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#1 ·
Can anyone suggest a website where i can find detailed diagrams of undersink plumbing, toilet drains, shower drains and supply piping, washer drains, and "rules" of residential plumbing?

ive asked this before and was told to buy a book on plumbing from HD or lowes and i went up there, there wasnt a single book that had anything to do with plumbing. i need a website, please! My dad was supposed to fix all of the plumbing for my house but he just got a job that will have him gone all day every day and he wont have time.
 
#42 ·
Some free advice (that I should have followed 40 years ago when I started doing DIY plumbing): wherever you get them, find a book or two and read up on how to do the job correctly. And learn what the various plumbing parts are called (sanitary tees, trap adapters, 1/4 bends, nipples, wyes, etc. etc. and what the are used for). Believe me, when you go to purchase the supplies, you will surely be confused by the huge variety of fittings that are available. As a result, you will more than likely be returning many of them.
 
#43 ·
wow thanks for the vote of confidence there. Yeah im sure the plumbing wont go as smoothly as windows or floors, but Ive got no choice. Either i do it, or i live on the street. And your advice to "find another plumber" really wont help at all becuase most plumbers charge the same amounts. if it costs $1500 just to have a drain moved, i can imagine what he would charge to completely replumb the whole house
 
#45 ·
Not really generalization, just facts. My dad had to have this done in one of his rentals, and didnt want to do it himself so he got four quotes on it, and not a single one of them quoted him under $1500. And that was about ten years ago, i imagine its quite a bit higher now
 
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