i need something that will last, mine only ever stays for an hour or so :/ or how can i make it last longer?
First time homeowner here and although I feel like an absolute idiot (so please don't make me feel worse, I promise I just learned a very expensive lesson), I was recently cheated out of thousands of dollars by someone who was supposedly a licensed, insured, and bonded plumber who was supposed to replace my main waterline. Instead of finishing up the job, the guy disappeared.
My yard was excavated and that is the only thing that has been done. I figured I might as well try to reach out and find a reliable plumber who is licensed, insured, and plumber who might be able to do this job at a somewhat reasonable price. I'm not expecting anyone to do this task for free at all nor am I trying to get one over on someone in the slightest, but I am obviously not in a position to pay an exorbitant amount of money because of what happened with the last "plumber". The waterline is approximately 30' long and it is already excavated. There's nothing wrong with it aside from the fact that it is original to my 1945 house and I have low water pressure. Also, I'm not sure if it's relevant, but I pay water to Montgomery County.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
EDIT:
The individual's name is Dan Surber. He operates under a business called Captain's Concrete/Captain's Plumbing/Dan's Plumbing. After a bit of digging, it seems that he has had legal action taken against him numerous times for similar situations. Please beware.
DIY rehabing my MIL's 100+ year old house a section at a time and as we identify problems. We have a ton of corrosion and leaks, shaking jumpy water heater, banging pipes, low pressure, awful tasting water generally over 300ppm. Two story home, was a beauty in its day. Copper and (other ??? Weird stuff) throughout. Two bathrooms- one full upstairs with all water shut off due to past leaks (hasn't been usable in at least 5 years), a sink and toilet downstairs, and an upstairs room with a funtioning shower stall in the corner.Full basement, a ton of access panels. Downstairs toilet and sink room is an addition, at least 20 years old. Sink in kitchen and utility sink next to washer in basement.
Brother-in-law is suggesting pex for the whole water line system just to be done with it. He did building maintenance for apartment complexes for a decade and I trust his input on home repair as a rule, but reading up on PEX has me iffy for the longevity.
My brother did PEX for his home- older farmhouse- and it looks good but the vast majority of the waterline for his 1 story home is in the walls. He even put together and shutoff system that looks like a circuit board made of water line.
MIL is only 70 so she could reasonably be here for another 15 to 20 years and we want it to last. What i have found on PEX says that it is sensitive to light and that is my concern. The city main comes it at the front, ALL of the water goes to the back of the house. It's a full basement with a few windows. Where it runs inside the walls should be dark but how much concern is there for the PEX getting too much light?
We recently had our waterline replaced due to electrolysis. The plumber said it was caused by a problem with the electrical system. The panel is bonded to waterline before the water meter.
Is this true?
I know nothing about this but I thought it was common for electronics leak current and it's meant to carry this to ground.
I'm all pex now, but should I be concerned for the line to the house from the street? Or hurting water line under the street?
Should I have an electrician look into this?
Thank you for your time.
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I've seen Wayne Goss colour in the upper waterline and I love the effect it gives but none of my pencils stay put and all of them transfer to the lower waterline throughout the day. Any pencils out there that stay put all day and don't transfer? I'm open to both drugstore and high end liners, preferably drugstore and available in brown/brown-black.
On a mission to find something that doesnt move or melt away throughout the day. Curse my oily eyes. I have found some luck in the marc jacobs gel liner but still at my wits end of finding the best product thats affordable. Help!!
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I work in a hotel with my brother in Boston. It is a smaller hotel and as of late the cold water line coming in and going out to the rooms is vibrating a lot and making a ton of noise. We had some plumbers look at it but they had no idea. Anyone ever seen this or have an idea of what could be happening? It seems like the water is pulsing for some reason but we don't know why. Any ideas would be helpful.
I made this a while back and shared it in places like SCR Discord server and such but I noticed I never posted it here, so here it goes!
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I live in Michigan. The waterline is running 4ft underground. I am worried about the section of the waterline that goes on an angle and runs up to the concrete (see photos). It's wrapped in black foam but I feel like it's not enough. They already buried but I am thinking about digging the 4 foot section that runs up to the concrete and insulating it better, putting it in a 2-inch tube around it, and maybe even wrapping one of those electric heated chords around it just in case. It's 3/4 pex. Please see the photos. Is it worth digging it back up?
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I’m nearly a daily wearer of eyeliner in my waterline. I’ve tried several and most don’t stay put for very long. Any suggestions of either a better liner, or tips to make my existing liners stay longer? Or am I just dreaming?
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I am going to be needing to make some custom hardware for an old sailboat I am restoring, and I'm trying to get some information on what bronzes are actually suitable for this task. The most pressing piece being the rudder shoe, which virtually disintegrated upon removal thanks to galvanic corrosion. The only clear answer I have found is that silicon bronze is the best choice, but I would like to machine the part, and the raw material cost for a large enough blank, at least from what I can find online, would be close to what I paid for the whole boat. There are cheaper alloys it seems but I'm having a hard time finding info on their properties in marine environments. Since I will most likely be going the machining route, I realized some sort of aluminum could also work, though I'm not sure if there would be any concern of a reaction between it and the bronze rudder post that would be fitted inside. Any advice or direction to good resources is appreciated as I'm very new to metalworking, and, of course, there are no off-the-shelf options when it comes to old boats.
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