Pneumatic thermostat comedy

SeanBeans

got a call about a leak in a wall on the 12th floor of a 15 story building, i was already worried because the day before i had to drain 7 floors to fix a leaking heating pipe.

got to the unit and was told by the resident that she went to hang a photo and she started hearing a loud hissing sound..



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU0kb6DvgI4


the wall was about 2.5 inches of plaster so i had some fun doing an archealogical dig to get some pipe exposed to work on it.

EBEBRATT-Ed

so I am assuming an air leak? how long was it buried?

SeanBeans

@EBEBRATT-Ed
Yeah she hit the 3/16 copper line with a small nail. Not sure how long it was in there but it definitely scared her!

Grallert

Someones room was hot I bet.

GBart

her landlord will be thrilled, she should get the bill, I almost guarantee there is something in the lease that says no holes in our walls

Solid_Fuel_Man

I bet there was more than one person who had full throttle heat!

JUGHNE

It looks like that line was imbedded in the plaster, not inside a stud space.
It would seem like it would have been installed within the space and a longer nail would have been needed to hit it.

SeanBeans

@JUGHNE there was no stud space, It was just about 2.5 inches of plaster the whole wall.

It was senior subsidized housing, so she won’t be getting the bill