I have searched related issues at Yahoo Answers but could not find the best answer to my question since they are not all inconsistent. I don’t want to cause a blockage in my pipes but I also want to be environmental friendly, so what would be the best way to do in New Zealand? Are we supposed to flush the toilet paper or not? Thanks!

The overflow pipe from my hot water system is dripping quite fast, it seems to be dumping about 2 buckets of water at least per day. This has happened over the last 2 days. Should I get a plumber? And how urgent is this likely to be?

I have a hyosung hyper 125 cant get fuel to vacuum through can anyone help please have spark, compression ,correctly plumbed just dont know how to get fuel to fill carb and run.

including waste water system and hot water line system

which is the best water heater system based on the safety, cost, and usage ?
gas ? solar ? or electric ?
thanks

I had this home inspected by a home inspector and he did not mention anything about the lack of p-traps. I have not had a home that has a septic system before so I thought that the no p-trap thing was probably OK, but did not know. Occasionally we have sewer whiffs of smell from drains and now only the hall bathroom has a mold/mildew smell coming out of the sink and tub drains. The tub has an overflow and the sink does not have an overflow. The master bath set-up is the same as the hall bath, the basement bathroom sink has no p-trap and no overflow. There is a toilet in that bath also. If I go out in the garage I can see a p-trap from under the master bedroom bath area tub. The roof vent is also right between the hall and master bedroom. There is not a roof vent by the kitchen area (15 or more feet from baths) and that is where we get the sewer whiffs (not very often). Do I need to put in p-traps? Is the one roof vent OK? Any cause for mold smell? I have checked for leaks from tubs and sinks etc. Please help!

I had this home inspected by a home inspector and he did not mention anything about the lack of p-traps. I have not had a home that has a septic system before so I thought that the no p-trap thing was probably OK, but did not know. Occasionally we have sewer whiffs of smell from drains and now only the hall bathroom has a mold/mildew smell coming out of the sink and tub drains. The tub has an overflow and the sink does not have an overflow. The master bath set-up is the same as the hall bath, the basement bathroom sink has no p-trap and no overflow. There is a toilet in that bath also. If I go out in the garage I can see a p-trap from under the master bedroom bath area tub. The roof vent is also right between the hall and master bedroom. There is not a roof vent by the kitchen area (15 or more feet from baths) and that is where we get the sewer whiffs (not very often). Do I need to put in p-traps? Is the one roof vent OK? Any cause for mold smell? I have checked for leaks from tubs and sinks etc. Please help!

it’s where you place a T intersection (like for where the shower faucets go) with a riser above it to stop “water hammer” by giving the system some room for the air to pressure to go to.

I live in a house that was built in the early 1920’s. I’ve been living here for about 13-14 years with my parents and now the plumbing is backing up where we have raw sewage coming back through a drain in our basement. I don’t know what the state of the main drain leading to the sewers is like since it is buried under cement, so there is no way to know what’s going wrong with it or precisely where it is. The pipes, that we for the most part are replacing are/were galvanized steel, but I don’t know when those were put in/how old they are and if it is/was the same throughout the house. My mom thinks that we need to replace the drain system there, but at the same time I’m not sure. Is there a way to fix it temporarily before we can have it replaced as it more than likely needs to be done anyways?

I’m building a pond for my turtles this weekend. I’m thinking I will need a water heater for the fall (i’ll bring them in for winter) and some type of filter for the water. I need suggestions for them (like a brand or something). The pond will be the size of one of those small plastic kiddie pools. Filter will need to be strong enough to handle that amount of water and the waste of 2 red eared sliders and multiple fish (for them to snack on).
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!!