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RE: How far can gravity-fed laundry water reach across a sloped yard?
Knowing there’s a permitted fallback - or that laundry use has to pause - would matter more to my confidence than reaching every planting area. If that fallback is clear, I’d be more comfortable considering a pump for a ...
RE: single vs double sink vanity - worth the extra plumbing hassle?
A sound installation can make the added plumbing fairly manageable, but it doesn’t remove the fact that there’s another fixture to maintain. I wouldn’t rule out a double vanity on that basis alone; I’d accept the modest ...
RE: Making sure your home’s pipes are up to code - how I do it
I totally get wanting to avoid waste, but I always wonder - how do you decide when a valve is “old enough” to swap? Like, is there a magic number of years or just visual cues? I’ve cleaned up some pretty gnarly ones and ...