We need a water softener and are thinking about getting a Kenmore. The plumber told me that is not a good idea. Is that true or does he just want me to buy the one from him??
Every plumber I asked said they doubt it.The adds for these electronis ionizers are full of testimonials about how good there water is after installing one. They range in price from to 00. Common sense says that a coil of wire wrapped
around your pipe,giving off disrupting signals and magnetic discombobulators is playing with my good humor,but I could be wrong. I’d like a non-seller opinion.
I’m pretty sure it’s a reverse osmosis system, the type with the separate faucet over the sink that dispenses filtered water.
I would really like us to be able to use it, but ever since we bought this house 8 months ago, we haven’t known whether it’s safe to use, and have no idea who to call to inspect it. I don’t think a plumber would have any idea about water filters, would they?
My kitchen faucet is driving me nuts! It leaks and has handles to turn the water off and on instead of the "arm" type I want. It actually looks more like something I would expect to find in a bathroom. Is it something that someone who is not mechanically inclined could do or should I call a plumber?
I have Culligan reverse osmosis with 3 filters and charcoal filter, and we changed the filters only like a year ago, and for some reason about 2 weeks ago our pressure just dropped literally over night. We don’t have the money to get a plumber and tried pumping air into with bicycle pump but when we did, water started coming out where we were pumping. Anyone know how to increase water pressure for it?
I want to add a faucet to the back of my house. (For garden hose) My basement is unfinished and all of the pipes are exposed, so everything is easy to get to. Is there an easy way to go about doing this? I’m no plumber, but I am pretty handy, so if it’s not too difficult, I should be able to tackle the job.
We have an old one we want to replace & I’m just wondering if it’s something people do themselves or if you call a plumber… We already bought the new faucet.
Looks as if (it has happened before) the pipes that face the backyard in my basement may have frozen. I dont know how to keep this from reocurring, but one plumber has replaced 2 kitchen faucets before, when the pipes froze. He told me the faucet cracked from beneath. I once waited till the weather warmed up again and saw my previously non-working faucet work again afterward. What can I do besides call a plumber? Is there no other solution?
All of a sudden all of our showers stopped producing hot water. It is not ice cold, but it is also not hot either. This is happening to all our showers. But we can get plenty of hot water from our faucets. The plumber who came out wants to replace the cartridges in the showers that regulate the hot and cold – but this doesn’t make sense that all of the cartridges in all of our showers would suddenly all go bad at the same time. So what else could be causing just our showers to no longer get hot water?
Do I call a plumber to explain it to me?
My plumber tells me not to use anything with chemicals to clean oil rubbed bronze faucets, shower heads etc. What can I use to rid of calcium build up?
The plumber wants 300$ to install the faucet? I have replaced faucets in bathroom sinks before and it wasn’t that hard. I am being told that I can do the kitchen myself as well with a little effort. I would really like to save 300 bucks if possible. What do people think?
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My shower faucet is dripping and is there something that I can do to make it stop dripping without calling a plumber? The knob are turned as tight as I can get them but there is still a drip. It may seem like I am being petty but I am on a fixed budget and those drips turn into dollars. Plumber are very expensive and it may be something simple that I can do. Any suggestions would help. Thanks
Within the last year or so, our kitchen sink started doing this weird "knocking" sound when the water is turned on. Neither hot or cold made a difference. Sometimes turning the water full blast made it worse. Other times the water wouldn’t even shut off, no matter how many times you would turn the knob to on or off. The faucet is old, but looks to be in good shape. Another thing is we have one of those spray hose thingys that is separate from the faucet, like old-school style. Since day one of moving in, that thing has never had water pressure. It also causes the knocking sound sometimes if you try to make it work. (I should say it did work for a VERY short period of time, but would lose water pressure suddenly.)
Now we are in contract to sell our house and need to have a plumber come out and check it. I would just like to get an idea of what this may be and if it’s a quick and easy fix, or is it going to be costly?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Even resources!
I broke the handle on the side spray on my kitchen faucet. Can I just buy a new side spray and install that? OR will I have to buy a new faucet in order to fix? If so, is it an easy install or will I have to call a plumber?
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Will the new side spray I buy come with just that or will it have the ‘cord’ or whatever to come with it?
