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Post by Fox on Dec 5, 2010 14:25:07 GMT -5
He had an 11 foot section of rusted out drain pipe running under the house that had been leaking for a long time. He had a plumber quote him $3000 to fix it. I took a look and fixed it in under an hour for $75 labor and the parts were around $40. I hate plumbers! They're all soul-less rip-offs. Lou gave me a $15 tip for wading in the muck so I made a quick $90 this morning! Now all I need is for the Lakers to stop losing so much. |
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Post by bigluelok on Dec 5, 2010 16:45:33 GMT -5
Thanks again Fox ;D
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Post by 90GTVert on Dec 5, 2010 17:33:50 GMT -5
Very nice. We've got members helping each other in all sorts of ways. ;D
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Post by bigluelok on Dec 5, 2010 20:02:50 GMT -5
yeah but i had to replace a damn coupler that we cut in half. ehh it wasnt that bad it doesnt leak any more thanks again FOX
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Post by bigluelok on Dec 5, 2010 20:21:43 GMT -5
here are some pic's i just took the problem      the fix 1 10 foot plastic pipe and 1 1.5 foot plastic pipe and 2 coupler's you get this  |
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Post by builditright on Dec 6, 2010 1:55:45 GMT -5
Hey Fox. nice job but not all plumbers are rip offs just most of them. Was that castiron that you took out?
Bill
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Post by Fox on Dec 6, 2010 9:43:44 GMT -5
yeah but i had to replace a damn coupler that we cut in half. ehh it wasnt that bad it doesnt leak any more thanks again FOX Sorry about that coupler.You should have called me. I would have replaced it myself for free since I cut it and used it anyway. I thought you had only one hole in that pipe so a wrap patch would have fixed it most likely. If you notice the water backing up in the sink because it drains slow you may need to snake out the rest of that pipe all the way to the street. I'd put the snake in down at the far end where the plastic turns back into iron and the pipe goes into the ground. That grease buildup was really bad. I'm sure that pipe is partially clogged all the way to the street. Hey Fox. nice job but not all plumbers are rip offs just most of them. Was that cast iron that you took out? Bill Okay, let me rephrase. Most plumbers are soul-less rip-offs. Yesh I think it was cast iron. It was very heavy. One end was already in a no-hub so I sawzalled the other end leaving about an inch of it remaining and used a no hub to attach it where I cut it. I had slit one coupler lengthwise for a wrap patch before I realized the entire pipe had to go but I used it anyway to connect the two pieces of new pipe. I figured it would be okay with the slit on the top butIi guess it leaked and Lou replaced it. |
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Post by bigluelok on Dec 6, 2010 14:25:10 GMT -5
Sorry about that coupler.You should have called me. I would have replaced it myself for free since I cut it and used it anyway. I thought you had only one hole in that pipe so a wrap patch would have fixed it most likely. If you notice the water backing up in the sink because it drains slow you may need to snake out the rest of that pipe all the way to the street. I'd put the snake in down at the far end where the plastic turns back into iron and the pipe goes into the ground. That grease buildup was really bad. I'm sure that pipe is partially clogged all the way to the street. it wasn't worth the time to call you to replace it since it was only like 5 minutes. it would have taken about as long to get to my house from your's. ;D worked like a charm. |
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