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Okay Tom (and anyone else),
Below is the final diagram of what I chose to do. The first picture shows the line up from the washer. I used a barbed steel connector (chromed, from Ace Hardware, see...

Thanks for all your help over the years Tom. All the best.

Let me first answer some of my own questions and let me know if I'm correct. You need a vent to prevent a p-trap from siphoning. You need a p-trap to prevent sewer gases from entering the building....

Okay, so let's say I go with this one. Note the check valve at the base of the discharge outlet on the washer. Would you put it elsewhere? Why do I not need a vent, wet or otherwise? Any other...

It means it is 92.5% silver. Which is usually sterling silver.

Tom, thanks for pushing me to think. Here are two ideas (see the crude attached drawings).

The first has the washer push the waste water up into the joists where it attaches to a sloping drain...

10 hours there and 11 hours back. The distance to the maintenance area was 2200 miles.

No, I'll be doing it undercover.

No, I will not be pulling a permit.

No, the kitchen sink is vented through an AAV. There was an original roof vent that is still there, but the pipe is embedded in the wall and a challenge to get to (although if it were a deal breaker...

Hi Tom,

Sorry for the delay, I was out of town for the weekend. See the attached drawing. So, the washer will go in the basement. The closest drain is 14 feet away (I said 18', but just...

Sounds good. Sorry for the ignorance, but a few questions.

-So I would hook the washer outlet hose (with an extension to get the 7 feet I need) to the top of a standpipe which would then drop to...

Thanks,
There is a kitchen sink that feeds into a 3" drain line about 7 feet up (thus the need for a pump) and 18 feet across from where the washer will discharge. The problem is that that sink...

I am installing a washer in my basement (that has no waste line access) and was thinking of adding a utility sink and then installing an enclosed laundry pump under, such as one of these, to deal...

Thanks for your response. I believe there is only the video card that comes out, as there is no video VGA output on the mainboard. FYI this is a no-brand computer that was put together locally and...

I'm trying to trouble shoot an older computer I inherited. I am completely new to PCs. At any rate it has two problems that are possibly relateed.
1. The image the monitor (I have tried 2...

Thanks. I guess one of many issues for me is, 1) I don't know exactly WHEN I might be moving (my wife is finishing her degree next May, and we might move shortly thereafter or stay a few years...

Have been a teacher for many years and am now getting into teaching Educ. Courses at the college level. I want to begin pursuing a doctorate (preferably Ph.D. Ed.D. fine too). Problem is I will be...

Have been a teacher for many years and am now getting into teaching Educ. Courses at the college level. I want to begin pursuing a doctorate (preferably Ph.D. Ed.D. fine too). Problem is I will be...

Hi,
I am planning an addition to the back of my house, aprox. 28' x 32'. My current house is built on wood joists and is about 14-16" above grade. I am trying to figure out the best foundation to...

I've installed a few toilets and I always get different answers from different sources on this. Should the toilet flange be at the same height as the surrounding floor level or should it be slightly...

Thanks Tom,
Do you ever need to woory about flooding with the AAV, if for example you had a seriously clogged drain?
Thanks, Jesse

I would like to add a washer hook-up in a utility room that I have. It is on the 1st floor of a 2 story home. Directly above it is a bathroom, so I have hot and cold water lines in the wall. As...

I just finished intaling a baseboard heater and I have a question that has been nagging me. The heater is on 240 circuit. So, I ran 12/2 and used the black and white to run my two hot wires as is...

Thanks.
Do they sell small subpanels for one breaker?
Thanks. Jesse

I want to place a 240V electric base board heater in a room. In the adjacent room I have a conveniently placed electric wall oven by itself on a 50 Amp circuit with 8 gauge wire. The oven is only...

Thanks for the idea, I'll check it out.

Okay... I can understand the reason for doing everything right.. but...

-I don't plan on using the bare ground wire as a neutral. I was going to use the bare wire as the interconnect between the...

My basic problem is that when I roughed in the wiring for the circuit that powers my smoke detectors, somehow I managed to use 14/2 between two of the boxes. Everything else was on 14/3 so I could...

One of my tenants is interested in buying the property she lives in, but can't do it through traditional means. The property has two houses each bringing in $700/month. It is worth 200,000 or so. ...

Here is another question:

Everyone says that 240V baseboard heaters are more efficient than 120V?

Is a 48" 120V heater pulling 1000 watts at 8.4 amps really less efficient than the same size at...

Why do you only need to run 12/2 wire. Is a neutral wire unnecessary?
Thanks for your time.
Jesse

Hi,
I am installing two baseboard heaters in an additionn (two separate rooms). I will be running new wire and putting them on the same circuit. The heaters will be 48" 240V rated at 1000 Watts...

Hi Tom,
1)Switching the shower with the toilet would put it in the middle in an awkward place, so if I can get away without moving the shower, it would be best. I don't mind switching the sink and...

Okay, here is a revised picture. It shows the red main outside the house. The main is ceramic, 80+ years old, with an ID of 4+". There is absolutely no plumbing in the bathroom now, I tore...

Hi, check out the attached layout of the bathroom. The house is one story, with a crawlspace. The only other line that exists is a 2" from the kitchen.
Jesse

I am doing the rough-in on a bathroom remodel (trying to save some money). It is actually 2 small bathrooms back to back that share a 2x6 common wall - sink, toilet, shower with the mirror image on...