Recent content by JohnchambersJr

Heat tape or open up the wall into the bumpout so the heated air from the kitchen area can enter into the space. Unless you have extreme prolonged freezing, opening the space up to internal heated air should be sufficient. You might put a grill register over the opening to make it more cosmetic.

The previous repies were the best way to go. Make sure you use a tye-seal and not any of the couplings that you pictured. I concure with the answer about removing the original joint; do not stress and crack it! Be patient and for you I would recommend drilling it out. You may not be aware...

Hot water tanks have a rod in them that is called a sacrificial anode. It takes any attack due to current and conduction in your hot water tank and prevents the attack from deteriorating the tank. The current attacks the rod as is is "easier." The older your tank and as mentioned above, your...

I have not looked at any of the previous reply postings. I just happened to notice this tonight. I don't know what cold is but I would look at you safety cicuits that insure certain things happen before other things can. There are vacumn and pressure systems that insure that it is safe for...

Your question is interesting. Why do you want to isolate your boiler every day? Are you wondering if you are loosing water? If so, a quicker way to do it is to introduce water a raise the pressure. As someone else said, you should have a automatic self feed makeup water valve. This is a...

I am leasing a house with a one year old Frigidaire "Professional" series dishwasher. I own a plumbing company and have checked the drain routing and made sure the knockout is removed at the dishwsher. There isno air -gap. It will not drain. I have run it through multiple cycles with the...