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rockstar
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 4 months ago
Cost of sprinkler system
I have 2 family, 4 story brownstone house with fire escape. I have sprinkler connection and I am paying monthly bills for that. I realised…
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minasimon
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 4 months ago
Sprinkler System Requirements
We just moved into a three family home with a working sprinkler system in the hallways and certain rooms. We got inspected by DOB who…
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villagebrstoner
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 4 months ago
City Violation - Water main meter
Recently we had to replace the old water main of the sprinkler. It was an expensive operation. Now we got a city violation because they…
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hillel
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 4 months ago
Parlor Door Repair
We need asap a man who can repair our parlor door. We have been having problems with the lock on that door. The door has…
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funstraw
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 4 months ago
Insulating thick cold water pipes
We have 1 3/4″ cold water supply pipes coming into our building. I would like to use foam insulation to cut down the condensation and…
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deano
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 4 months ago
rust in my hot water?
I have two 50 gallon generic gas heaters, age unknown, for some reason plumbed in series (not the usual parallel). No leaks, still functioning normally.…
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desperatelyseekingbrownstone
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 5 months ago
Best brand of hot water tank?
We have a 3-family brownstone, and our 50-gallon tank isn’t allowing for enough hot water for all the tenants at peak times. Considering installing a…
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deancollins
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 5 months ago
PEX radiant floor heating?
Does anyone on the list have PEX in floor radiant heating? What are thoughts, any tips on its installation? what would you do differently etc?…
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greencat
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 5 months ago
Broken pipe/main on the block...who's responsible?
Hi all, We’re out of town and just heard that a fire department is outside an aparently abandoned house in Bed-stuy as a main burst,…
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leroysnipt
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 5 months ago
Preventing Pipe Freezes
With the artic air settling in for the week I am wondering if anyone else is worried about the possibility of frozen pipes. One side…
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FixtheCanal
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 5 months ago
Ejector Pump Broken
Our ejector pump stopped working. Since the lid to the pit also corroded away some time ago we are wondering if we should replace the…
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Augustiner
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 6 months ago
CPVC sprinkler systems instead of iron?
I was wondering if anyone had a CPVC based sprinkler installed and approved by DOB. For example http://www.lubrizol.com/CPVC/Products/BlazeMaster.html It seems to be cheaper to install…
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nalusurf
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 6 months ago
Experience Re-Tapping a Steam Radiator Air Vent Hole?
I have hot water steam radiators with 1/8″ air vent valves. Upon going to replace one of the air vents I discovered that the threads…
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owner12
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 6 months ago
Slate tile install
I am renovating a home in long island. I really like my GC and though his prices are higher than what I pay in Brooklyn,…
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starfish11040
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 6 months ago
Anyone ever use AAL Gas and Boiler service/
My boiler doesn’t work. No heat in building. Any experience with AAL?
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chrisemma
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 6 months ago
steam pipe fiberglass insulation inside boiler room
Hi, I am planning to insulate all steam pipes in the basement of a brownstone using fiberglass insulation. I wonder if it is OK to…
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nut4hvac
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 6 months ago
Why does upper flr. hot water faucet INSTANTELY go cold as soon as any lower flr. hot water faucet is put on?
There is only one brand new,bigger hot water tank. Not an instant or dual. There is no return loop. no mixing valves. no plumbing pipe…
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jojoli
in Plumbers and Plumbing 12 years and 7 months ago
Frequent clogs in main cast iron sewage pipe - replace with pvc?
Hi, We’ve been in our place almost 5 months now and have had a couple incidents of clogs in the main sewage drain pipe in…
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