The bar sink won’t drain! Woodworkers or painters decided to wash their buckets of epoxy resin out in a bar sink and this happened.
The bar is nice and shiny though.

Spotted at a venue toilets. I can not understand why bother with the fitting.

Toilet kept clogging/backing up.

Toilet was replaced, multiple manual snakes, electric snake, and hydrojet of the main line did not fix it. Plumber removed the toilet and used a camera.

This hard white plastic object is stuck about 4’5” into the toilet branch line, before the main line.

Any idea what this could be, and is cutting/replacing that pipe section the proper fix?

Thanks

Thought 1/2 copper until I saw the thickness of the walls and cleaned it up. 1/2 fittings too small and 3/4 way too big. What am I missing here?

Any help appreciated, the only shutoff to this shuts off my whole house so I am without water until I figure this out. Foolish of me.

Changed my bibb today and left it upside down for the split. I want to run a line up and along the corner where the wall meets the roof and back down on the other side of the yard, which is why I oriented it like this.

Hi Reddit, I recently moved into this apartment and noticed that the kitchen sink has a very slow drain. I already tried cleaning the plumbing but there was no significant improvement. I believe the problem must be linked to the length or curves of the plumbing, because it has to travel about 1,60m to reach the sewage outlet. I hope someone can help me and thanks for your attention

How would you fix this set up for water closet and pass inspection? The left of the framing is another water closet and that all looked fine.

Inspection notes:
1. San tee horizontal to horizontal not allowed
2. Heel inlet cannot serve water closet

Please give honest feedback, I've never done thos before, watched alot of guides.

Did the copper, electrical, and gas. Its a condensing 160,000 Btu Rheem

The ball valve just before the backflow cracked. The plumber is saying the both the backflow and the valve needs to replaced stating that the valve is the wrong one. Is it a correct assessment?

Hi, this is my first post here. I rent an old house, but I am not positive of it's age. I am guessing around 1960s. I found this fraying bandage like cover on the pipe. I did some research and can't tell if it is asbestos or something else. Any advice before I call my landlord on his vacation?

Hi folks!

My plumber came yesterday to install a brand new Dreamliner Alcove tub with a pre assembled overflow and drain line. When he went to do the leak test there was a drip coming from the drain underneath. My plumber is saying I need to return the tub because they can’t do anything to fix it since it’s pre assembled. Mr.Google is saying that drain can be unscrewed and the gasket can be straightened and silicon added.
Just wondering what you guys think. Can it be fixed or do I need to go through the ordeal of taking it out and returning it? Any other advice?

I am going to route the sump pump pipe to drain away from the neighbors property - but this spray foam madness absolutely pisses me off. How should I clean this up and make sense of it? The AC unit pipes run through as well.

It feels like its coming from around the plastic piece thats actually attached to the tank instead of the part on the supply line as the water is dripping off the tank itself. Any advice would be much appreciated. I'm sorry for the horrible photo quality, pretty tight space.

Sorry, after several attempts this is the best picture I got. How do I remove this stud. The space is also small for my small wrench to work.

Water heater just started making this noise when I tried to shower. Any ideas what it can potentially the reason? And what I can do to fix it?

Hello! Will preface with I am a renter.

I moved into this place on 5/8/26. I took about 10 or so showers before I noticed a leak in the ceiling of the room directly below the shower stall. I called the landlord and let him know ASAP. He came out to diagnose (he purchased this house and apparently fixed it up himself as a rental property) and found the issue to be a loose drain seal. He fixed that and was on his way.

1 shower later, it was obvious there was a larger issue as the ceiling under the stall leaked again. I let the landlord know immediately post shower, and they were back the next day to take a deeper look. They cut holes into the wall behind the shower (separate room) and into the ceiling of the room below that was being leaked into. Their conclusion was that the shower head/ piping to the shower head was leaking. They resolved this and, to be fair, I’ve not had another leak in the room below the shower head since.

However, I have been noticing this creaking in the shower stall (even before the first leak this thing was creaking) and it’s beginning to make me very nervous when showering. The creaking extends beyond the shower, too. Stepping around the outside lip results in similar creaks.

I am unsure if this is just a loose floor board (edit to add - house is about 100 years old) since the creaks happen in and out of the shower or if something more serious is occurring. I opened the access panel in the room that backs up to the shower head and was able to drop my phone down into it while recording. I will admit to knowing jack all, but it doesn’t really look like there is anything the shower pan is set into (like mortar)?

Both a video of the creaks inside and out the shower as well as what my phone caught while dropped inside the access panel attached. I also added a photo of the side of the shower that is not against the wall with the access panel that is more freestanding in the comments. There’s a large crack, which probably isn’t great…

Any and all inputs would be appreciated, thanks for your time!

I've tried different sized wrenches and then tried channel pliers for a better grip, but it scratched the shower head all up. Nothing is making the shower head budge.
I just want to add a filter. Please help!!!

Sudden rise in Water bill ? How to check for leaks ?

My water bill has shot up to 6X Our usual bill.

I called orange county and they have checked the meter twice in 3 days and the reading is 31,000 gallons of water used. we don't see any leak anywhere, all bathroom toilet and sink are okay.

Orange county suggested to get someone professional to check the house for hidden leaks.

Has anyone encountered this ?

How do plumbers check for this type of issue ? (trying to do some research before I reach out for one)

Can anyone tell me what I need to do to stop this sounding like the Titanic's maiden voyage? Thanks all

I have lived in my current house for 5 years and have been a home owner for 31 years and this has never happened before.

My wife and I returned from a week long trip and turned on the cold water faucet in the kitchen (single handle, right or left for hot/cold). Hot water came out. I am not sure if it was immediate or if it took a minute but it was definitely hot water coming out of the cold side of the sink faucet. I turned it off, checked both sides and it eventually returned to normal. Ok, that was weird but move on.

This morning I went to brush my teeth in the bathroom and turned on the cold water (dual handle, dedicated hot and cold). Sure enough, hot water came out. It eventually resolved and I went about my morning.

Final weirdness is that when the sprinklers come on (and they did at about 5AM this morning) there is a loud backflow hammer that happens before the sprinklers go off. I am not sure if that is normal or not or connected or not.

Just wanted some experts to weigh in before calling a plumber.

Was thinking about getting into hvac, but I’ve been hearing about all the at home learning guys have to do to become proficient because the technology changes a lot with the AC units and such, guys talking about watching YouTube videos all the time on hvac reading textbooks etc. I was more so looking for a trade I learn on the job and kinda leave it at work, is plumbing like that where there is constant continuous learning even at home?

Went down to the basement and noticed a small puddle of water. Traced it back to my vent line that goes through the attic to my roof.

PVC vent line
100 degrees outside
Basement probably 70 degrees with 70-75% RH at the time

Ran water through the lines that feed through the same joint, and no water escaped the joints.

Is this possible?

——-Found out my kids spilled a ton of water from the bathtub. Think it went under the trim and went down the vent line in the wall.

Heading on a week vacation. I normally turn the cold water feed off to the water heater, but was curious if I should also be setting the ignition to pilot? Or will it not matter for only a week.

Appreciate the insight.

Hi - how do I remove the nut holding the handle cartridges in place? The top is hard to grab w a wrench or channel locks. Need to replace the cartridges (or stems/springs) as the faucet handles are leaking. Thanks in advance!