b*******e
发帖数: 67 | 1 Vent pipe is a piece pipe extends from you toilet sewage pipe to outside, to
keep air pressure balanced every time when you flush your toilet (same with
other plumbing fixture)
When the vent pipe penetrates roof deck, the rubberized roofing material
supposed to be bended upward and secured around the pipe. Sometime because of
poor construction, or just the ageing of roofing membrane, there are water
leak either through the bending point or the securing point. Either case, you
need to have a roof |
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s**********d
发帖数: 36899 | 2 看自己city规定。我们那home owner可以legally做structure,
electrical, plumbing，都不需要licensed contractor。
但都需要permit。 |
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f****l
发帖数: 8042 | 5 前段时间不是还有一个树根堵了下水道，结果花了好几千，漏了一污水，还不知道弄好
没有的mm吗？ |
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s****o
发帖数: 102 | 6 还想问这个blockage是指什么，树根是不是通常是导致管子腐蚀破裂。 |
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M***8
发帖数: 668 | 7 树根有可能从管子接逢处长进去，长得多的能将整个管子堵住。 |
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s****o
发帖数: 102 | 9 那每两年清理一下是不是也就是防止问题恶化，但不解决问题。这个问题对周围有树的
房子常见吗？ |
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s****o
发帖数: 102 | 10 老房，seller不做inspection，所以不知道水管是不是都换过铜的，disclosure里也没
提，但seller agent说应该是铜的。怎么才能知道是不是呢，比如从厨房或浴室哪里能
看出来？ |
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z*********n
发帖数: 94654 | 11 只能推断，比如视线能看到的管子都是铜的，就“推断”整个都是铜的，算是
reasonable
推断，除非有人神经病，换不换全，就能看到的地方是铜的 |
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p*a
发帖数: 3350 | 13 其实我不明白为啥问这个问题
如果是铜的是不是还应该disclose铜的成分，黄铜，紫铜或青铜
也没
里能 |
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z*********n
发帖数: 94654 | 14 不奇怪，你们住新房的不知道
旧房子有不是铜管道的，会出问题的
昨天看书说几个特定年份的房子电线还是铝的呢
铝电线有很多安全隐患 |
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M***8
发帖数: 668 | 15 “: 旧房子有不是铜管道的，会出问题的”
那种是不是手纸都要挑特定牌子？ |
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C*******d
发帖数: 15836 | 18 It should be Roto-Rooter, a Plumbing & Drain Cleaning Services company. |
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a******t
发帖数: 2944 | 19 The permit fee is money well spent. It pays for someone
experienced to review what you want to do and it pays for
someone experienced to inspect the work thru out the different
phases of the work (building, electric, and plumbing, etc.). |
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p********N
发帖数: 111 | 20 remote control,只能开无法关。
墙上的固定control，只能开无法自动关，但是可以强制关，即一直按着就可以关了。
以前出过一次问题，将自动关门更换成手动关门，再恢复就好了。
这次不行了，把电源关掉，启动好几次还是不成。
痛悔当初没有学家电、装修的专业。
而是学了狗屁不如的金融专业。
以后有了孩子，宁死也要他学PLUMBING,STRUCTURAL ENGINEER, ELECTRICITY,
REMODELING. |
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m**********2
发帖数: 6568 | 21 the workers are ususally instructed to use the portyjohn outside. not the
house batchrooms.
but usually a responsible builder superintendent or agentor inspector would
check if all the plumbings are working properly. 楼主这个问题就相当于三个后
卫加守门员都漏了球让人打了个空门。
虽然很不应该，实际也经常发生。 |
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v***s
发帖数: 1893 | 22 我们下水道里有泡沫，insulation
是低素质的jose干完活，懒得扔垃圾，就塞那了，还好拿plumb捅通了。
builder |
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s****s
发帖数: 28 | 23 有要求必须高出roof 多少吗? 好象 plumbing vent有要求的.谢谢. |
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g********3
发帖数: 1281 | 24 Connecting everything is not hard, but it might leak. In our case, we failed
on one leakage, which cost us $85 to get a plumber to fix it. He used
plumbing compound on the joint. |
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x*****i
发帖数: 4035 | 25 just found a Home Maintenance Schedule template in MS excel. could come in
handy for new homeowners. download from Excel 2007 templates - schedules
content:
Quarterly Date last completed
Plumbing
Faucets and shower heads Check interior and exterior faucets for leaks.
