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I wouldn't. I watched an episode when that genius stated you shouldn't caulk a toilet. His reason was so you can see if it starts leaking. Too bad we have codes that say it must be caulked and for good reason.

I think Toll stopped using copper because of the roughing sub in Jackson who was stealing the pipe he installed during the day at night. I've only seen Toll and Ryan use CPVC. What is a shore thing is ABS. Only in the last couple years due to price difference have I started using PVC. Winter time I will still use ABS if there is no heat on the job. High end houses in Deal we still use Cast and Copper Drains. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

I agree 100% about CPVC. Toll started using it too along with T-Ply as well. Not sure if both still do but Toll was using both on $700k-$1M homes. Funny story. Ryan optioned lots in Marlboro from Meiterman; before his conviction. Inspectors saw T-Ply and CPVC and refused to allow it. However code did allow it. Inspectors told them how long it would take to schedule inspections and Ryan agreed to use plywood sheathing if they could use CPVC. Inspectors relented. The model house with finished basement was one of the CPVC pipes that I saw fail. 4' Crack right down the middle of the pipe. Finished basement ruined. Ryan ended up only selling 3 houses in 9 months. Meiterman threw them off the site and finished the job himself. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Radiant you can. Though I prefer Onix. I'm talking more about potable water lines. Especially vertical. The amount of time that would take to look as neat as copper would negate any savings with Pex. This was another reason I hated using CPVC. Besides all the additional elbows and joints, and the fact that I saw the pipe itself fail twice, it took double the amount of blocks, straps, and time to make it look good. It got to the point I offered to pipe the houses in copper for the same price. Ryan Homes declined because they got a rebate from BF Goodwich for every house they used CPVC in. They also used T-Ply for sheathing. If their useless, know nothing, straight out of college, one for every jobsite supers didn't have the houses unlocked we would cut a hole with a razor knife and reach in and unlock the door. I will give them credit for one thing. They put blue dots everywhere and made sure every paint and spackle touch up were done. This way when a Ryan Homes buyer came for their walk through they didn't look into what was underneath and realize how much of a POS they just bought. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

On houses I built myself what I did was built a double wall in order to still come up in the wall. I also over built the houses with 2x6 Exterior walls and 2x6 interior walls at diverter wall. I wish every builder did the same. Then again I only spot built. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk I'm sending that one to my father. He will get a kick out of it. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Just another reason why I don't like Pex [emoji6] Besides no Pex job could ever look as neat as copper. I run my vertical water and drain lines through drilled 2x4 blocks with solid straps (no plastic banding). I also use very few elbows of any degree, if any, on 1/2" and 3/4" copper. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

But how does it work for fast hot water? Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

My bad that was 10x with the drain lines. It should help but it isn't really fixing the under lying issue. If you do install it let us know how much faster the hot water is at the fixture. With my dedicated recirc line and pump for my master shower, during the times I have the pump set for, water is near instantly hot. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Two valves (one per fixture) and one pump is what their literature shows. Are you trying to get quicker hot water at the sink or just having the water circulate in the water lines to not freeze? I thought your problem was a frozen drain line? Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

What is the maximum vertical drop from fixture drain to trap? What does the code say about trap location? Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

That is a retrofit recirc pump that uses the cold water line as a return. So it is circulating water in both lines. I've honestly never looked into one before. I'm curious how effective they are. I've always installed dedicated recirculator lines with pumps or added instant water heater at fixture. I am curious about it myself. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

What he is advocating has been against the code for as long as I can remember. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Supplies can not be run in floor by code unless necessary. Only really necessary if there is an outside wall. If beam in way come through floor and break into wall under vanity in toe kick area. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Hair Dryer blowing into hose or pipe if you don't have large shop vac. I will also use heat guns blowing onto the pipe but be careful not to melt plastic pipe or start a fire. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

And no outside walls even if it is a conditioned space. Usually takes 2 days sub 20 degree temps. However if the wind is blowing cold, pipes can freeze in a day with 30 degree temps. All it takes is a small penetration. This cold spell we are in anyone's pipes can freeze. Some have frozen for the first time in 20 years since the home was built. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

The major class action suits are for the HEPex used with radiant heat. The joints are failing and destroying houses. It is with the companies I listed. The Pex lawsuits are out in California regarding cancer causing and the expansion ring failure. If domestic copper is properly installed and penetrations are sealed it will never have an issue and outlast all of us. The verdict is still out on Pex IMO. Track record for plastic water lines inside of house is not great, see Polypropylene (blue pipe) and CPVC.

