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Post by Hotman on Jan 2, 2017 3:11:09 GMT -5
nothing a pipe wrench and wet vac cant fix bro
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Post by Ff2 on Jan 2, 2017 10:37:20 GMT -5
Who doesn't shut off the water first?  |
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Post by Raoul Duke on Jan 2, 2017 11:15:41 GMT -5
Who doesn't shut off the water first? and who has a water vacuum cleaner handy just in case you're a nimrod and didn't shut off the water first? |
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Post by Ff2 on Jan 2, 2017 11:17:51 GMT -5
Who doesn't shut off the water first? and who has a water vacuum cleaner handy just in case you're a nimrod and didn't shut off the water first? So many questions. |
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Post by Hotman on Jan 2, 2017 12:26:42 GMT -5
Who doesn't shut off the water first? and who has a water vacuum cleaner handy just in case you're a nimrod and didn't shut off the water first? it's as if they thought it could be a possiblility. lol. That water looked HOT AF too. don't tell me that didn't burn. Prob straight off the oil tap. |
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Post by frostlich on Jan 3, 2017 19:52:05 GMT -5
I was wondering where GMCJETS ended up.
Plumbers tip: wad up a slice of bread and shove it into the pipe before soldering. It absorbs the moisture and makes it easier to sweat the copper joint. Might need two wads for that one though.
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Post by Big L on Jan 3, 2017 20:16:31 GMT -5
I was wondering where GMCJETS ended up. Plumbers tip: wad up a slice of bread and shove it into the pipe before soldering. It absorbs the moisture and makes it easier to sweat the copper joint. Might need two wads for that one though. howd you get the bread out? |
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Post by Gunnails on Jan 3, 2017 20:42:11 GMT -5
I was wondering where GMCJETS ended up. Plumbers tip: wad up a slice of bread and shove it into the pipe before soldering. It absorbs the moisture and makes it easier to sweat the copper joint. Might need two wads for that one though. howd you get the bread out? ========================================== You don't, it dissolves. So you are under the house doing a repair, water is off and drained as best as practical, you have your copper pipes fitted, flux on all connections to be sweat fitted and you are ready to fire up the torch and heat the pipes and fittings hot enough to melt and suck in the solder, but you can't get a good sweat fit because there is still some water in the line that keeps dripping in and if there is any water present at all you will never get the pipe hot enough to do a proper sweat fit. Solution, wad up some white bread (no seeds, grain or such can be in the bread) and shove down in the pipe as far as you can to hold the dripping water back away from where you need to heat the pipe, and viola you can now get a proper sweat fit. When you turn the main water back on the bread will desolve in to mush small enough to flush out through a tap. Hand the customer a huge bill, load up and go home. |
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Post by Gunnails on Jan 3, 2017 21:00:15 GMT -5
Typically,
Multi Family Units share a common water supply and to shut off the water to one unit you have to shut the water off to all units, which isn't much of a problem if it is a duplex, but if it is a 12 plex,,,
It has happened to me (in a single family dwelling) when I was replacing a sink and addin new supply lines between the faucet and the angle stops (water shut offs under the sink).
I put a wrench to the old supply line fitting and the whole angle stop popped off and I had hot water a plenty streaming into me like in the video, the water pressure was about 60 psi so I held my thumb over the end of the pipe and that stemmed the tide. The home owner was home and I had her shut off the valve on top of the water heater and that stopped the leak, iffin it had been the cold water side and since the house had no main water shut off I would of had to let the water pour while I gather up the proper tools and made my way to the water meter and shut the water down there.
It was old steel pipe, 50 plus years old, in a very nice old multi million dollar home. Literally was a booby trap.
I have seen it happen to other guys when they go to do the same thing only it's copper pipe and the angle stops are compression fitted Vs threaded or soldered. This is waht I think happen to this poor soul and what we see him struggling to do is shove the old angle stop back on or more likely a Shark Bite type of pipe cap.
And you wonder why plumbers charge so much.
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Post by PK on Jan 6, 2017 0:21:58 GMT -5
Typically, Multi Family Units share a common water supply and to shut off the water to one unit you have to shut the water off to all units, which isn't much of a problem if it is a duplex, but if it is a 12 plex,,, It has happened to me (in a single family dwelling) when I was replacing a sink and addin new supply lines between the faucet and the angle stops (water shut offs under the sink). I put a wrench to the old supply line fitting and the whole angle stop popped off and I had hot water a plenty streaming into me like in the video, the water pressure was about 60 psi so I held my thumb over the end of the pipe and that stemmed the tide. The home owner was home and I had her shut off the valve on top of the water heater and that stopped the leak, iffin it had been the cold water side and since the house had no main water shut off I would of had to let the water pour while I gather up the proper tools and made my way to the water meter and shut the water down there. It was old steel pipe, 50 plus years old, in a very nice old multi million dollar home. Literally was a booby trap. I have seen it happen to other guys when they go to do the same thing only it's copper pipe and the angle stops are compression fitted Vs threaded or soldered. This is waht I think happen to this poor soul and what we see him struggling to do is shove the old angle stop back on or more likely a Shark Bite type of pipe cap. And you wonder why plumbers charge so much. No water shut off? I would have walked if they refused to pay to have one installed. A. NEVER fuck with old angle stops. Never. New ones are 10 bucks. Much cheaper than dealing with water damage. B. Always make sure you can (and most of the time just do it) shut the water off at the main. Working on plumbing without a shutoff would be like working on electric with no breakers or fuses. C. Threaded angle stops suck, notoriously famous for snapping off at the threads. Soldered sucks as rainbow coloring on a chrome stop looks like ass. Compression is the best contrary to popular belief...just need to crank on them. If compression is good enough to hold the 2" main in the street together...why wouldn't it work for a small 1/2" line under far less pressure?  |
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