Clean aerators. Replace washers if necessary.
Drains Clean with baking soda. Pour water down unused drains.
Pipes Inspect visibl |
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B****n
发帖数: 132 | 26 6寸应该也行，尽管蛮牛上说至少7寸。可以弯曲的铝管属于半软管。转弯越多效果越差。另外，你得去local的plumbing专卖店买7寸的vent cap （外墙那个单向通风口）. |
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m***g
发帖数: 221 | 27 看到一处很中意的房子。黄金地段，室内外看都很好。价格非常好。但是由于房子比较
老，之前的房检报告中提到一些问题。在宝地求助于大家，不知道这样的问题维修起来
要多少钱。在Inspection Report里这样写：
Type of Foundation: Pier and Beam. After inspection of the crawl space from
the side crawl space vents for cracks, leaning piers or the lack of ,
corresponding cracks in stone veneer, cement based siding, level or un-level
floors, square and plumb doorjambs or the lack of, wall conditions, and
structural condition. In this inspectors "opinion" the foundation appears to
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l**y
发帖数: 244 | 28 车库里的那种有大tank的热水器下面漏水，应该找谁？plumbing？heating and Air？
我爬上爬下看了半天也没看到有什么开关，怎么关闭让它停止漏啊？水淌得到处都是。 |
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b*******s
发帖数: 258 | 29 How about this one?
Complete 10' x 10' kitchen (include appliance measurement) starting at $4,
699. This package (Red Oak Shaker) includes the following,
- 6 x wall cabinets
- 4 x base cabinets
- 2 x granite slab counter tops with 4" backsplash
- toe kick
- crown molding
- filler
- installation
- hook up all plumbing fixtures
- tear out & haul away old cabinets & counter tops
starting at $4,699 |
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N****a
发帖数: 513 | 30 估计要改plumbing, 还要做closet. 加州bay area南湾附近。有人有推荐的吗？谢谢 |
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p*******k
发帖数: 60 | 31 I did the same job recently. Here is what you need to do
google "PosiTemp Cartridge Cleaning Instructions"
会找到一个pdf文件。按照pdf文件指示把cylinder取出来清理一下就好了。
如果是第一次修水龙头，那个cylinder是比较难拿下来的，你需要一个cylinder
remover，是个硬塑料小盖子一样的东西，套上去方便用钳子转动cylinder，然后取下
来。
cylinder取出后，摇晃一下，十有八九你听不到活动部件的声响。把底下的下盖子打开
清理一下再盖上，然后逆序把水龙头再装起来就好了。
你需要很好的润滑剂才能把cylinder再原样塞回去。去homedepot看看，在plumbing区
，跟cylinder remover在一个地方，你可以问他们用什么样的润滑剂，我用的silicon
grease，很便宜，但是比较黏，不知道有没有更好的。 |
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c****8
发帖数: 377 | 32 First of all, it is not easy for inspection.
second, not easy for upgrading existing plumbing system. |
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g*****9
发帖数: 4125 | 33 I am not saying they are master of any thing, but I completely redid a very
large project using them, they did everything including electrical, plumbing
, sheet rock, paint, all new windows and doors, kitchen , new bath room
everything, new roof, paint outside. I got 5 40 foot container filled with
material (including furnitures) and some tools from china. 12 of them for a little over 4 month
working long hours almost 7 days a week. Including a 3,500 sq ft in-law
house and 2 2,800 sq ft guest ho |
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g********3
发帖数: 1281 | 34 Wow, are you a general contractor?
very
plumbing
a little over 4 month
pit |
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f********l
发帖数: 1473 | 35 12 of them for a little over 4 month working long hours almost 7 days a week
, plus the cooking lady.
That's about $200k of total labor cost for 4 months?
very
plumbing
a little over 4 month
pit |
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g*****9
发帖数: 4125 | 36 No big deal, if it is not there, you can put one yourself, very easy to do.
I have never done any plumbing before, use sharkbite connector (HD sell them
). It will not leak at all, plus the drain is under pressure anyway.
builder |
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r*****n
发帖数: 98 | 37 卫生间的地面没有漏, then maybe the plumbing inside the wall leaked. |
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D*r
发帖数: 1298 | 38 Thanks gezhi89, your answers are sooooo helpful!
I wish you were in Seattle so that you can be our GC.
