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Anyone of you legends know what thread size this might be? It’s used for retic pipes.

Decided to scope the bathtub drain just to make sure there wasn't any rogue toys the kids had lost in the bath down there, and kind of didn't expect to find these weird dangly pipe things? There's the orangey one and an identical black one next to it seems to be right at the s bend. Running water through while looking at them they just kind of 'blow in the wind' so they're quite flexy, the bath waste goes straight down into the slab so this is under it. All I can think of are drain points for generic bathroom floor wastes, but we don't seem to have any? Any guesses welcome?

Hey all, first time home owner and first time poster here. I've just moved into my new place and am trying to get familiar with its quirks, as it's quite an old building. Was hoping someone with some plumbing knowledge could explain what/where all these pipes connect to. This is directly under my kitchen sink and next to my dishwasher. I thought they might be isolation valves but they're not colour coded and it looks like there are three different taps? Idk. If anyone more knowledgeable wants to take a guess I'd much appreciate it 🙈

I'm trying to remove this tap spindle to replace washer.

20mm has too much play (feels like it will round off) and 19mm won't fit over the diameter of the spindle.

Any ideas or suggestions?

About 2-3 weeks ago I saw our water bill and it was unexpectedly higher than usual

I figured maybe we’d just used more water than usual somehow and didn’t think too much of it

Then a weird damp spot started showing up on the living room wall right next to the bathroom

But the bathroom itself looked completely fine. No puddles, no dripping, no water on the floor, nothing under the vanity, nothing around the shower

Still I decided not to roll the dice with it and called Top Flow Plumbing Services just to have someone check whether maybe the shower cabin or vanity unit was leaking somewhere behind the scenes

Turns out the issue was way worse than I expected and there was a broken pipe inside the wall, and every time someone used water anywhere in the house, it was slowly leaking into the wall cavity

Basically the house had been quietly drinking water 24/7 while I stood there wondering why the bill looked insane…

The good thing is they found it pretty quickly once they started checking properly. They had to remove a few tiles to get to the pipe, fixed everything up, and somehow even managed to put the tiles back without making the bathroom look like a demolition zone afterward

Honestly kind of scary thinking how long that could’ve gone unnoticed if the wet spot hadn’t shown up

And I’m curious what could happen? What to do to avoid problems like this in the future?

Hi, i posted a couple days ago. I couldnt find the p trap to fit and i called a plumber and they said that it was a custom 45 angle and it would cost 800 dollars. Is that right?

Ive tried blood, sweat, tears and ugga duggas, any ideas?? I removed the 2 screws ive cut all the silicone but the lip of the right side is preventing me from removing it and I dont want to force it more and break it. Please help.

G’day all - just moved into a place & every time the sink above this pipe drains (it’s where our washing machine empties) water floods out of the small outlet circled in red.

Does anyone have a solution I can present to the REA beyond “call a plumber” ?

I have checked the pipe for obstructions & found nothing.

Hi all, apologies if this is the wrong subreddit - delete if not allowed!

I had a guy come out to fix an issue with a sewer pressure pump and whilst he was at it, he mentioned an "upgrade" he's been doing on some of the older systems he deals with. He may have just been up selling me, but when I asked him how much total for the jobs (original call out and what he was mentioning) he said $1000-1200 depending on labour.

Cut two weeks ahead, he's just sent me an invoice for $2500 bucks. Is he taking the piss? Invoice attached for reference.

Of note, he was on site for 2 hours 20 minutes and didn't take anything back to a workshop for fabrication or anything.

I’m trying to remove the lid with the rectangular flush buttons to change my pump valve inside to fix flush leaking, I can’t tell if it’s glue to the back of the wall, but there are only tutorials that only show how to remove the circular shape button, videos shows that by pushing the circular shape button would reveal a slot that could then be pulled out with a flat head screwdriver, inside would be a rod attached that could be removed, allowing the lid to be open.

I tried to explicitly follow this video https://youtu.be/Xg9SAVudkyk?si=e4o1nLUe3prUkQd2 , still have no success. Any suggestions on how do I open the lid🙏?

I need 4 of them at 25mm for a project!