Copper pipes often run behind walls. While you were installing a new mirror or TV, you might have pushed a nail in the copper pipe. This can lead to water damage and needs to be fixed. In this post, we will outline how you can repair this. Overall, this is quite easy to do. Let’s …
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You might assume that plumbing for a bathroom vanity must go through the wall. After all, how else could you get water and drain pipes into it? However, there’s in most cases no rule that forbids you from installing your vanity plumbing through the floor instead. In fact, doing so has some advantages. If you’re …
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You have just finished repainting your home to give it a fresh look. You have also repainted all the pipes that are exposed and visible. But you suddenly notice some copper pipes have some paint on them too. You try scraping off the paint, but it is not coming off. What do you do now? …
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Fixing a leak in a water pipe can be difficult if there is no shut-off valve nearby. The water keeps flowing and this can result in a lot of damage. Luckily there are water pipe freezing machines. These machines freeze the water in the pipe and stop the water. This allows you to work on …
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PEX is a popular material to install water pipes and heating. It can be a good idea to add insulation to the PEX pipe as this holds the heat in the pipe and saves on energy. This is easy to do and every homeowner in colder climates should do it. Let’s take a look at …
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PEX is a great material if you want to install indoor plumbing. Sometimes you want to keep the existing copper pipes though. Connecting both is quite easy as you can just solder a special attachment to the copper pipe. In some places, it can be hard to solder though. Even if you don’t want to …
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Installing a new toilet is a DIY project that can give your bathroom a facelift. But, it’s not as simple as it looks. Installing a new toilet requires a water supply, which means you’ll need to open the wall. You also need to install drains so that wastewater from the toilet can travel outside your …
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PEX has become more popular in the past few years. It is a cheap and easy-to-use material. Steel and copper were harder to handle. Plumbers are able to work more efficiently with PEX. DIY’ers can install their own plumbing as well given that PEX is quite straightforward to work with. Let’s take a look at …
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The purpose of a water meter is to measure the amount of water used in a home. A water meter reads the number of gallons of water used per day. This information is then sent to the water utility and the bill is calculated accordingly. If a water meter is leaking, the water will continually …
Well water pressure is the force with which a water well pumps water up to a home. The higher the pressure, the faster the water will flow from the well. Well water pressure can also be affected by other factors, like the type of pump, maintenance of the pump, dirt in the well, the topography …
