Hi Folks, I'm hoping some of you folks can shed some light on how my basement is plumbed, so I know best how to proceed. I'll likely hire someone, but I still would like to have some insight. The house was built in 1986, a split foyer. The concrete stairwell to the basement has a floor drain. About 20' inside, there's a floor drain. If I look down into that drain, one side of the T heads towards the door/stairwell. However it also continues further into the basement, but there are no other floor drains. In the center of the house is the main sewer line that runs into the concrete. My first question is, is the floor and stairwell drain running into the sewer? Was that common? I've never had any water in the basement floor drain - I look down inside and it's nothing but spiderwebs. The stairwell drain functions as it should. How were storm/sewer drains typically run in the late 80's? What I want to do is cap this floor drain (it falls in the center of a future 'living room', and add a floor drain to the utility room (same room with the main sewer line). Not only just to have at least one floor drain, but also for draining the water softner, etc. Second question, is it OK to tie this floor drain into the main sewer line? How much of a trap is neccessary, and would I need some sort of weeping line running into the concrete to keep this trap wet? Thanks for the time folks! Jamie

I'm finally getting around to replacing the stem in my outdoor faucet (Nibco 90). The handle was broken, and the end of the stem was a little bent from a previous owners incident. I just got the replacement Nibco 90, but I only need the stem/handle. The problem here is that I cannot get the stem released from the new faucet. I can easily unscrew the stem from the old faucet attached to the house, but this new one is a no go. Does anyone have any experience with the Nibco 90? Are the new faucets not able to release the stem?? I'm sure I'm overlooking something here.