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Funny plumbing story
Years ago a friend of mine had a clogged shower.
There was no access panel to his plumbing so I cut the wall open with a Sawzall. Since it was an old house I was not being terribly careful as I wrongly assumed there would be galvanized pipes. Nope, I nicked the copper. After I located the turn off valve, I opened the wall, and soldered the nick I had made. Evidently the steam I created in the line cleared the clog, and my buddy called me a genius. That said, I decided to to do any more repairs for him, I quit while I was ahead. |
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Funny plumbing story
On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 09:49:10 -0600, philo wrote:
Years ago a friend of mine had a clogged shower. There was no access panel to his plumbing so I cut the wall open with a Sawzall. Since it was an old house I was not being terribly careful as I wrongly assumed there would be galvanized pipes. Nope, I nicked the copper. After I located the turn off valve, I opened the wall, and soldered the nick I had made. Evidently the steam I created in the line cleared the clog, and my buddy called me a genius. That said, I decided to to do any more repairs for him, I quit while I was ahead. I was on a new construction home job. The plumber was installing three (3) water heaters in tandem (garage), put the last fitting on and soldered. Just a tiny leak when the water was turned on. Never got enough heat to loosen the pipe due to the filled pipe. Suggested he drill a 16" hole on the low end bottom, drain the water, fix the leak. It only took a moment to get the fitting off and then put a drop of solider on the tiny hole. TADA |
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Funny plumbing story
On 01/17/2018 04:14 PM, Oren wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 09:49:10 -0600, philo wrote: Years ago a friend of mine had a clogged shower. There was no access panel to his plumbing so I cut the wall open with a Sawzall. Since it was an old house I was not being terribly careful as I 16 Nope, I nicked the copper. After I located the turn off valve, I opened the wall, and soldered the nick I had made. Evidently the steam I created in the line cleared the clog, and my buddy called me a genius. That said, I decided to to do any more repairs for him, I quit while I was ahead. I was on a new construction home job. The plumber was installing three (3) water heaters in tandem (garage), put the last fitting on and soldered. Just a tiny leak when the water was turned on. Never got enough heat to loosen the pipe due to the filled pipe. Suggested he drill a 16" hole on the low end bottom, drain the water, fix the leak. It only took a moment to get the fitting off and then put a drop of solider on the tiny hole. TADA 16" hole....nice! |
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Funny plumbing story
On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:47:40 -0600, philo wrote:
On 01/17/2018 04:14 PM, Oren wrote: On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 09:49:10 -0600, philo wrote: Years ago a friend of mine had a clogged shower. There was no access panel to his plumbing so I cut the wall open with a Sawzall. Since it was an old house I was not being terribly careful as I 16 Nope, I nicked the copper. After I located the turn off valve, I opened the wall, and soldered the nick I had made. Evidently the steam I created in the line cleared the clog, and my buddy called me a genius. That said, I decided to to do any more repairs for him, I quit while I was ahead. I was on a new construction home job. The plumber was installing three (3) water heaters in tandem (garage), put the last fitting on and soldered. Just a tiny leak when the water was turned on. Never got enough heat to loosen the pipe due to the filled pipe. Suggested he drill a 16" hole on the low end bottom, drain the water, fix the leak. It only took a moment to get the fitting off and then put a drop of solider on the tiny hole. TADA 16" hole....nice! Oops :-) |
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Funny plumbing story
On 01/18/2018 09:49 AM, Oren wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:47:40 -0600, philo wrote: On 01/17/2018 04:14 PM, Oren wrote: On Wed, 17 Jan 2018 09:49:10 -0600, philo wrote: Years ago a friend of mine had a clogged shower. There was no access panel to his plumbing so I cut the wall open with a Sawzallto get the fitting off and then put a drop of solider on the tiny hole. TADA 16" hole....nice! Oops :-) I knew what you meant though |
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