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Soaking Tub Dech Mounted Faucet - Rusty water when using Hot
The house was built in1993. The hot water heater was more than likely replaced at some point. I've lived here for 3 years, and don't know the prior history. The prior homeowner gave me a stack of receipts and manuals, but there is nothing on the HW heater.

At some point, I believe the fill spout and 2 independent control knobs were updated for a style change. I've tri...

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Sink tailpiece washer problem
I replaced the strainer basket on a double bowl kitchen sink and the tailpiece flange washer now partially blocks off the 4 drain slots in the basket. What have I fricked up? See the attached picture.

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DIYer
- working on plumbing since I was 8 to 10 yo, starting with clogged bathroom P-traps clean-outs. I've done faucet repair/replacement. Toilets, garbage disposal, sump pumps, and I have snaked the septic line too many times. Plumbing isn't my favorite, but I generally have been successful.

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Extending tub drain to get out of the way of floor joist
This is the way the tub drain was installed probably when the house was built 1920. They didn't create a plumbers box which is what I plan to do.

Currently the drain runs to a tee that pickups up the drain pipe - not seen in the picture.

My plan was to cut the joist back to the vertical red line (far left line) and keep the plumbing run as it is but now I thin...

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My Thoughts about "Gather"
Gather? What's Gather????

I've been laid up in bed for the past few months, so every morning I use my cell phone to read what's going on in the plumbers forum.

Now I can no longer access the plumbers forum without first going to "Gather". So it looks like I am SOL unless I crawl out of bed and go to my desktop.

Too bad because I really like this foru...

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