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RE: What should a water-saving toilet replacement quote include?
Yes - the price difference and whether the rest of the work is unchanged would help isolate the substitution. I’d also want the revised total shown, so I can compare what I’d actually pay rather than having to calculate ...
RE: What should a water-saving toilet replacement quote include?
For a supply or drain adjustment that may not be needed, I’d want the quote to say what the allowance covers and whether unused funds are credited. If it’s instead a possible extra, ask for the trigger and how the price ...
RE: When is it time to swap out old pipes?
That’s exactly how it went down for me too - one little drip turned into a full-blown plumbing adventure. I tried the “just fix this bit” approach with my copper lines, but after the third pinhole leak in as many months,...
RE: my shower's gone rogue and sprays everywhere but down
Funny how a tiny crack can cause chaos. Had a shower arm that looked fine, but water was shooting out sideways - turned out the threads were so chewed up, even pipe dope barely helped. Ended up swapping the arm. Sometime...
RE: Half flush never seems to work right - am I missing something?
Man, this is so true. I once spent an entire Saturday convinced my flush valve was defective, only to realize the tank wasn’t filling high enough because the fill valve float was catching on a bit of old plumber’s tape. ...
RE: Gravel or pipe? Weird things I learned about backyard drainage
I totally get where you’re coming from with the “burrito-style” wrap. I did almost the exact same thing a few years back after seeing a neighbor’s French drain get clogged up with mud and roots - he had to dig the whole ...