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Lanx said:
gonna have plumbing fun this weekend, the recent tornados here have really made me getting a backup sump pump. from research i've determined battery backup sump pumps are annoying and die anyway, so i'll get me a water powered one
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For this, i'm gonna have to learn piping lulz, like learning how to solder. i'll play around first, get me some 1/2 pipe to fire up.

someone tell me why this was done?

as far as i can tell, my city water is 1in to shutoff in wall (theres a panel that i open)

then i pipes to my boiler room where it t's off to 1/2 (going somewhere, idk, my basement is finished), gets reduced from 1in to 3/4in then it makes a little loop(it was to a previously now removed water softener) then it gets increased to 1in then gets reduced to a 3/4 "T" for the waterheater and out to other areas.

why does it increase from 3/4 to 1in at the water heater? this doesn't do anything in terms of flow right?

anyway for now, i'm just gonna cut into the 3/4 before the water heater solder for each end a 3/4 to pex fitting. (i was gonna just use a shark bite for this, but i feel more secure w/ a solder joint)

make a small manifold for now
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and just have two 3/4 run to the water heater (the original line i cut) and then one 3/4 run to my backup sump pump.

then i gotta redo the drain for my sump pump, it's also ABS, so that shouldn't be so difficult, i'll just get a ABS wye and branch it in.

I went w/ pex b, with the black ring clamp style (i didn't like the stainless crimp, that looks ugly)

anything i should look out for? i know how to solder wires, so i'm figuring this shouldn't be so difficult?
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You are a few valves away from being concurrently maintainable on your water system. I would highly consider setting it up so you are since you already have a loop there.
 
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You are a few valves away from being concurrently maintainable on your water system. I would highly consider setting it up so you are since you already have a loop there.
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unfortunately i only see the one "t" from the 3/4 to the 1/2 in my boiler room, that big 3/4 line goes out and disappears and the basement is finished.

I mean, i was also dreaming about running entirely new runs up to my roof and repiping that way, it looked like it'd be a fun project.
 
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So my lawnmower cuts just fine, but it doesn't store the grass for shit. I can't stand loose clippings all over my yard. If I had an acre or something, then I wouldn't care, but in a residential normal sized lawn, I can't stand the "mulch" mode. But my lawn mower, when the bag is even just a third full, starts dropping the clippings back down, and if I keep going it'll eventually stop the mower because it's backed up so much?

As I've dealt with the annoyance for the past couple months as spring has hit and I'm mowing every week, the only thing I can think of is that the "science" behind a push mower, is that when you turn at the end of a row, you tilt "up" , and therefore the clippings should fall to the back of the bag? But mine doesn't do that really at all.

Any recommendations for a new mower that isn't a pain in the dick? It certainly doesn't help that I'm in the Northwest, and so the yard is nearly always at least "damp" , even in the summer months, but I gotta have faith there is some mower out there that isn't crappy?

Edit: Just read that the bag needs to be clean, so that air can pass through, carrying the grass into the bag. Good point. I checked, and my bag is pretty clean. I made it better, but I'm not sure this is the entire problem.
 
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So my lawnmower cuts just fine, but it doesn't store the grass for shit. I can't stand loose clippings all over my yard. If I had an acre or something, then I wouldn't care, but in a residential normal sized lawn, I can't stand the "mulch" mode. But my lawn mower, when the bag is even just a third full, starts dropping the clippings back down, and if I keep going it'll eventually stop the mower because it's backed up so much?

As I've dealt with the annoyance for the past couple months as spring has hit and I'm mowing every week, the only thing I can think of is that the "science" behind a push mower, is that when you turn at the end of a row, you tilt "up" , and therefore the clippings should fall to the back of the bag? But mine doesn't do that really at all.

Any recommendations for a new mower that isn't a pain in the dick? It certainly doesn't help that I'm in the Northwest, and so the yard is nearly always at least "damp" , even in the summer months, but I gotta have faith there is some mower out there that isn't crappy?

Edit: Just read that the bag needs to be clean, so that air can pass through, carrying the grass into the bag. Good point. I checked, and my bag is pretty clean. I made it better, but I'm not sure this is the entire problem.
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How big is your lawn? For small lawns electric mowers are sweet
 
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I've been really happy with my Craftsman push mower with a rear bagger. It fills up completely before dropping stuff.
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My dad had a Craftsman for as long as I can remember and it never failed.


