The Plumbers Health - Page 2 - Plumbing Zone

user823 · 07-22-2009, 12:23 AM

Good job unclogNH, I wish I could do it. I'm going to do it!!!!!
No more corn dogs and fries, A&W, steak and potato with butter and sour cream, midnight snacks, home made blue berry muffins. ***** I'm getting hungry!!!!!!

house plumber · 07-22-2009, 12:33 AM

so does that mean at 11 33 pm I souldnt eat a bag of microwave popcorn?

rocksteady · 07-23-2009, 04:13 AM

my back bugs me every now and then but not too bad. my knees are doomed due to years of bmx, snowboarding and skateboarding catching up with me. i'm only 35 but some days i'll admit, i feel like 60.

pain is your body telling you that you're not dead yet

paul

dws2112 · 08-02-2009, 08:43 PM

Back, knees, shoulders, and neck. I'm a mess... However, I lost a bunch of weight last year and it has helped. I also notice that my neck and shoulders hurt after I have done alot of overhead drilling though joist. I did not where knee pads the first 1/2 of my career, now they are a habit, as well as my mechanics gloves. I love them because the flux washes out of them quite well and I love the way they grip copper. I hurt my back the first tiime lifting a pipe vise onto my shoulders, crazy when I think about all the 4'' cast iron I have carried and never a problem. Now my back gets thrown once a month, almost always when I just bend over or lift something light. Never when I lift something heavy. Strange..

Cal · 08-03-2009, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by dws2112

Back, knees, shoulders, and neck. I'm a mess... However, I lost a bunch of weight last year and it has helped. I also notice that my neck and shoulders hurt after I have done alot of overhead drilling though joist. I did not where knee pads the first 1/2 of my career, now they are a habit, as well as my mechanics gloves. I love them because the flux washes out of them quite well and I love the way they grip copper. I hurt my back the first tiime lifting a pipe vise onto my shoulders, crazy when I think about all the 4'' cast iron I have carried and never a problem. Now my back gets thrown once a month, almost always when I just bend over or lift something light. Never when I lift something heavy. Strange..

Tell me more about these " Mechanics Gloves " please

422 plumber · 08-03-2009, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Cal

Tell me more about these " Mechanics Gloves " please

http://workingperson.com/brands/1/Mechanix+Gloves.html

**SlickRick** · 09-17-2009, 03:42 PM

I am 52 and still in good shape, just the normal bumbs and bruises. Good knees, back, brain is a little foggy. After 35 yrs of this stuff I have learned to work as smart as possible. If I need help I get it. If I need equipment I get it. This is a tough sport. I have been very blessed with good health..

Pipedoc · 09-17-2009, 11:45 PM

http://www.magidglove.com/Coated-Glo...FeNB5gody213bQ

A freind of mine who works for Cat gets these from work He gave me a couple of dozen a couple of months ago. I am still on my first dozen. They machine wash really well and they are very duraple. The rubber coating on the palms and fingers grip really well and the fabric on the top of the handsbreathes well and doesn't lose its elasticity.

$25 a dozen. You can't go wrong.

I like them better than the Mechanix.

Regulator · 09-18-2009, 12:59 AM

I'm 51 now and had an arthroscope operation to both knees

in my early 40's. Used knee pads always from then on. I went off the tools full time four years ago. My knees are the only problem I've had other than welder's flash (knock on wood)

, job related wise.

Master Mark · 09-18-2009, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by That One Guy

I just turned 30 in April and already have issues with my body that I never considered when I was a teenager plumbing after school. I see a chiropractor now and then to get me straightend out and loosened up and I had knee surgery last March. I had a soft spot in the knee cap so they took it out and I am just now able to kneel down without any major pain.

I also have a hard time bouncing back after a ruff day where before I could bust my butt, drink all night and return to work the next day like a fire ball lol. I never thought that at the young age of thirty I would be kinda tore up even though I did start at a young age.

So I guess the question is......Do you take precautions when working such as knee pads, gloves, eye protection, etc? Are you all messed up?

