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ugh, there are two stories for everything. I was told not to drain my electric heater in CA, sure enough it leaked through, but I got a long time out of it, but it clearly rusted through. The plumber who replaced suggested every year or two to do a 'power flush,' now you're saying to leave it. One youtuber suggested every 6 mos, now that is silly.

I started to hear squeaky sound low pitch and continuous after flushing the toilet and when the tank was filled. Now I hear that in both of my toilets when turning off both hot and cold water. It does not sound like water hammer, what else can it be?

I call bs, I've tried 2 now, and ALWAYS had problems with both of them, I'm going old school and staying

I'm looking at a new kitchen faucet but will NOT be looking at Pfister. They pride themselves on their lifetime parts warranty, but the caveat is you have to have the original purchase receipt for the faucet or they refuse to help you get parts. I like the Pfister faucet I currently have, but it came with my condo... so no purchase receipt. Even when I clarified that I expected to pay for the replacement parts, they did not want to cooperate. Eventually they agreed to send the parts, but made a big stink about it being a one time occurrence. Now that my sprayer head is malfunctioning, I'm looking at replacing the whole faucet with some other brand.

Great Video!

Because I have a lot of iron and calcium in my water, the interior guts in my toilets get very rusty and get mineral build up on the parts. What can I do to clean the inside of the tank?

We recently got a water softener and they installed a large pvc pipe where they have the discharge drain going below the hard pan. This is only a few inches from our foundation. Should we have them reroute it or is this ok?

This is sort of related to the hot water heater. I have a well system and decided that perhaps the water pressure was low because the precharge in the tank was low. So, I drained all the water with the pump turned off and added a couple pounds to get it 2 psi less than cut on pressure of the pump. I found out later much to my chagrin that I should have closed the shut off valve to the house to keep all the water from draining out of the system. When I started things up again I noticed water pressure was not good. After thinking about it I figured that I have air trapped in the lines and absorbing the pressure that should be going to the taps. I tried to figure out a way to get the air out and thought I would have to drain everything again and start it up with all taps open to let the air escape. I didn't want to do that and I figured that the water heater was not going to drain so it could act as a big air trap full of bubbles. I contemplated draining the tank and didn't want to do it for all the reasons you stated. What I did was open every hot water tap including (this is most important I think) some basement taps that never get used. This seemed to make things better. I would like to see a show about the effects of air in the lines for well systems.

My kitchen sink gets jammed up at the baffled tee. We don't have a dishwasher so I got rid of the baffled tee and just run it straight. Since I have to clean the pipes out and it's a pain I pay close attention to what goes down it, especially grease. My wife though thinks that it's too much trouble to get all the grease out of the pan and what the heck am I around for if not to do stuff like clean the pipes.

I changed the water out hose on my water heater now I have no water pressure cold or hot. All I did was change the flex hose, what could be the problem?

THANK YOU! YOU SAVED ME ABOUT $1,500 TODAY!

thank you

Really interesting. In the UK we import them from Europe and we find them for £180 in the shop, to include the frame and cistern and all the workings, but without the toilet pan (ceramic part you sit on). So with a cheap pan you can get the whole lot for about £350 which based on what you are saying is a lot cheaper than in the US.

I did not know you could just pull the head off and slap a new one on. Great tip. But i have found that all the float valves out there are cheap and only last a few years before constant running.

how do I tell if my well ( 30 years old) is bad or my well pump ( 9years old ) or the bladder.? We are hearing noises after using water and it takes a while to quiet down

Great video! I'm widow who lives alone, so I appreciate you guys putting my mind at ease about noises I might hear! My current issue is that occasionally I'm hearing a big bang after I flush my toilet. I did have a plumber out about a year ago and he tightened the brackets(?) along the pipes in my basement and installed an arrestor at the pipe that goes from my washer out to the main line. He explained about water hammer, so now I'm extremely nervous that that's what's happening with my toilet and that a pipe may burst in my basement. Do you have any other ideas about what it might be? As I said, it's just the toilet flushing and it doesn't happen every time. Thanks in advance!

My condolences. The GE Cafe dishwasher is a total pile of garbage.

Where is the link for the repair flange?

Thanks I really trust you.

Ok, PEX... do you have a preference of WHICH BRAND? AND, what about the smaller diameter from the connections? Would you use a larger tubing diameter to compensate for that? Thanks

would you still say its a waste of time to flush water heater in say Indiana where they supposedly have really hard water

The noise I hear has one second between each drip sound inside the wall when upstairs bathroom sink is turned on I hear it downstairs. Does that mean it’s a water drip inside the wall?

I have a question.I'm looking at a 110 120 V.On demand for a cabin is that gonna be enough hot water for a shower

Im in the uk and have a combi boiler. My hot tap bath water is smelling like this. Can you advise please?