All the things you described encouraged us in DIYing
an ICF house in foreseeable future. We will share the
process here once we start.
Some more questions: did you also use ICF as basement floor?
or did you use SIP? Did you pour concrete on plumbing and
electricity? I always wonder how can they be maintained
once the concrete is set. |
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g*****9
发帖数: 4125 | 39
Yes, SIP is only used for garage floor because the span was to long for the
ICP floor system we are using. (The space below the garage is built to be
the safe room of the house)
Electricity and plumbing are not in the concrete, they are on the inside
foam part cut using hot wire knife/saw. |
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g*****9
发帖数: 4125 | 40 If you have never done this before, you can either google or buy a book from
HD. It gets kind of old if you have to ask here every step of the way.
Bathroom is not really that hard (most of the new house already have it pre-
plumbed, so you can finish it later).
Some time HD have class you can attend that teach you some basic stuff such
as laying tiles, it is not hard to do at all if you have the right tools.
Feel free to ask here on board anytime. |
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g*********o
发帖数: 20357 | 41 What kind of plumbing tool did you rent? Thanks. |
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g*****9
发帖数: 4125 | 42 Only a little will come out, but most will stay in the water heater, unless
you open a hot water faucet that is lower than the water heater and open a
another hot water faucet that is higher to allow the air in. (chance of this
happen is very small, but if your water heater is on first floor, if you
open the basement faucet to drain and open a faucet on second floor to let
air in, it could such all the water out depending on how the pipe was
plumbed, just like I said, very small chance could hap |
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g*****9
发帖数: 4125 | 43 In short, the term "Chinese Drywall" (or tainted drywall or wallboard)
refers to drywall imported from China from 2001 to 2007 which contains
contaminants that are emitting gases which usually (but not always) create a
noxious odor and corrode copper and other metal surfaces, thereby damaging
your air conditioner, electrical wiring, copper plumbing, appliances and electronics.
Symptoms typically appear in about 24 months. Corrosion of electrical
wiring can hamper the effectiveness of your sm |
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H******7
发帖数: 34403 | 44 原来是2"还是1.5"的白钢管，就是做fence那种，7元，后来看到lowes内卖plumbing的
地方还有黑铸铁管卖，就买了1寸的，15元，1寸握起来刚好，2寸太粗了。
钻孔：如果1寸以内的孔用drill自带的1寸钻头即可，因为这个要1.5寸，就在walmart
买了个孔钻，5元左右。NND 无线的钻头力道太小，钻一会儿就钻不动了，6个洞边钻边
充电花了四五天。发黑是因为钻头无力本人又想硬钻时产生的，都钻得冒烟了。
地下石头很多，在地上挖洞（特别是1尺以上的洞）是最困难的部分，特别是第一个洞
挖好后，第二个洞的位置选择就很少了，如果挖到一半刚好下面有块大石头是很绝望的
。原来单杠是准备和墙平行的，后来一来碰到石头，二来觉得平行的话荡来荡去还会撞
墙，所以改为垂直了。也许还可以当羽毛球网。就是离墙太近了，主要是第一个洞挖得
不左不右又不想重挖一个。
木头铁管的强度都绝不是问题，水泥硬了后现在更是纹丝不动了，高度也没问题，我跳
起可够最上面档，在中间档也能用，比我举手还高两寸。LP可用中间档和最下面档。之
所以用PVC Cap是怕铁的cap会生锈，安全是没问题的，因为两边都有一个，破了 |
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w*******r
发帖数: 128 | 45 厕所shower的水龙头热水非常小。想把faucet cartridge拆下来看看。但是retaining
clip被plaster ground（照片中白色塑料物体）挡住，取不下来。有大侠遇到过同样情
况吗？比较直接的想法就是锯掉一小块塑料，但用什么工具，是否可行，不太有把握。
多谢！ |
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g*****9
发帖数: 4125 | 46 Is this new or always this small?
retaining |
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w*******r
发帖数: 128 | 47 It has been used for several years. |
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g*****9
发帖数: 4125 | 48 Is 热水非常小 problem new or it has always been this way for several years? |
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w*******r
发帖数: 128 | 49 Newly bought house. Not sure. |
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g*****9
发帖数: 4125 | 50 How is the cold water?
How is the other shower?
Can you step back and take another picture, this one is too close.
What brand is the faucet? |
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