Self-cleaning Filter Instead of a Roofwasher

Being an engineer, I just couldn’t bring myself to accept that the classic roof washer concept was the BEST way to insure that only clean rainwater gets into the storage tank… The usual first flush roofwasher idea is to collect some predetermined number of gallons from the beginning of the gutter flow (which contains the […]

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Washing machine – possible seepage?

Our washing machine is nearly 18 years old (bought in early 1992). My wife is convinced that water is seeping from the bottom of it, which probably means that we have to replace it right away. I suspect that she is right, but I am hoping for some alternate explanation, based on what we saw […]

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Water under piling house question

We’ve put an offer in on a house that’s built on pilings. There is maybe a 2-3 foot gap between the ground and the first floor of the house. When our house inspector was there it was the day after a heavy rain and there was standing water under the house. He says the lot […]

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