Project Zomboid

Project Zomboid

Plumbing
1,237 Comments
Robo_Robinson8912 18 hours ago 
Hey its 3AM so idk if I'm reading this right but- I built a pipe network and connected it to a house but I'm not getting any water in any of the sinks, its powered and on along with having a filter, am I missing something or am I not doing it right?
Arthritic Meow 7 Jul @ 9:54pm 
Has to have an open top of course.
Arthritic Meow 7 Jul @ 9:53pm 
Metal barrels, right click context menu should say make charcoal if I recall correctly.
☠SATANICAT ☠ nekopara 7 Jul @ 5:05am 
how to create a carbon filter?
Arthritic Meow 26 Jun @ 1:42pm 
@gwennec It might not work on tents, if so just plumb a pipe under the sink and that should fix your issue. it does have to be connected to the whole pipe network as well but It is a good work around if the building connect does not work.
Gwennec 26 Jun @ 12:19am 
Not sure if I'm doing something wrong here. I've connected my pipe system to the mess tent in the Louisville army camp and I can see there is water flowing in the valves but the sink isn't filling up/usable.

Does it work with the tents or does it need to be a wooden/brick building?
bkgarner00 24 Jun @ 11:19pm 
much appreciated Slayer and take your time b42 is incredible unstable anyways can't imagine trying to fit mods to it is the easiest.
Meyar 23 Jun @ 5:11am 
Awesome! Glad to hear it c:
Slayer  [author] 23 Jun @ 2:44am 
Works on b42 version will begin shortly.
bkgarner00 20 Jun @ 11:31pm 
someone let me know if this every gets updated to b42 im cleaning out mods atm.
Swisher2Sweet_ 19 Jun @ 3:12pm 
This will be great for build 42 for the animal troughs I wish we could put burry them and it still work!
Arthritic Meow 15 Jun @ 10:31am 
@Pkey You can get it from a metal barrel, you just need wood and the prompt should show to make charcoal.
Pkey 14 Jun @ 1:35pm 
How to get charcoal?
M1ndless 14 Jun @ 12:38am 
Hi there, my friends and I have been using your mod on our server in build 41. While we really enjoy the mod, every time we load up the server, the water becomes tainted despite having filters. It started happening after one of our friends had poured tainted water in a tainted rain collector barrel which not only tainted the whole system, but tainted as we loaded up the server each time. Please let me know if you have any fixes for this, thanks!
Solomoune 12 Jun @ 8:18am 
UPDATE! Please!
420MODE 30 May @ 4:33pm 
SALUDOS
CORDIALES
420MODE 30 May @ 4:33pm 
CUANDO PARA LA BUILD 42 CONCHUDO DE TU MADRE
Bloodring 29 May @ 9:51pm 
@marshmallow justice

I think I've found the issue. I had a simple pipeline going from water collector on the second floor towards a small farm patch down at the ground level. No bueno. The plants didn't receive any water.

Turns out, the issue is with the pump doesn't pull water when it's not placed on ground level. Connected the pump to a sink or a collector barrel at ground level and it works. Even if the farm patch is at the floor above it.
MissFlute 25 May @ 7:34am 
How do you repair the pumps?
CapitánCuervo 4 May @ 1:26pm 
can this be connected to wells?
JustinDaniels 3 May @ 12:48pm 
So hey, not a request on updating to Build 42, but more of a curiosity!

Have you been poking and prodding at the new liquid systems, by any chance? Might be fun to be able to get a visual of the water levels in the facilities rising up from the pumps! :steamhappy:
Arthritic Meow 28 Apr @ 8:38am 
I think you guys need to chill out. This mod dev might be waiting for 42 stable before releasing anything which would be a smart move because it would be less volatile as far as updates go. not only that but as far as I know they have done a full redo of the fluid system so give this dev a break and stop hassling them
42 build pls
SquallTemnov 12 Apr @ 2:41pm 
Build 42 please!
地狱爬出的饿鬼 10 Apr @ 7:13am 
We need B42
Ryan 5 Apr @ 7:13am 
please 42
marshmallow justice 3 Apr @ 11:32pm 
Update for anyone experiencing same problem:
I managed to make a working system, but pumping from the nearby natural lake (luckily within 50-70 tiles of our base). Pumping from Rain Barrels themselves just wouldn't work. Added a second pump too and that did increase flow as well. So everything works there, but just not from Rain Barrels at least for me.