I have a Honda self propelled mower and it's the best mower Ive ever used. I've had it 5 years now and no issues. I change the oil every spring and rinse it down every once in awhile.

Also I use mulch mode pretty exclusively. If I mow every week I can't even see the clippings. It's really good for your grass
 
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How big is your lawn? For small lawns electric mowers are sweet
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Lawn is super small. Certainly well within electric sizes. Might have to look into it, as all the Ryobi electric stuff we have has been pretty nice to us.
 
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Lawn is super small. Certainly well within electric sizes. Might have to look into it, as all the Ryobi electric stuff we have has been pretty nice to us.
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Yeah the 40v ryobi is badass. And you don’t have to worry about winterizing it etc. it’s a lot lighter than the gas mowers too which helps with the wet lawn feel doesn’t tear up the grass as much it seems.
 
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Yeah the 40v ryobi is badass. And you don’t have to worry about winterizing it etc. it’s a lot lighter than the gas mowers too which helps with the wet lawn feel doesn’t tear up the grass as much it seems.
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We have the 40v weed eater (edger), and blower. Fuck yea. I'm buying this thing tomorrow!
 
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Hmm.... never mind... This video says that they only were filling their bag to half full before it was getting clogged up. This is my exact problem now. Said also that in mulch mode, that it was a pretty terrible mulcher, leaving long cuts of grass on top of the grass. Marked the video below at the start , where he talks about it.

Damn it! I was so excited!

 
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Hmm.... never mind... This video says that they only were filling their bag to half full before it was getting clogged up. This is my exact problem now. Said also that in mulch mode, that it was a pretty terrible mulcher, leaving long cuts of grass on top of the grass. Marked the video below at the start , where he talks about it.

Damn it! I was so excited!

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Don’t believe the gas engine propoganda. I have one and it works great.

Part of your issue could be the frequency and height that you are mowing too as well. Depending on grass and growth rate / time of season you should be cutting to different heights and at different frequencies. If your dropping in once every two weeks and trying to scalp it your going to have some long blades in your bag sure.
 
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Don’t believe the gas engine propoganda. I have one and it works great.

Part of your issue could be the frequency and height that you are mowing too as well. Depending on grass and growth rate / time of season you should be cutting to different heights and at different frequencies. If your dropping in once every two weeks and trying to scalp it your going to have some long blades in your bag sure.
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Same dudes, but this is a Ryobi vs Ego video they did, and agian, at where I marked in the video, he talks about how the Ryobi, due to lack of power, can only fill half a bag before it starts clogging up?

 
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I can’t see it in my phone it won’t load. I can’t comment on anything other than my experience seems to do fine for me
 
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I can’t see it in my phone it won’t load. I can’t comment on anything other than my experience seems to do fine for me
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In the end he said both are pretty good, and the biggest difference was battery life and battery charge time.

He did say though that the EGO blade has a different shape, and because of that, it will blow grass back up into the housing, so it mulches better, or blow it back into the bag better.

Of course, the EGO is also like $550. :(
 
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In the end he said both are pretty good, and the biggest difference was battery life and battery charge time.

He did say though that the EGO blade has a different shape, and because of that, it will blow grass back up into the housing, so it mulches better, or blow it back into the bag better.

Of course, the EGO is also like $550. :(
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With you already having 40v tools and likely batteries too I would stay i that ecosystem
 
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Hybrid lawnmowers next. Push around a small generator to electrically power the electric mower.
 
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Crone said:
Hmm.... never mind... This video says that they only were filling their bag to half full before it was getting clogged up. This is my exact problem now. Said also that in mulch mode, that it was a pretty terrible mulcher, leaving long cuts of grass on top of the grass. Marked the video below at the start , where he talks about it.

Damn it! I was so excited!

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but they don't use a real mulch blade, do they?

whatever you do, do NOT get corded
 
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I bought a corded when I rented a single wide, figured it was literally just a little strip of grass, how bad can it be? You spend more time moving around the cord then you do mowing.
 
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I bought a corded when I rented a single wide, figured it was literally just a little strip of grass, how bad can it be? You spend more time moving around the cord then you do mowing.
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Corded sounds awful.
 
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