Sylvan Tieger

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What are possible ways or reasons that can cross-contaminate water supply lines.?

Question posted by Sylvan Ti... 3+ months ago | 1 answers | | Open

Related topics: water, line, plumbing, environmental conservation

Sylvan Tieger's answer: Back flow can be caused by the water main shut off and a faucet (tap) opened on a lower floor and one opened on an upper floor as air is sucked it can also draw in contaminated water from a sink or toilet that does not have a vacuum breaker ,air ...

What determines the height of the water if it`s set on large ?

Question posted by Sylvan Ti... 3+ months ago | 1 answers | | Open

Related topics: water, large, height, filling

Sylvan Tieger's answer: The height of water such as filling a pipe of vessel depends on friction losses and mainly the pressure of the supply For example if I want water to reach 100 feet I would need 43.40 pounds to prove it I would take the hydrostatic ...

Can I get tall when my mom is 5'2 and my dad is 5'5 and I am 5'4 thanks?

Question posted by Sylvan Ti... 3+ months ago | 1 answers | | Open

Related topics: mom, tall, dad

Sylvan Tieger's answer: You have to see a medical doctor and YES they can in crease your height slightly in many cases

A room is 9m x 3m x 2.5m - a pipe with 45psi pressure has a 3mm hole-how long to fill with water?

Question posted by Sylvan Ti... 3+ months ago | 2 answers | | Open

Related topics: water, hole, room, pipe, imagine, pressure, measure, mathematics, engineering, maths, plumbing

Sylvan Tieger's response: If you take the time to convert it to inches and feet I will give you the answer

Explain the concept of drainage density and discuss the factors influencing the drainage density of?

Question posted by Sylvan Ti... 3+ months ago | 1 answers | | Open

Related topics: concept, drainage, density

Sylvan Tieger's answer: Drainage density is the total length of all the streams and rivers in a drainage basin divided by the total area of the drainage basin. It is a measure of how well or how poorly a watershed is drained by stream channels. Also the density depends ...

Drain unblocker won't go away?

Question posted by Sylvan Ti... 3+ months ago | 1 answers | | Open

Related topics: water, down, drain, sink, muscle, kitchen, away, muscles

Sylvan Tieger's response: Normally once someone uses any type of chemical to clear a line I add and extra $75 for the service call as many of the chemicals on the market are totally useless but highly dangerous to people who come into contact with them. A Kitchen sink ...

Why does my drainage pipes rattle all the time?

Question posted by Sylvan Ti... 3+ months ago | 3 answers | | Open

Related topics: drainage, plumbing

Sylvan Tieger's answer: Normally drainage pipes do not rattle unless you have a pumped discharge such as a sewerage ejector or sump pump Also many installers are inept when it comes to the proper placement of vertical and spacing of horizontal supports I found many ...

Hydro Jetting?

Question posted by Sylvan Ti... 3+ months ago | 4 answers | | Open

Related topics: plumbing

Sylvan Tieger's response: Hydro Jetting also known as water Jetting is the best way to clear soft stoppages such as grease ,soil and also used to clear lines that are frozen with ice and scour the lines to retain full flow as originally designed What the reverse streams ...

Plumbing?

Question posted by Sylvan Ti... 3+ months ago | 2 answers | | Open

Related topics: collage, course, point, strong, taking, problem, plumbing, math, maths, bad

Sylvan Tieger's response: Plumbing can be a very lucrative profession depending on what you put into it. When I stated my 5 year (10,000 hour) apprenticeship and 744 hours of class room studies codes ,theory then another 5 years working for a master plumber before I ...