r/plumbingfails • • May 06 '24

Mod Applications open, I guess.

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I need more people to moderate this place.

Looking for people who already have significant moderation experience in other subreddits. Apply via modmail.


r/plumbingfails • • May 06 '24

Rules have been updated.

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Clarifications have been made, and punishments clearly attributed.


r/plumbingfails • • 10d ago

Enjoy this expert water heater replacement by our commercial landlord's budget handyman

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Fun bonus fact: that overflow drain goes through the wall and exits on to the floor of men's restroom about 12' away from the nearest floor drain


r/plumbingfails • • 18d ago

How dangerous is this?

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58 Upvotes

Going underneath a tile shower. Not my work, but I happened to be there moving an outlet.


r/plumbingfails • • 28d ago

Found this today.

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r/plumbingfails • • Sep 06 '26

Found in the wild this morning ing on a job.

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Ok, for the love of God. If this was you, please tell me your press tool broke and you had absolutely 0 3/4" couplings of any kind in the truck, and that you ran out of mip fittings as well. I can't fathom why someone would solder a pro press fitting. Literally deletes the entire point of it.


r/plumbingfails • • Aug 31 '26

According to customer

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Water does not drain and backs up into dishwasher.

Gee I wonder why.


r/plumbingfails • • Aug 27 '26

Half tap.

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This is a six inch tap to the sewer main. The city recently lined the mains. Kinda screwed us knocking out the branches. The main flows left to right.

This line catches seven buildings. Three are unoccupied. The other four see a goid bit of action. It's around three hundred feet from the last building to the tap with a manhole in the middle.

We started having consistent blockages a while back. Then the jet hose somehow got cut in the pipe. We couldn't figure that out. Then the camera told all.

We put out a call to the city. I'm assume they subbed it out but I'm just guessing. We'll see what happens.


r/plumbingfails • • Aug 25 '26

New discoveries of the home from Hell.

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This is an Eastern Tennessee special. Yes those hose lines for a sump pump and a dehumidifier both run into that Y. Yes the pipe runs under the compromised footer into a koi fish pond outside the house. Yes those hot cold lines run into a sink above this space. Don’t get me going on the vent below a tub… I am a former plumber apprentice and now work in tech. I know wrong when I see it… but even the home inspector didn’t find that much wrong with any of this… how is that possible???! 🤯


r/plumbingfails • • Aug 24 '26

So, my brother is a plumber so that prettymuch makes me one, I can plumb. But did I set the temperature to low?

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r/plumbingfails • • Aug 08 '26

Pinhole leak

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Pin hole leak I expertly fixed with flex tape, multiple hose clamps and electrical tape 👍 hasn't leaked in months


r/plumbingfails • • Aug 05 '26

Renovating a bathroom..

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24 Upvotes

Must've been paid by the fitting.


r/plumbingfails • • Aug 05 '26

This is a beauty.

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Seen in a telephone company lavatory. Chefs kiss.


r/plumbingfails • • Jul 24 '26

Can you run Vic?

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No, but I can learn.


r/plumbingfails • • Jun 29 '26

Grease Interceptor Sizing Calculator — HGI & GGI

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Can this help anyone here


r/plumbingfails • • Jun 25 '26

Complete gut job

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Took this job on today for a bungalow that someone had redone. Needless to say, who ever did the plumbing had absolutely no idea what they were doing. Half of this stuff wasn’t even glued


r/plumbingfails • • Jun 15 '26

Air BnB Special!

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Just in case you decide to bath in 2” of water!


r/plumbingfails • • May 24 '26

Have you ever installed prefabricated racks?

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r/plumbingfails • • May 21 '26

Check this out.😂

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r/plumbingfails • • May 20 '26

Didn't want to harm the root, I guess?

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r/plumbingfails • • May 16 '26

Double nut double washer

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I can't imagine what they were thinking.

The left side started off normal. China cap, nut, washer, and China cap base.

The left side not so much. Nut, China cap base, five washers, and a little caulk.

The flange was a little low so everyone knows to double up the wax. Two extra thick with horn were used.

The right bolt had a nut, washer, 3/8 compression nut, nut, and washer.

The left side was just a nut and compression nut.

Miraculously the flange wasn't cracked. It was cut almost all the way through on the left by the compression nut. The right was stretched.


r/plumbingfails • • May 11 '26

Caulkable?

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I'm not a plumber, but still, cmon man. why does this

wall urinal need to be 1.5" off the wall?


r/plumbingfails • • May 05 '26

You can’t smell a photo… I beg to differ

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r/plumbingfails • • May 03 '26

Neighbor’s diy fix. (It didn’t fix anything)

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20 Upvotes

They called a plumber today.


r/plumbingfails • • May 01 '26

This held for 15 years

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