It wouldn't pump TO the rain barrels right next to our house walls either, but that's probably related to said barrels not collecting rain water naturally either when placed next to the house wall (need to be one tile out).
marshmallow justice 1 Apr @ 1:14pm 
https://imgur.com/a/rfqjqKp
I put a picture of my plumbing setup here maybe it can explain why it's not updating more than that very first time before stopping. Around the top right farm area, the loop used to be closed, but I removed some pipes and had them open end just now to see if it would change anything, but nope.
marshmallow justice 1 Apr @ 1:09pm 
Can multiple pumps be made and attached to the same network of pipes to make the water travel faster, or is it purely 1 pump = 1 network?

I've got everything all connected as per description instructions, and the destination barrel 'snaps to' from the pipe, which means it's detected. I tried a straight line to the barrel, looked like it wasn't connected but it did transfer water (ONCE), waited about 40 in game minutes nothing was happening, so I did a curve and it did the correct snap/model change to show it linked to the barrel.

Restarted the pump system, still doesn't seem to be working. The source barrel(s?) that I initially connected the pump itself to are still 400/400 too despite apparently 'one tick' of progress happening (end-barrel 25/400 to 41/400).

Thinking maybe my loop is confusing the network? or I have to leave the chunk and come back?
Slayer  [author] 30 Mar @ 2:26pm 
t will be done but not anytime soon
TEMPEST 29 Mar @ 2:46am 
Is there any hope at all of this being B42 compliant or has the new liquid system totally broken this approach?
Kuchugury 26 Mar @ 4:20am 
I build my first pump on floor in garage but i want to remove pump and I don't know how i can't use any tools to remove him. Can you help me how to remove pump on the ground?
Lone Wolf 23 Mar @ 3:37pm 
I meant charcoal, not filter.
Lone Wolf 23 Mar @ 3:35pm 
@Capitão Leleu : Same issue. I even made sure the filter was installed before turning on the pump.
scrson 17 Mar @ 12:58pm 
*update* After installing 4 water pumps in perpendicular around the well, the water fills up nicely, though I'm not sure if that or by closing & opening the game solve it.
Capitão Leleu 16 Mar @ 8:08pm 
I'm adding charcoal to filter the water, but it remains tainted. I'm doing something wrong?
scrson 15 Mar @ 11:25pm 
Hi, I can't collect water in the water barrel which is 3 stories/level up from a well water source with 1 pump only. The only mod I can think of that modifies the barrels are irrigation mod.

I haven't tried using multiple pumps yet though to see if it could solve this.
Ard 12 Mar @ 11:47pm 
top load laundry unit (east facing), south facing toilet and north facing sink cant be hooked up to all building plumbing, unless there is another factor to, that for some reason didn't allow them to be hooked up, they do not fill with water for me.

Is there a way to check how pipes are doing and water flow without there being a valve intersection? I'd like to know if my building is receiving water as sometimes the containers don't fill in a building.
Vic Night 11 Mar @ 8:43pm 
how to build the pipes up ?
7shtuk 11 Mar @ 7:58am 
Hello, please help me figure it out, I don't understand how to connect water to the sink in this fashion?
tobi-oss 11 Mar @ 6:21am 
Is it safe mid game?
Wild Thing 7 Mar @ 2:47am 
Took me ages to find this out, I'm on b41, the plumbing wont work at all within the safehouse zone of a house that was added with a map mod. But I tested it on a few vanilla buildings and it works fine. Not sure if this applies to vanilla buildings placed in again with a map mod or if this is an issue with my other mods conflicting it. But if you're having an issue with a building added from a mod, try a vanilla building and see if it works on it.
sdykla 2 Mar @ 8:29pm 
do washing machines not work with this mod?
404_coffee.exe 23 Feb @ 11:18am 
Hey question do you need a pump for normal water collectors or does it still work how it does in game?
Slobodskoy 19 Feb @ 12:39pm 
Waiting for the version for B42...
Highlord 14 Feb @ 1:38pm 
It doesn't work :/ Pump is connected to source, pipes are touching the house but nothing
stumpi 12 Feb @ 2:13pm 
Well, the mod misses the "Metalworking Magazine Vol. 1 + Vol. 4. But the Vol. 5 + 6 are implemented. Please update it, so we can use it to the fullest! :grwheart:
Varkhael42 12 Feb @ 3:04am 
Is it work for B42 ?
Parish47 7 Feb @ 8:22am 
I am ready level 6 on metal working so cant re read book 2 is there any other way to unlock the plumbing feature?
ENERHEL 2 Feb @ 7:19am 
It's incredible that something like this isn't still a part of vanilla. Unfortunately, in b42 they broke even the system that was, due to the new mixed liquids feature. It will probably take more time to adapt this mod with the new features, but I hope you do, because this is literally the must have mod e v e r.