Delta best hands down

This advice is great if your areas hot water heaters have an average life span of 5 years. But doesn’t really apply to places where a tank can last 15-20 years

I'm having a weird problem with the water heater here at my mom's house we just got an electrician out here because everytime we turn on the breaker for the hot water heater it trips the main breaker welp the electrician didn't find anything wrong electric wise.. we found out there's air in hot water heater and it's about half full? Is that fixable?

When my wife waters the backyard plants there is a squeal, shrieking noise that fills the whole house. To the point where I make her shut it off, it's so loud and high-pitched.

Got a question for you if you read this hot water heater just started today making a high-pitched sound and went out detected. The flame was on just got out of the shower. Never heard it before but just started and I’m wondering is it because the flame did shut off through it cycle is the noise went away. I’m wondering if that’s going to happen every time the flame comes back on to warm upor I have not checked the temperature setting it’s up to high and turn it down to 110 115. What’s your thoughts thanks.

Neighbors house was flooded in last freeze. They replaced everything in the house, gave me their Elect water heater. (not sure how old it is, but MUCH newer than ours) Mine is leaking (wet insulation just underneath the bottom heating element-no other leaks at intake or outtake joints), wet soil and wet wood where it sits. Is it OK to use a used heater? I'm hearing about potential standing water in the neighbors heater and possible bacteria, contaminating our water lines etc... OR should I just buy a new one? ALSO-water and electricity don't mix-how concerned should I be? It'll pop the breaker if there's a short-correct? Thanks

I had a electric water heater for 19 years , never flushed it, changed the anode rod. The 1st one lasted 19 years too.

High psi, thermal expansion can take out any pipe, fitting or fixture. I've seen a PEX pipe rupture down fitting to fitting nearly. Couple feet tear. Micro cracks are prone to certain PEX types if not all. The ruptures I've seen on copper have been less damaging. Unless someone doesn't know how to solder or didn't get enough pipe in the fitting then of course you'll have trouble. The iron, copper, PEX what do they all do to our systems. Home and body? How about stainless steel making it's way up? I mean we use it for water bottles right. Never know. Water content is important as well. Surrounding medium pipe might pass through in ground. Is your copper poly sleeved? Does your piping have insulation for cold temps? Do you have an expansion tank? Different water content will act differently to copper, galvanized, PEX etc. Same with if you have a gas/electric or tankless. They do different things when heating the water. Calcium and other crystals in the water will act differently as well.

Do they actually answer our questions? I notice a repetitive gulping in my left side sink when waters on, both drains open. Ranch with finished basement. Anyone familiar with the sound and actual vibration?

Had some old leaky copper pipes in the garage replaced with PEX tubing. The plumber who did the job agrees with you that PEX is better. Suggests that I replace the rest of the copper pipes in the house with PEX before they leak. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks for the informative channel. I sometimes post them on Nextdoor.

I thought the metal rod was zinc?

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Your Dad is a rockstar! Love his hair! TY fantastic advice!

Thanks for good advise

take the bathroom mirror and move it away from the sink !

Somebody help! I installed a new water heater. The hot water looks like skim milk. Air in tank. Drained tank. Two days later. Skim milk replaced the water in line with solid copper thinking sharkbites or pecs was letting in air. Still cloudy. Anyone have any ideas?.

My Dad was a Union Plumber in New Jersey. We never flushed our gas water heaters. In Florida you are now lucky to get 8 years out of a 6 year Rheem tank. I know because I work part-time at home depot and hear it every day. BTW...MY PLUMBER DAD WAS GRUMPIER THAN YOURS. Love the Old School Plumber! NJ LOCAL 14

We have the same issue in our bathroom and going to try this out!

Oh boy, your 48 year old plumber has no idea how a water heater works. It's called an anode "what he called a magnesium rod" and yes you had better replace it every 3-5 years if you want your water heater to last a lifetime. You should remove this video for the betterment of the public. . .or maybe your dad is just trying to destroy water heaters for more work🤔

Can your father do a video a Video on his thoughts on converting to a tankless water heater?

what happen if I choose smaller than I should? (sorry never had this things before)

I'm subscribed. First Plummer that says the opposite of everyone else. I'm ready to buy him a drink.

I am on well water in maine, and I could not only hear but feel the popping coming from my hot water heater through the floor of the trailer I live in. Its electric. I wish I had something like the crustbuster but I dont. Anyways, after I snapped the power to the heater off and showered to use the hot water in the tank, to not waste money, I flushed it and now..magically..my noise is gone

Hi Jim. My pipes whistle in my downstairs bathroom anytime water runs in the house. The whistling stops if I turn the water valve off below the toilet. Can you help me?

Pretty simple, thanks a lot for the video!

He's going to stop using that bottom drawer within 3 months. Why not just have the top smaller dishwasher?