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  0 Thread: Hot Water Tank
Post: RE: Hot Water Tank

No love blowing backwards. Appreciate the replies. Ended up getting a transfer pump. Removed the pipe plug on the top of the tank and pumping it out.  I'm going to have a new a new flushing/cleaning...
Maddog Home Improvement 12 816 01-16-2025, 09:23 AM
  0 Thread: Hot Water Tank
Post: RE: Hot Water Tank

So not exactly related to the clogged drain but more of a thermostat setting question . I realized yesterday after considering the possibility of a bad lower thermostat because I never saw power at...
Maddog Home Improvement 12 816 01-10-2025, 10:58 AM
  0 Thread: Hot Water Tank
Post: RE: Hot Water Tank

Thanks! I’ll look for that.
Maddog Home Improvement 12 816 01-10-2025, 01:21 AM
  0 Thread: Hot Water Tank
Post: RE: Hot Water Tank

Or better yet the right pump with hose connections
Maddog Home Improvement 12 816 01-09-2025, 02:07 PM
  0 Thread: Hot Water Tank
Post: RE: Hot Water Tank

Looking again at tank I see there’s an”optional T and P port” on the top of the tank. Maybe I could siphon through there? Or I wonder if there are internal baffles or such in the way? Guess I coul...
Maddog Home Improvement 12 816 01-09-2025, 01:53 PM
  0 Thread: Hot Water Tank
Post: RE: Hot Water Tank

I’ve opened every faucet in the house. Opened the pressure relief valve. Disconnected the outlet line. To no avail
Maddog Home Improvement 12 816 01-09-2025, 09:55 AM
  0 Thread: Hot Water Tank
Post: Hot Water Tank

Have a 46 gallon tank tucked away under the stairwell that is not easy to get to. 10 years old. The tank. Not me. Anyway have not flushed regularly and thought it was time as it's not working very wel...
Maddog Home Improvement 12 816 01-09-2025, 09:17 AM
  0 Thread: Alternative to pressure treated
Post: RE: Alternative to pressure treated

Thanks for the tips!!
Maddog Home Improvement 11 3,333 04-15-2022, 12:37 PM
  0 Thread: Alternative to pressure treated
Post: Alternative to pressure treated

So I want to build a garden enclosure. Bambi and all his relatives think they own the place and whatever is planted we did it for them. Anyway my initial idea was 4 x 4 treated posts and hog wire....
Maddog Home Improvement 11 3,333 04-15-2022, 09:49 AM
  0 Thread: Adding Soffit plugs
Post: Adding Soffit plugs

Asking for opinions on using metal soffit plugs to keep birds from perching on the edge of the holes and pooping all over the siding. There's screening on the inside and wondering if by inserting th...
Maddog Home Improvement 0 691 02-14-2022, 06:31 PM
  0 Thread: Clearing drain pipes in pond
Post: RE: Clearing drain pipes in pond

Sorry for my delayed response. Well the 2-6 inch drains have been adequate in the past. But here in the Seattle Puget Sound Area we had a record setting amount of rainfall in December coupled with 6-8...
Maddog Home Improvement 19 11,304 02-01-2022, 11:31 AM
  0 Thread: Clearing drain pipes in pond
Post: RE: Clearing drain pipes in pond

Interesting Tim. My clog is at least 16 feet in from the end as I’ve probed the pipes with an extension rod and can’t feel anything. Seems like this jet rod you mention might also cut through corr...
Maddog Home Improvement 19 11,304 01-18-2022, 11:39 AM
  0 Thread: Clearing drain pipes in pond
Post: RE: Clearing drain pipes in pond

Thanks for all the suggestions! I was also wondering if I could snake something through with a hook like thing on the end and then pull it through. No way for any big equipment as it’s very sensit...
Maddog Home Improvement 19 11,304 01-17-2022, 10:15 AM
  0 Thread: Clearing drain pipes in pond
Post: Clearing drain pipes in pond

So we have a pond on our property that can be a source of pleasure because of the wildlife it attracts but can also be a pita and potentially destructive when the overflow drains aren’t working right ...
Maddog Home Improvement 19 11,304 01-16-2022, 01:12 PM
  0 Thread: First Alert detectors
Post: RE: First Alert detectors

Good suggestion on checking codes. I did and it states houses built in 1980 or later are to be hard wired.
Maddog Home Improvement 7 2,132 11-04-2021, 04:59 PM
  0 Thread: First Alert detectors
Post: RE: First Alert detectors

Thanks for that advice! Very valuable and appreciated!
Maddog Home Improvement 7 2,132 11-04-2021, 09:08 AM
  0 Thread: First Alert detectors
Post: RE: First Alert detectors

Second part of this question is any recommended hard wired detectors? We have a small house and don't feel the need to redo wiring to interconnect. We are for sure going to awaken if either of the 2...
Maddog Home Improvement 7 2,132 11-03-2021, 06:38 PM
  0 Thread: First Alert detectors
Post: First Alert detectors

We have 2 first alert combo smoke /co2 detectors. These are the kind that have a theoretical 10 year battery Put them in about 5 years ago although since we can't seem to find any documentation rega...
Maddog Home Improvement 7 2,132 11-03-2021, 05:55 PM
  0 Thread: Garage door seal
Post: RE: Garage door seal

Thanks. Understand "free advice" Still appreciate all of it! Aluminum 2 inches wide.
Maddog Home Improvement 12 3,794 06-15-2021, 02:39 PM
  0 Thread: Garage door seal
Post: Garage door seal

I need to replace my 16 foot wide seal.  I'd like to think that it's a simple matter of sliding out the old and sliding in the new.  I am a realist however and based on the little I've read I think ...
Maddog Home Improvement 12 3,794 06-15-2021, 01:28 PM

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