Recent content by dgibson

thanks - i will let it stand 2-3 more hours and then go "live", although we are on vacation next week so i may wait till next weekend upon return to actually fill with water. i am a DIY'er and did the entire 3/2/2, adding a new hose bib and shop sink in the garage, 100% alone so i am pretty...

i ave finally go to the pressure stage. 2 shower connections and one hose bib have only end plugs, otherwise all angle stops are in so are in the test. i have pressured up to 70 psi (funny, i took the air off at 65 psi and it climbed to 71, i assume the pex expanded a little then recovered?)...

just finished laying out the supply line, and all the drops are done on my DIY Uponor aquaplex total house replumb! just a matter of punching out all the connections and securing tubing etc. the fun stuff, all the grunting and groaning and four letter words are DONE. one question - i decided...

i am repiping my whole house on my own, its not exactly rocket surgery but there are some nuances. talking with the Ferguson plumbing supply folks who are supportive and encouraging, and they agreed with my observation that plumbing is deceptively easy at times yet deceptively difficult at other...

talking to a plumber in line at the supply store and he said that spraying pex down with a coat of wd-40 will keep rodents and squirrels from chewing on it for years. has anyone done or heard of this? i assume the pex wont degrade from wd-40??

allright - slowly but surely making progress! i have made all the drops for the bathrooms. my problem was like my friends - overthinking it. no reason to totally replace the old pipe, just run the new stuff wherever you can get it to go to get to the desired location and be done with it. drain...

i had my house painted with Behr exterior satin. the hardie siding has an uneven luster when viewed at an angle, so we added another coat to no avail - all sprayed on. same paint/painter/sprayer on the garage door did not show this problem after just one coat. the hardie is primed, so that...

very nice document, thanks for the link! however, it tends to keep me siming for the homerun system. their take is that hot water is actually faster with HR, you disagree? another interesting thing is that the original owner had the water heater installed in the attic of all places, but being...

thanks all. and yes, pipes here are in the attic so when the galvanized pipes develop a pinhole leak you have ceiling sheetrock to repair, worse if they freeze and break of course but that is rare. we rarely get below 28 or so, although one winter we had an extended freeze when many people were...

curious to hear any reviews/testimonials. i am having quotes from Solatube and Velux brands - any opinions? i figured i would rather pay a bit more and have good warranty backing as opposed to the DIY home depot variety. something just tweaks my stomach when i think about cutting a hole in my...

i am considering replacing the 30-yr old horizontal pipes in my attic (Houston, Tx - they do it that way here) and my remodeler recommended using Quest but i find nothing but negative talk about it - apparently it was recalled some years back and there are lawsuits etc - have they improved the...

Houston, Texas - I have recessed light cans in my kitchen, and am planning to blow in Greenfiber insulation in my attic after i am finished installing the radiant barrier on the underside of the rafters. For each light can I have made a 14" tall protective cylinder made out of sheet metal...