavi.. The customer said the last plumber blow out the water line with an air compressor . Do any of you recommend this ?and if so what are the steps in doing that? Any preoctions? Also...
  13. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Cold/hot water heater help

    Hi guys thanks in advance.especially you frodo😃 . I was replacing a water heater and when removing the supply lines I felt cold water in the hot water outlet and hot water in the cold water inlet . So I assumed a miss connection from previous plumber . I grabbed a 5 gallon bucket and...
  14. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Venting question

    Hi thanks in advance. I ran into a trap arm that has two 45' on it , and I asked one of our senior plumbers if that's ok to leave alone , he said it's fine to just leave those alone,, do you guys agree with him..I even read on a book that that's against code.but I'll rather have a professionals...
  15. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Pro press help

    Thanks in advance . My company has a ridgit pro press and I'm wondering if we can use it on soft copper . Our senior plumbers don't know .
  16. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Jacuzzi bathtub waste and overflow washer

    The other day I installed a standard beveled washer in a jacuzzi bathtub ( the fat part facing down) the old washer was a flat one, which I would have used again but I lost it . Any ways my splashing water test showed no leak age but it's a weak test . Also when tightening the beveled washer it...
  17. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Copper question

    Hi guys , does anyone know what kind of fittings/ connections these are and how they work ? Thank you in advance . These were found on top of a 80 gallon water heater
  18. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Copper help

    I love using no stop couplings , but some times they are very hard to slide in the pipe and to slide out . Sometimes they are very easy and slide right in . Do you guys know why that is? Is it manufacture problem , not enough sanding, the way I'm cutting the pipe ? Thank you very much for...
  19. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Help big puzzle

    So the initial call was for a kitchen line back up in the second floor of a three story condominium complex . I ran a 3|8 cable down the trap arm of the kitchen at about 20to 30 feet my cable didn't go any more I hit something that keep binding up my cable . I cabled for about 1 hour viciously...
  20. ExtraMilePlumbing

    Help

    I ran into a water heater that keeps turning off when ever there is a storm. There is water near the burner and under the water heater. The water heater is one year old . Does any one know what the problem is ? Thanks
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