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Learn how to increase your water pressure

Chapter 1 The Water Supply System

 

    • Design rules for getting water piping throughout the house.
    • The right and wrong way of designing a water pressure system so you don't have pressure drop outs and hot and cold surges while you shower.
    • How to boost the water pressure up so you can have a decent shower.
    • What valves are best.
    • Getting rid of water hammer and the noise of rushing water.
    • What stop valves to avoid
    • Cutting through walls and floors

 

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Learn proper no-leak sweating techniques

Chapter 2 Tapping into the Supply Lines

 

  • How to turn off the main
  • Draining the lines
  • Which pipe to use
  • Working with copper
  • Bending rigid copper
  • Fixing expanded and damaged copper
  • Creating a leak free sweat joint
  • Cutting copper in tight places
  • The best cleaning products
  • The best flux and solder
  • Working with CPVC
  • Cutting CPVC
  • Glue that does not need primer
  • The proper way to glue a fitting
  • Which fittings to avoid
  • Working with PEX
  • How to crimp--how not to crimp
  • Working with galvanized pipe
  • Working with PB
  • Compression fittings
  • Running the pipes

Click here for Zoe multiple shower heads.

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A multiple shower head shower is more than a place to wash. Going solo, it is a place to meditate. I can drift away and not come back till the hot water runs out. It's also a great place for both you and your spouse. The spouses that shower together, stay together. It's also a great place to propose to your spouse to be. I use them--I love them.

Chapter 3 Adding/Running Drain and Vent Lines

 

  • Commonsense Rules
  • Level advice
  • Slope
  • Be generous with pipe diameter
  • Be aware of existing problems
  • Wash the sewer lines
  • Bringing in outside air
  • AAVs
  • Tapping in to add venting
  • Code requirements
  • Wet venting
  • Bathroom sinks and showers
  • Toilets
  • Finished ceilings
  • Turning corners
  • Fittings and methods
  • Ts, Ys, & TY combos
  • Working with minimal crawlspace
  • Cutting into the lines
  • Hanging the pipes
  • Tapping into existing drain lines

Learn the proper disposal for septic tanks
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IN SINK ERATOR bio treatment system

Chapter 4 Remodeling the kitchen

 

  • Picking a stainless steel sink
  • What sinks are made of
  • Installation considerations
  • Sink mounting options
  • Sink and faucet replacement
  • Pulling a stuck sink
  • Reconfiguring under sink drains
  • Installing heavy-duty strainers
  • Venting
  • Installing a dishwasher in an existing cabinet
  • Removing an old dishwasher
  • Getting the bad taste out of your ice
  • Plumbing in an icemaker line
  • A disposal made for septic systems
  • Installing a disposal

Installing a toilet with only overhead drain lines
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The Zoeller system

Chapter 5  Bathroom Remodeling

  • Multiple showerheads
  • Choosing a shower faucet
  • Adding a showerhead
  • Picking a tub surround
  • Removing an old cast-iron tub
  • Framing in
  • Cutting surrounds for windows
  • Refinishing your old tub
  • Anchoring a basement floor plaste
  • Squaring corners
  • Out of plumb walls
  • All about toilet seats
  • Big John toilet seat
  • Pulling a toilet
  • Installing a toilet
  • Bathroom sinks
  • Installing a Pedestal sink

 

 

 

 

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Learn which filters to avoid--which to look for.
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Chapter 6 The Utility Room and Basement

 

  • Choosing a cartridge filter
  • Mounting a cartridge filter
  • Filter material
  • Extending the life of a carbon filter
  • Removing lead from your home's water
  • Installing a booster pump
  • Boosting your hot water supply
  • Installing a basement toilet

Chapter 7  Tool Knowledge

 

  • How to keep tools from disappearing
  • Pipe wrench--left side, right side
  • Right-angle drills, good design/ bad design
  • Easy faucet nut removal tool
  • Cordless drills good design/bad design
  • Home-made level storage case
  • Multimeters
  • Ladders
  • Extension cords