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Re: Plumbing archaeology

Your getting a lot of sinkers from that job!

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R7284U

heater comes on-then stops-goes to a countdown-then show firing and then standby. Why is it turning off when heat is called for by thermostat? Doees not happen all the time

Windy

Re: Plumbing archaeology

Your getting a lot of sinkers from that job!

Exactly! And you never know when a whole section of lead pipe will come in handy. Reminds me of the old murder mystery board game "Clue." Colonel Mustard did it, in the Library, with the Lead Pipe.

jesmed1

The plumber is coming tomorrow. We'll see what he says. I was hoping we could just pour the concrete floor over everything and call it good for another 20 years, because it's all just drain/waste/vent, no pressure, but I'm guessing the inspector will make us cut out everything back to the cast iron.

jesmed1

Re: Plumbing archaeology

The only trouble with that old lead pipe is... well, there are two. Building inspectors don't like it. But the other is that it sometimes crystallizes and then breaks unpredictably. Ask me how I know...