[Intermediate] Plumbing book
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 3:06 pm
I want to know if there's a plumbing book that's Dreyfus level 3+ or thereabouts. I'm not looking for simple context-free step-by-step home owner's guide because these usually cease up once the territory no longer match the instructions (I live in an old house).
For example, I'm looking for the run-down explanation of: the matrix of joining abs/pvc/pex/copper/iron/still with abs/pvc/...; the various fittings, flange, lock nut, gasket, etc.; best practices(*) for running lines e.g. water supply, bathroom sink, kitchen sink, random sink, toilet, ...; and most importantly ideas for fixing snafus.
(*) E.g. don't put this with that or after/before this.
It would unfortunately seem like this knowledge is experiential in the sense that if you ask three random pros, you often get three different answers; but surely there's something in between a 500 page plumbing code manual and the picture-heavy home-owner guides.
For example, I'm looking for the run-down explanation of: the matrix of joining abs/pvc/pex/copper/iron/still with abs/pvc/...; the various fittings, flange, lock nut, gasket, etc.; best practices(*) for running lines e.g. water supply, bathroom sink, kitchen sink, random sink, toilet, ...; and most importantly ideas for fixing snafus.
(*) E.g. don't put this with that or after/before this.
It would unfortunately seem like this knowledge is experiential in the sense that if you ask three random pros, you often get three different answers; but surely there's something in between a 500 page plumbing code manual and the picture-heavy home-owner guides.