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As a plumber in NC this is what we do. Whole house shut off ball valve, PRV, expansion tank rather than an expansion valve. Typically there is no need for a sediment filter on city water, your local water quality may be different though. Y stariner may be all you need to protect your house...

Expansion tanks are typically pressurized to match your incoming pressure. Before putting a bicycle pump on the Schrader valve put a pressure gauge on your hose bibs. Good house hold pressure is 50-70 psi. Pump up you expansion tank to match what your hose bibs says. Also, expansion tanks go...

Sounds like the trap is dry or not present. Feel free to dump some water down there. A gallon would be more than enough to fill a 3 or 4 inch trap. Shine a light down it afterward, if you see a pool of water you are good to go. If you just see a bend in the pipe then there's no trap and you...

Properly built floor drains have water traps and ultimately they will connect to the same soil drain or stack as the toilets are connected to. How close they connect will determine how easily you can hear the toilets washing past them. The floor drains get water for their traps from trap...