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California?Washing machine wont drain1 1/2 line, no strap, no vent doesn't want to spend too much money and has $150...........
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1 1/2 line, no strap, no vent doesn't want to spend too much money and has $150...........
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Went and looked at one today. I have no clue who referred me is, and supposedly was interested in his van last fall?????? Not me, but I’ll come look....
He’s an engineer who bought a house that was built by an engineer. Fun, right?
Talking with him on the phone he has two issues. One are his eves troughs and garage floor drains are backing up with a hard rain. Black corrugated out to a culvert. Not much I can do about that.. I learned my lesson by thinking I was a bad ass.
Second he thought he had a main line blockage on the first floor. He believes it’s in a section where “ the pipe has a 180° turn”. WTF is this guy talking about? Best to stop talking and go look at it.
He’s across the street and 500’ down the street from my supply house and I had to go there today anyway. Tested the mainline, open. Bad old school 1.6 AS. Complained about gurgling, but I never heard anything gurgle. I don’t do roofs, so told him how to check the vent when it’s safe, snow this morning same as the last two.
This guy is the most common sense engineer I’ve ever met! I gave him my price over the phone, including the cost of pulling and resetting the toilet. He said he’d pull and reset the toilet, so there’s no way I could sell him a new toilet. Just advice....
I didn’t take a bunch of pictures because he was right there with me. The most interesting thing was his grey electrical line coming into the house had a pvc tee draining it to the sump!
I did take a picture of what the first HO drew on the insulation under the first floor of the 180° bend.
Only charged him $100... he’ll be giving my number out for sure.
He’s an engineer who bought a house that was built by an engineer. Fun, right?
Talking with him on the phone he has two issues. One are his eves troughs and garage floor drains are backing up with a hard rain. Black corrugated out to a culvert. Not much I can do about that.. I learned my lesson by thinking I was a bad ass.
Second he thought he had a main line blockage on the first floor. He believes it’s in a section where “ the pipe has a 180° turn”. WTF is this guy talking about? Best to stop talking and go look at it.
He’s across the street and 500’ down the street from my supply house and I had to go there today anyway. Tested the mainline, open. Bad old school 1.6 AS. Complained about gurgling, but I never heard anything gurgle. I don’t do roofs, so told him how to check the vent when it’s safe, snow this morning same as the last two.
This guy is the most common sense engineer I’ve ever met! I gave him my price over the phone, including the cost of pulling and resetting the toilet. He said he’d pull and reset the toilet, so there’s no way I could sell him a new toilet. Just advice....
I didn’t take a bunch of pictures because he was right there with me. The most interesting thing was his grey electrical line coming into the house had a pvc tee draining it to the sump!
I did take a picture of what the first HO drew on the insulation under the first floor of the 180° bend.
Only charged him $100... he’ll be giving my number out for sure.
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Better, still warmer than us.
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Next this guy just sold the house and just remembered he lived with the tub burping for the last 5 years and wanted to have it checked out why. Double tub trap and retarded loop vent. Zero vent downstairs and none for the tub. The tee under the laundry tub stubs out for a laundry machine. My guess is the cheap a$$ previous owner hired an 300 hour apprentice doing night jobs and stole the company's pvc pipes and fittings to create this $hit.
And how about a few vent 90's for the tub drain. No wonder why 3/8" cable never works in my area, EVERYTHING IS HACKED>>>>EVERYTHING!!
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And how about a few vent 90's for the tub drain. No wonder why 3/8" cable never works in my area, EVERYTHING IS HACKED>>>>EVERYTHING!!
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Now this guy swore to every god imaginable he hadn't hadn't left the hose or anything on over the winter until I showed him my credentials as a detective...
Yeah you didn't hide the evidence, a Y with both valves closed. Never a dull day in my fantasy land.
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Yeah you didn't hide the evidence, a Y with both valves closed. Never a dull day in my fantasy land.
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PB what about it, nothing wrong with it. I replaced the faucet which brings me to this picture. The couple when they saw a leak tried to fix it with that, plumbing tape. Looks like it didn't work. :vs_laugh:
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LMAO the first picture is one of those never ending loop vents...
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While I was there, after 5 minutes of rest after testing the tub it started to burp burp burp. He wanted me to spin the story on my bill and lie a little bit. Nope I'm not taking the fall.
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WOW ! That is great the most use of fittings without going anywhere ! :biggrin::biggrin:
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Looks like a feild dressing in ww2
I think you right on the money with somebody doing side work stealing their bosses material... no body would use that sys 15... 1.5" to 2" to 3" nice pic... no glue no bushings tape seems like a good option...
Ive used duct tape to seal up split cast before until I could get back then go back like 6 years later still there.... but thats classic
Ive used duct tape to seal up split cast before until I could get back then go back like 6 years later still there.... but thats classic
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This doesn’t apply to your picture since yours is looped around another pipe, but here’s a good idea for when the sprayer hose is catching on things under the sink.
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Good idea, thanks!
And look at that some drano in the pic, perfect to rot out speedways and flood the place.
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You caught me lol... exact same scenario pretty much... a lot of guys use the power pipe wrap... the stuff comes with epoxy putty and epoxy impregnated fiber glass wrap... I find it way too messy too work with and it gets all over me... Im a electrical tape and duct tape kind of guy
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