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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Seattle
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Thanks all, sincerely. The decision has been made in favor of DIY. This is likely to surprise no one, except perhaps the other people on my half of the block. Then again, they got an eyefull of me every day for a few weeks when I put the roof on awhile back. I intend to keep the roof on through this project.
A new DIY thread with a construction photojournal to come. Unless you hear a boom followed by sirens. At the moment, I have the pipes measured, cut, and threaded. The gas to the house has been turned off at the meter. I've just taken a break for lunch (prepared by Twil, yum!) and now I return to work. I'll check in as I can. I expect the project to be done by dinner time. There's no hot water until I'm done. See you all soon.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods
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e.g., Steel vs black iron, especially the part about leaks at the connections, etc. |
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
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As a DIY, I find links like that incredibly frustrating. It actually makes me a little angry. It's obviously written by someone who has no idea what they are talking about. It reads like an essay question on a test where the student doesn't remotely know the answer and just breaks out the shovel and starts tossing the manure. Quote:
They list some pipes they have heard about, but don't mention galvanized, copper, or newer pex, which together, probably make up 90% of the plumbing out there in existing homes. Not helpful at all. |
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Yes, brief and superficial, but my reference was to this part of the article...
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
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Yeah. That's even worse. Domestic plumbing pipes are never welded. I don't know what they are talking about there. It's like they are comparing 10% of domestic plumbing situations with some industrial plumbing they heard of. And then they talk about fencing. Fencing! Like someone is maybe going to plumb their house with a bunch of fence posts. They say most houses today use PVC pipe. Ok. That's an actual fact they are giving, but PVC is most commonly used for the waste water pipes, not for the supply pipes. So that makes me wonder if they are talking about old cast iron sewer pipes.
It's just a jumble of poorly organized random bits of incomplete information. They don't mention copper or pex anywhere in the whole article. Copper was king for a long time and is being phased out because of the cost, but is being replaced by pex (at least around here.) Neither are acceptable for gas, where the materials used by BigV are appropriate. |
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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OK. Peace.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Peace.
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