I think plumbing will tear you up over time but using the proper saftey gear (like I never did) can help slow it down. I find myself telling the younger guys to use the knee pads they have or do things a certain way so they wont hurt themselves but they dont listen, just like I didnt

this could also be to genetics, or too much drinking, or
bad diet no vitamins in your system ect.....

or a combination of all of them...

the plumibing probably dont help either...
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as far as hazards on the job goes.....

the meanest things you can get into are the PVC solvents....
Most Plumbers dont realize it but we are all
legal glue sniffers....I have been down in a crawl space with an open can of OATY glue all day long before ...... you build up a tolerance for it but it does build up in your liver over time...

I have home owners literally recoil when they walk into the basement or bathrom when I have a can of glue open.,, they state how noxious the fumes are....

alos soldering with OATY soldering flux is a nasty thing
that is not as noxious as glue but probably is about as bad....

now days the glue does bother me quicker and i keep a FAN in my truck to keep air moveing for jobs where i am going to be fooling around all day...

wearing a breathing mask is a sign of a sissy, but sometimes it makes me wonder if it would be better
on me

another thing that can kick your ass is
mold in homes, you can taste it for days if you stay
in the house too long...
that is the only time I wear my breathign masks,,,

but all in all , considering some of my past idiot employees.....

I think that the PVC glue is slowly makeing us all into total morons

07-23-2009, 04:13 AM	#13
rocksteady Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Paso Robles, Ca. Posts: 2,511 My Photos	my back bugs me every now and then but not too bad. my knees are doomed due to years of bmx, snowboarding and skateboarding catching up with me. i'm only 35 but some days i'll admit, i feel like 60. pain is your body telling you that you're not dead yet paul __________________ Rocksteady Plumbing Serving San Luis Obispo County (805) 237-7625 (ROCK) http://rocksteadyplumbing.com/

09-17-2009, 11:45 PM	#18
Pipedoc Trust me. I'm a doctor. Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 929 My Photos	http://www.magidglove.com/Coated-Glo...FeNB5gody213bQ A freind of mine who works for Cat gets these from work He gave me a couple of dozen a couple of months ago. I am still on my first dozen. They machine wash really well and they are very duraple. The rubber coating on the palms and fingers grip really well and the fabric on the top of the handsbreathes well and doesn't lose its elasticity. $25 a dozen. You can't go wrong. I like them better than the Mechanix. __________________ My proposal for a 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution. "Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators or Representatives, and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States."

09-18-2009, 12:59 AM	#19
Regulator Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Metro Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 651 My Photos	I'm 51 now and had an arthroscope operation to both knees in my early 40's. Used knee pads always from then on. I went off the tools full time four years ago. My knees are the only problem I've had other than welder's flash (knock on wood) , job related wise. __________________ All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. - Edmund Burke Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. - Bill Watterson

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07-22-2009, 12:23 AM	#11
user823 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,595 My Photos	Good job unclogNH, I wish I could do it. I'm going to do it!!!!! No more corn dogs and fries, A&W, steak and potato with butter and sour cream, midnight snacks, home made blue berry muffins. ***** I'm getting hungry!!!!!!

07-22-2009, 12:33 AM	#12
house plumber HI Join Date: May 2009 Location: New Port Richey,Fl Posts: 3,084 My Photos	so does that mean at 11 33 pm I souldnt eat a bag of microwave popcorn?

08-02-2009, 08:43 PM	#14
dws2112 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Atlanta Posts: 13 My Photos	Back, knees, shoulders, and neck. I'm a mess... However, I lost a bunch of weight last year and it has helped. I also notice that my neck and shoulders hurt after I have done alot of overhead drilling though joist. I did not where knee pads the first 1/2 of my career, now they are a habit, as well as my mechanics gloves. I love them because the flux washes out of them quite well and I love the way they grip copper. I hurt my back the first tiime lifting a pipe vise onto my shoulders, crazy when I think about all the 4'' cast iron I have carried and never a problem. Now my back gets thrown once a month, almost always when I just bend over or lift something light. Never when I lift something heavy. Strange..

09-17-2009, 03:42 PM	#17
SlickRick Moderator Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Gilmer, Texas Posts: 5,770 My Photos	I am 52 and still in good shape, just the normal bumbs and bruises. Good knees, back, brain is a little foggy. After 35 yrs of this stuff I have learned to work as smart as possible. If I need help I get it. If I need equipment I get it. This is a tough sport. I have been very blessed with good health..