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OT Steel post and water pipe
My brother in Fortuna, CA, sent me this message last night, I thought
others might enjoy it. Bob Meade It is windy and raining...........the cement deer blow over last night...this morning I drove a steel fence post down to act as a support so it would never blow over again...........I noticed water coming up,,,,,,,,,yes I hit the main water line to the house............now try and remove that steel post ..it does not want to come up............finally I get it removed...............than dig a great hole to get to the pipe...........which I had cut in half, shattering the ends............go to Wyckoff"s plumbing store.........get a repair kit..........lay on my belly and install the repair...........of course it leaks.........reinstall and it holds.........turn on the water so Alma can shower as she has a dentist appointment...........the water system plugs up from dirt and the volcanic rock from the ground cover that had made its way into the one and one fourth inch plastic pipe..........all this and it is still blowing and raining...........I am cold and wet and ****ed off, but at least it is not snowing........but feels cold enough too...........and it is now four o'clock.........I give up call the plumber from Denny Wendt's and he will be here in the morning..........as you might know**, all pipes under the house are copper and each joint is soldered.............What a day..........and it started out with a simple job of putting in a steel support post ..........to hold up the deer statue.........I know the plumbing bill will be rough...........but I will pay it............gladly JMM |
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You gotta love cement deer.
"Bob" wrote in message om... My brother in Fortuna, CA, sent me this message last night, I thought others might enjoy it. Bob Meade It is windy and raining...........the cement deer blow over last night...this morning I drove a steel fence post down to act as a support so it would never blow over again...........I noticed water coming up,,,,,,,,,yes I hit the main water line to the house............now try and remove that steel post ..it does not want to come up............finally I get it removed...............than dig a great hole to get to the pipe...........which I had cut in half, shattering the ends............go to Wyckoff"s plumbing store.........get a repair kit..........lay on my belly and install the repair...........of course it leaks.........reinstall and it holds.........turn on the water so Alma can shower as she has a dentist appointment...........the water system plugs up from dirt and the volcanic rock from the ground cover that had made its way into the one and one fourth inch plastic pipe..........all this and it is still blowing and raining...........I am cold and wet and ****ed off, but at least it is not snowing........but feels cold enough too...........and it is now four o'clock.........I give up call the plumber from Denny Wendt's and he will be here in the morning..........as you might know , all pipes under the house are copper and each joint is soldered.............What a day..........and it started out with a simple job of putting in a steel support post ..........to hold up the deer statue.........I know the plumbing bill will be rough...........but I will pay it............gladly JMM |
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Bob wrote:
My brother in Fortuna, CA, sent me this message last night, I thought others might enjoy it. [deleted] .....the water system plugs up from dirt and the volcanic rock from the ground cover that had made its way into the one and one fourth inch plastic pipe.......... Been there, done that. I didn't realize that some of the decomposed granite that makes up our subsoil here (think coarse sand or fine gravel) had made it into the incoming line, or I would have cleared the line. By the time I knew we had rocks all through the house, in almost every valve. To clear it I had to go to every cold water valve and on each shut off the main valve, pull the valve packing, hang a hose over the open valve and have the main turned on briefly. Most of the time the rocks would come clear, a few times I would have to work a jam out with a screwdriver. After reassembly and turning the main back on I'd check the valve and what it controlled, about half of the time more rocks would come through and I'd have to repeat the process. It took a couple of days with 4 bathrooms, 8 sinks and 5 faucets to get things cleaned up. I still find rocks in toilet tanks, and the water heater sounds funny at times... |
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Bob wrote:
My brother in Fortuna, CA, sent me this message last night, I thought others might enjoy it. Bob Meade It is windy and raining...........the cement deer blow over last night...this morning I drove a steel fence post down to act as a support so it would never blow over again...........I noticed water coming up,,,,,,,,,yes I hit the main water line to the house............now try and remove that steel post ..it does not want to come up............finally I get it removed...............than dig a great hole to get to the pipe...........which I had cut in half, shattering the ends............go to Wyckoff"s plumbing store.........get a repair kit..........lay on my belly and install the repair...........of course it leaks.........reinstall and it holds.........turn on the water so Alma can shower as she has a dentist appointment...........the water system plugs up from dirt and the volcanic rock from the ground cover that had made its way into the one and one fourth inch plastic pipe..........all this and it is still blowing and raining...........I am cold and wet and ****ed off, but at least it is not snowing........but feels cold enough too...........and it is now four o'clock.........I give up call the plumber from Denny Wendt's and he will be here in the morning..........as you might know , all pipes under the house are copper and each joint is soldered.............What a day..........and it started out with a simple job of putting in a steel support post ..........to hold up the deer statue.........I know the plumbing bill will be rough...........but I will pay it............gladly JMM sounds like what happened to my brother in law.. in california, big redwood house.. just sold it via his company as they were transferring him.. he finds one of the boards on the back of the house was loose so he nails it in place... the nail goes though a copper pipe that was behind the board.... then the plumber has to come out to fix the pipe.. why not just let it be... the new owner could have put that nail in place... some people have all the luck.... |
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