Recent content by jfls45

I've just purchased a new Goodman heat pump and Air Handler. The air handler has a ECM fan motor and the brochure says the fan speed is variable. I'm guessing with the Comfortnet thermostat which costs about 379 dollars. It is a touchscreen etc.. I am wondering if there is a plain...

I've pulled out an old 7/8" R-22 lineset and am replacing with a 1 1/8" R-410A lineset. I'm running the new lineset myself and a local HVAC guy is going to complete the install of my new heat pump and air handler. My first question involves bending the new lineset and installing the same...

Ok, I understand what your saying about the check valve. I am going to remove the gate or flapper and put it back on so I still have the pressure switch, unless you have a better way to pipe this up? What are your thoughts about installing a Pro-Plumber Sediment filter in the supply side of...

If no check valve, where would I attach my pressure switch so the pump knows when to run? What is your reason for not having a check valve here? If I eliminated the junk inline filter, how do filter out sediment? The gadget on the wall is something I would assume you would reckognize...

For the last week or so I have noticed an intermittent loud hammering in the supply pipe coming from the pump. I can hear it about 30-40 feet away from where the pressure tank is located somewhere up inside the finished basement ceiling. I just installed two strong clamps to hold the pipe in...

Plumb a shower drain into a floor drain that goes into a gray water system. Cutting that terracotta pipe was pretty hard. I tried using a carbide blade on my reciprocating saw with not much progress. I ended up notching the pipe with the air chisel and smoothing it out with a grinding wheel. (I...

I could use some more advice with installing this p-trap... Is there a certain length for the inlet pipe into the p-trap, should it be long enough to hold enough water to push through the trap? Is it ok to backfill around this pipe (ABS) with sand? How do I get a downward slope with my...

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So are you a plumber or a "code inspector"? This floor drain goes into my graywater field. I don't see a problem hooking up to it and I am not about to break up 6 feet of concrete to tie into whatever type of drain you say which I don't have anyways, I have an on-lot sewer system. This is...

After all the great advice you guys gave me I am in the process of breaking out the concrete. Let me tell you this much, it is 5 inches thick and full of stones. This is not a quick and easy task. My hats off to you guys who do this stuff for a living. As for the previous posts harrassing...

I am installing a round shower base and need to elevate it a couple of inches or so to make room for the drain piping. What are some of the ways I can raise up the base without building a square base? I want the shape of the base to match the shape of the arc in this picture. Jeff

your wrong on the black iron pipe. its actually black pvc pipe

replacing the galvinized elbow, the black pvc, all of that isn't an issue, I can go to my local hardware and get the right pipe, what my question is, if I jackhammer up the concrete, what do I do with the cast iron pipe? It seems like alot of unnecessary work. How about finding a "grandfather...

Something tells me I would appreciate your input while your standing in my basement bathroom giving me advice. Some of these other guys I can almost picture the exposed crack as their t-shirt (that doesn't fit and has holes in it) rides up their back. A bunch of them sound like they want to be...

sound like a bunch of lawyers plumber lawyers. glad I'm a controls engineer