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    Tankless Hot Water Heaters

    Any recommendations for residential use? Experience with use? I would like to get one of the Takagi heaters (T-K2 or T-KD20) but it looks like availability of installation for me is limited to the Aquastar 240FX. It is just me and fiance in a 4 br, 2.5 bath with a 90 gal hot tub, dishwasher and...
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    Storm Sewer Drain - Residential

    I'm not sure what specification you're referring to (I'm a packaging engineer)... It is a solid wall pipe doesn't seem to be much thicker than a large laundry detergent bottle... (I put a shovel through one of the rain gutter drains of the same material fairly easily when I was creating the...
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    Storm Sewer Drain - Residential

    Pipe drains into the road and we can both access from our property. Arden
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    Storm Sewer Drain - Residential

    The builder of the house is no longer in business (We're the second owners). The pipe that was used is a 3" pipe, but it appears to be made out of HDPE, not PVC or other rigid material. I think with the freeze-thaws and a car or 2 driving on the lawn is causing the failure. Arden
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    Storm Sewer Drain - Residential

    My neighbor and I have discovered that when our houses were constructed, the builder constructed the storm sewer drain with 3" HDPE pipe. Both of our sump pumps and 6 rain gutter drains are feeding into it. The pipe is collapsing in a few places and we need to replace it. We are...

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