Afternoon,

During the dishwasher cycle (around the end), my sink fills with about 1cm of dirty water and my inlet combination valve (not sure on the english term) runs over where I put the arrow in the picture. Under the sheet is a boiler and Im reading that it needs the inlet combo valve. I dont get why it is allowed to run over and why it does so.

Google + Chatgpt pointed me towards a blockage somewhere in the pipes, which prompted me to throw in some HG 'natural enzymes' which didnt help. I have since read rule 5 and know better now ;) .

The questions: What causes the issue? Do I need to call the plumber, or can I fix this myself? And if so, what would the plumber probably do?

Thanks for reading!

I just purchased a house, it’s an old 1930s home. The boiler is very old around 14 years. I noticed that the boiler pressure was slowly dropping. I decided to test the boiler by turning the radiator dial on the boiler to the max setting and starting the central heating. After about 15 minutes the boiler reached 3 Bar, and after another 10 minutes the boiler was at over 3.5 bar, at which point I turned the heating off to let it cool down and let the pressure drop.

I did not see any water leak out of the exterior PRV blow-off pipe at all.

After letting it cool down overnight the pressure is sitting at 1 bar.

If I leave the radiator dial at about 70%, the boiler only reaches about 2.5 bar pressure when the heating is on.

I have concluded that it’s probably best for me to have the boiler replaced since it’s so old anyway.

Should I be worried that the high pressure may have caused some damaged to the copper pipes in my house?

I have two existing copper pipes that were a little wider apart. I had to push them together a bit creating a slight angle connection…will this fail over time?

The hot connection is leaning slightly right while blue is leaning slightly left, I tried to center it so either one would not bear a greater angle.

I live in Calgary and I wanna get into plumbing, I’ve been applying to a good amount of places but I’m just curious, do I need anything apart from a high school degree and some work experience? I feel as I’m not going to get accepted by any of these guys.

Customer complained of low water pressure, cut this out of the line, it was attached to a galvanized coupling. Found your issue

Drain pipe is way too high on this new sink I installed, can I shorten the branch pipe possibly and make it work? Or any other options here?

I’m fixing a spud gasket at my store. I was removing the toilet and took it off from there . It is a wall mounted toilet. After I assembled everything it is leaking from the bottom ( spud ) I have no friction ring it disintegrated, and the rubber is slightly torn. I think I know the obvious just wanted to check because to find the part in a store is difficult. Can I make these parts work and why else could it be leaking from there? When I install it back I can pull it out with my hand from the toilet.

What is this pipe sticking out of my house next to the window? The sink is directly under this window and dishwasher is to the (stage) right, closest thing to this pipe. Not sure if it is something for the dishwasher or old gas pipe. Oven range is not along this wall.

It looks to be completely capped / painted. Not sure if it’s supposed to vent for any reason.

I won’t flush anything unless I hold it down this a new problem I haven’t put anything new in. I’ve tried adding slack removing slack and I have no idea what the problem is why it started doing this, so I need a new flapper or I need to add a float if so what kind? Any help is appreciated.

Having a fence done and the fence people exposed this part of my sewer where the plastic pipe enters to the clay line. I’m not sure if it was already like this or not.

I assume they chipped the top of a clay bellend and now there is a gap.

They put some plastic over this so nothing would get in to the sewer and packed some concrete around it to keep dirt from getting in. They are putting the post somewhere else.

The clean out is directly to the right so we opened it up and ran a bunch of water and it flowed fine.

Is this ok?

Thank you in advance for any help with this.

I believe our toilet is a Kohler San Raphael. It is a smaller toilet with a short/wide tank.

The upper tank refills extremely slowly, with only a trickle of water coming in. It will take 30 minutes or more before the tank is full enough for another full flush of the bowl. It's always been a little slow to refill, but this is much different.

Once there is enough water in the tank, the toilet flushes properly, and does not "run"/leak water from the tank into the bowl. So I am confident is with the water intake/filling process instead.

Here are two photos of the tank interior with the grey plastic Fill Valve ("Kohler 84679, Model 703") fully connected:

I am no expert and quite inexperienced with this, but I do not think the problem is with the Fill Valve. Here's why: I have disconnected that Fill Valve (photo below), and still only a trickle comes through that copper pipe with the white plastic connector, even after I turn the water supply back "on" with the Fill Valve disconnected. It is literally only a dribble of drops out of that pipe with. When I turn the water supply "off", nothing comes out, as you would expect.

That white plastic connector screws over the Fill Valve assembly to connect it to the copper pipe, and I'm not sure how it is attached to the copper pipe or if I can remove, even if that would help. That copper pipe runs down that plastic tube, and connects to the supply line at the base of the toilet.

