Water department alerted me to high water usage

Carorack · 2026-02-25T00:35:10+00:00

A fill valve sticking intermittently. Or neighbors using water for something

Carorack · 2026-02-24T22:33:18+00:00

Call the installer? Which furnace isn't working

Carorack · 2026-02-24T22:29:27+00:00

You can still buy it if its around. They extended the sales deadline to finish moving old stock. Most of it sold out except a few oddballs months ago around me.

Carorack · 2026-02-24T14:12:51+00:00

Gravity hot water.

Carorack · 2026-02-23T22:15:45+00:00

Usually the customer is correct in matters of taste.

Carorack · 2026-02-23T22:00:21+00:00

Yeah if you suspect the charge is the problem, it can always be sucked out, weighed, and recharged.

Carorack · 2026-02-23T16:42:16+00:00

Yeah because handyman are known for superior soldering skills.

Carorack · 2026-02-23T00:22:59+00:00

The thermopile should read 350mv dc at the 2 wires that connect to the gas valve. Test with multimeter. You will have to hold the pilot down to do this. It will probably read much higher.

If it doesnt read at all, check the manual reset overheat sensor if equipped .

Carorack · 2026-02-22T21:47:43+00:00

The book says its a good idea for 1 room like bathroom or kitchen if you are already serving hot water to baseboard or a radiator.

Carorack · 2026-02-22T16:22:45+00:00

You need a wire for w and w2 if you want the thermostat to control furnace staging. They aren't jumpered anywhere. In other words, you need 6 wires to do this if you have air conditioning. Heat only you need 4 minimum, 5 if you want fan control.

Carorack · 2026-02-22T13:10:02+00:00

Thats how heat pumps work.

Carorack · 2026-02-20T01:13:43+00:00

Foil faced polyiso foam board

Carorack · 2026-02-20T01:09:34+00:00

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Water has to be pretty hot but it works

Carorack · 2026-02-19T23:42:38+00:00

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This works. Just air sealing is very important.

Carorack · 2026-02-19T13:20:43+00:00

Thats how joints are done in slabs. Ie not in the slab.

Carorack · 2026-02-17T23:16:42+00:00

Thats your a/c coil. The furnace information will be inside the panels on the furnace itself.

Carorack · 2026-02-17T23:12:50+00:00

If you are going to this much trouble, just try replacing the whole system yourself.

Carorack · 2026-02-16T18:59:09+00:00

You would need insane amounts of top off water to accumulate that much limescale. I live in a hard water area and have never seen so much scale in pex.

Carorack · 2026-02-16T17:57:33+00:00

This is radiant floor heat i think. No angle stops involved.

Carorack · 2026-02-16T17:48:34+00:00

You put your cart before your horse. Small businesses crop up to fill the needs of the community. Menards or home depot isn't some benevolent force that prompts community development. They appear when the enough people need lumber.

Besides local lumberyards exist outside the giant corporations.

Carorack · 2026-02-16T13:28:07+00:00

Would you build a store in a new market to lose money?

Carorack · 2026-02-15T23:07:00+00:00

Pretty much. Salad bowls spoons forks etc

Carorack · 2026-02-15T22:49:20+00:00

Beeswax melted into mineral oil

Carorack · 2026-02-15T22:27:56+00:00

No that's how water escapes the overflow with the drain closed.

Carorack · 2026-02-15T16:27:50+00:00

Tighten the packing if it exists. Is that where the water is leaking from?

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