Our home was built 3 years ago. I live in Minnesota and it's been -10 or so the last few days. I've noticed some moisture/standing water in our basement around where the PVC pipe runs into the concrete. This is right where the washer standpipe is. It runs up and vents out the side of the house one way and the other side goes up and comes back down into the concrete slab a few feet away. Any idea what may be causing this? Never noticed it before and not sure if it's related to the extreme cold. As you can see from the picture, this area is roughly 42" below ground.
With so much plumbing in the area my first thought is a leak. Condensation on pipes happens in hot humid months so I don't think it's condensation dripping from the pipes. The same goes for the concrete. You need a cold slab with warm humid air for water to condense on the concrete. And lastly, water may be migrating up through the concrete. Still, I'd thoroughly check the pipes in the area for a leak.
Here is a better picture. No moisture felt anywhere on the PVC. Would it be typical for a leak to develop out of nowhere in a home that's only a few years old? Just bizarre.
Dry up the floor. Then wrap all the joints with paper towel or toilet paper. Put a piece of cardboard under the pipes where the floor was wet. Run some water down that drain to see if the paper towels or toilet paper gets wet. Do a regular load of clothes to test. If none of the paper gets wet then leave the cardboard a few hours and see if the bottom of it gets wet like it seeped up from the floor or seeped in from the wall. That is how I would check to see where the water is coming from.
Cold water valve is still let water out after closing it. Does this valve come of by turning on the thread while hold down the nut on top of the PVC pipe? I can't find exactly identical looking valve. Will I be able to replace with [url]https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-1-2-in-x-3-4-in-MPT-x-MHT-Brass-Quarter-Turn-Washing-Machine-Cold-Handle-Valve-102-210EB/205821814[/url] ? Your helps are very much appreciated. Thanks.
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Hi,
After losing power for 5 days, I grew tired of running to the crowded and sometimes empty gas stations to fill 5 gallon gas containers. With a 500 gallon in ground tank, I figure that I might as well use it.
I have a 1/2 line solid gas line that was installed by the gas company representative from a regulator to my 30,000 BTU Vent-Free garage heater which I rarely use. The 25ish foot line has a male union right in the middle of it exactly where I plan to make an outdoor housing for my portable generator. I turned of all of the shutoffs and measured the thread sizes with my dial calipers and found the union threads to be 3/4 OD.
This is the regulator which runs to said line: [url]https://www.regoproducts.com/lpgproductpdfs/lv4403b.pdf[/url]
I live in the sticks and it is legal to work on my gas lines. I am not unfamiliar with working with propane but not an expert. The guy who set this up vaporized so I'd like to handle this myself.
Anyways...my preliminary thoughts would be to install a male reducing tee like this:
[url]https://propanewarehouse.com/shop/fittings/brass-fittings/male-flare-tee-copy/[/url]
I believe that I'd like to put a shutoff valve at the end that would supply the generator too.
I am a bit confused though on the correct sizing for the end of the the proposed tee that would supply the generator. On the portable hose/regulator that came with the generator which is intended to run a 20 pound propane tank, I see a reference label on it indicating that the outlet of this hose to the generator is 5/8-18UNF. I searched around and it seems that 5/8-18UNF is actually 3/8 SAE...but I don't quite understand that. My dial calipers indicated 5/8 threads or .625 inches at the generator inlet.
Based on all this, what kind of reducing tee size do I need to buy? The above link for the reducing tee concerns me a bit as well. The only option that I see is 3/4 for the top of the tee and 5/8 for the generator supply line. Would I be looking for a male flared reducing tee that would be 3/4 x 3/4 x 3/8 as opposed to that one?
Normally I wouldn't just buy a few on Amazon just to be safe and return the unused one but these reducing tees seem a bit hard to find and I don't think many other places have such easy return policies.
The local hardware stores don't seem to carry these either.
Any other thoughts on my logic here?
Thanks in advance!
01-06-22, 10:39 PM