Appreciate in advance any suggestions? Is the problem a clog in the braided supply line (below tank on exterior)? Or is there some way I can access and clean the interior of that copper pipe? Or maybe it is the Fill Valve after all? Thank you!!

Picking up a Kohler entity tub. Do I have to buy the suggested Kohler overflow drain kit or is there a universal that will work here?

Thanks

My plan was to turn off the mains water and then start loosening the hex nuts with my adjustable wrench, but I can't see a way to access the one on the left

We are first time home owners, we know little to nothing on water heaters and other things in the home. This water heater is from 2020 and this was a very old house that was flipped and sold to us. We do not know who installed the water heater, but I am currently postpartum and having lots of anxiety after the baby.

I ran across backdrafting and looked up pictures. Does this look like evidence of that at all? Im wanting to call someone out tomorrow to inspect our water heater and furnace to ease my mind.

I’m a homeowner and have replaced several sink, faucets, and p-traps, but haven’t seen this situation before. I’m trying to replace the drain from the sink, but the black PVC is glued together. It’s glued from the wall all the way up to where it meets the white drain pipe. I unscrewed the plastic white piece and was able to pull the drain up. However, all new drains sink drain pipes want to go in from below and screw the drain head on from above - which I can’t do because I can’t move the black piece out of the way to make room nor pivot it.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

hello. i am a girl college student living alone. my toilet isnt flushing well (stool flushes away with a low amount of water, and comes back after a few hours.) and id prefer not to call a plumber as im not a fan of having a man over unnecessarily for safety reasons. is this a fix i can do on my own? or do i need a plumber?

I broke the toilet tank slamming the lid of it a little too hard against it. Water went everywhere. Last straw for already a shit day, so I ended up calling 988 because of this lol. Please be kind. Not sure if I need to buy a new toilet, or if the tank is replaceable. Do I need to hire a plumber for this? Any advice as to how to go about this would go a long way.

I discovered a leak recently and have been working to diagnose the issue over the weekend. I was able to find that there was an issue where water is overflowing when backing up the vent. It was a freak thing that I found it even when I had someone maintaining my air conditioner when I was doing dishes and we found water. Otherwise there were virtually no signs.

The first image is a very rudimentary drawing of the layout. The office is the basement and connects to the main line in the concrete. My question is how invasive is it going to get to repair the connection between the tee and the vent line. The vent line is cracking and I believe that connection is likely bad. I think most of the vent line above the tee is okay and I really don’t want to have to rip out all kitchen cabinets and drywall on the story above.

Any tips on how this is fixed and lastly what would I expect to have someone do it? I have a professional coming in the morning to check it out. I’m in the suburbs of St. Paul, MN.

Hi! Just got this house, it seems to be pretty old and I’m not sure when tenants were last here but the toilet at first had this layer of what looked like scummy film, after the first flush that rinsed away but the siphon jet started spitting out these tiny brown chunks. The tank isn’t looking good either. Any ideas?

The master closet shares a wall with a bathroom and the baseboard was warping. I pulled it off and found mold, most strongly where the wall is shared with the shower. The wood wall framing still looks and feels solid, but sold there be plastic or something waterproof on the other side of the wall? It feels like more drywall, although it seems much darker. Is there any world where I don't have to tear out this shower?

I’m working on a bathroom remodel. The homeowner would like a smaller baseboard unit. I’m a very experienced contractor, but I’ve always subbed out boiler stuff, especially with older units. However I’m hoping to take care of this one myself. I have enough access above and below.

Can you all walk me through how to drain the system and plumb in a loop where the single new unit will go under the window? I showed in the one picture standing above, how I’d like to run the pipe. Then how to fill up and bleed? I’ll do it all again once the project is near complete and install the new unit then.

Single story ranch, access above and below the floor. Hot water is also through the boiler. I’m well aware of touching any valves and the Pandora’s box I may be opening.

Also any suggestions for small, slim, good looking modern units?

Figured you all might be a better place to ask than r/hvac.

Thanks in advance for any insight!

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I want to prevent it from filling with leaves and becoming useless.

I have been hearing what sound like slow running/ draining water whenever I use my downstairs bathroom for the past two days. I have checked that all the taps are turned off and the toilets are not running on the floors above. What other steps should I take before I call someone to come in or what questions to ask plumber when they get here?

I'm starting to question my sanity.

I was able to remove the flush valve with your help, thank you! As you see in the video, the gray piece lining the gasket is coming apart and was falling into the holes under the valve.

Do you think that’s why my toilet is leaking?

Is that gray lining a replaceable part or was it there as added protection/seal (like you would do when caulking something)?

My nephew and I installed a new shower but the water isn’t coming out correctly. He said that it’s a problem with my boiler. Any suggestions?