If your storm windows are on the inside and ice is building up inside it's time to replace the windows Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

I think the Pex lawsuits are going to be more cancer related. There have been some in of course California. Not that I would drink most municipal water, but I just trust copper. It is well proven. CPVC I would never use. Was forced to use it when we were doing all of Ryan Homes work in NJ. Saw the pipe split right down the middle, in Winter, in Basement, Twice. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

My understanding is Calguns Foundation is the most proactive group and at the head of the legal victories the last year. https://www.calgunsfoundation.org/ I believe it is the same calguns that is one of the most active firearms forums on the net. They worked in conjunction with CRPA which is the official NRA organization in Cali. http://crpa.org/ Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

I use the Onix for radiant with Viega controls. If there was any Pex I would trust it would be theirs. The HePex lawsuits are going to surpass Polypropylene. Wirsbo, Zurn, and IPEX. I stay away from all Pex piping. The potable lawsuits will be next. Propress is good stuff, but very expensive. I have the Copper Press but rarely use it. Never got the gas press. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Due Process is defined under Common Law, the Bill of Rights, 14th Amendment, and most importantly the Supreme Court. https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/due+process+of+law Yes Federal Judges especially Supreme Court Justices should rule on Constitutionality as intended by the founding fathers. Hopefully the piss poor rulings are reversed. As for 2A my understanding is keep and bear = own and carry. If you can carry it you can own it. So that would exclude Nukes, but full auto and RPG are good to go. The intent was so that the people would be as well armed as any professional Army so they could defend the Republic from all tyranny whether foreign or domestic.

That is true. For the radiant I have used plumbing supply's fancy computer program lol. With baseboard like most everything else we still do things the old school way and calculate by hand. We don't use Pex and we bend 1/2" and 3/4" copper. I rarely thread black pipe by hand these days, but we still use it instead of the flexible gas pipe. A finish nail isn't going through black mal pipe. I also only use domestic pipe and fittings. You can't bend the cheap Chinese copper tubing because it splits. Actually I only use American or German Made products period. Ball Valves I use bronze because no one makes a Domestic Brass Ball Valve anymore.

Heat Loss Calculation is very important. Many clueless / lazy installers do not properly calculate the heat loss. This leads to too much or too little baseboard in rooms. A personal pet peeve of mine is the use of dummy sections of baseboard. Makes for a crap job. It's not that hard to drill holes to pipe below the floor to get to the next section.

Is North Carolina still the opposite? Used to be going into North Carolina with a SC CWP pistol had to be in view in the vehicle. Part of the reason was lack of reciprocity. 20 years ago I lived in Myrtle Beach so I paid attention to laws in both states. I got out when Myrtle Beach got over built and the class of people went way down. How is it now? What happened to all the video poker parlors? Meaning what became of the empty buildings? Also what became of all the empty strip clubs? Wonder where all the strippers went lol?

Our forefathers spent a lot of time writing the Constitution and they covered everything that was important. One of which is Constitutional Rights along with life, liberty, and property can be taken as long as there is due process (Amendment 5). Thus a criminal or mentally unfit can have their 2A rights taken. That is the limit of infringement allowed by the Constitution. The problem started not just with Second Amendment Rights, but judicial over reach into matters such as Abortion and Gay Marriage (no marriage is protected under the Constitution). Neither are Constitutional Rights and are thus State Issues. Women don't even have rights under the Constitution. They are protected by laws. Again this is what our forefathers intended. When one takes the Constitution and starts changing words to fit the narrative of the day then ones risks the loss of all Constitutionally Protected Rights. Before anyone makes an incorrect statement the pursuit of happiness is not in the Constitution. So it can not be used as a catchall to add Constitutionally protected rights.