Basics of Your Home's Plumbing - The Home Depot

Learn about the secret life of your home's plumbing system, including how water flows into your home and how the drainage system flows into the main stack. Discover tips on how to improve your water pressure as well as how to clean out clogs.


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Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• clog
• drainage
• homedepot
• line
• mainstack
• plumbing
• riser
• supply
• water
• watermain

[RockRocky09]

pipe size affects pressure because it affects velocity, fast velocity of flow found in small pipes mean poor pressure, basic fluid dynamics based on flow rate.

[MegaKonj1]

@ChrisGilliam2 yea thats what i was thinking would you not get more pressure with a smaller pipe?

[Foreignia]

Great video, now I can talk to my contractor without sounding stupid.

[GeoMass1023]

Great video! Thanks

[alex007152]

"better pressure" wtf XD it's either higher or lower pressure, there's no better >_>

[punkrockplumbob]

nice illegal wet vent



[XMSTARSHIP2]

the slope you speak of is called fall still a good vid tho

[MrLawnTractor]

thanks, that's very informational

[2020starman]

@jvandugan Sorryy Home Depot hires hacks for Plumbers .. No test just bs and you must be a controled person >they dont want people that know plumbing

[Borngamer]

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