What did you do today?

kyleb said:
Did the work thing. Came home with the intention of fixing a garage door opener that went south yesterday. Went to the basement looking for something (now forgotten) and heard an odd noise. Investigated and found a section of cast waste pipe above the drop ceiling had a dime sized hole in it and the sound was water pouring through it. Bad design (IMO) the condensate pump feeds into that section of plumbing probably accelerating rust/wear. The cast pipe is probably 55 years old. Anyway, re-routed the condensate to a bucket for the time being, went upstairs, briefed the family on what plumbing NOT to use, and started reorganizing to create a workspace to fix things. 30 minutes later, it starts raining in the basement again. Son is going to town in the kitchen sink, cleaning a cutting board. So it is raining filth, BBQ, and macaroni and cheese in the basement. F'n awesome.

Of course, there is a set of shelves under the leak. 4 reconditioned A65 cylinders, the wheels for a Champ, the stick built ribs for a Hatz, all the parts for the center section of a Hatz, rolls of polyfiber cloth, and a crapton of other stuff had to be moved, dried, etc. Complete with BBQ and Mac n Cheese. Uggh.

Moved all the stuff, took the very scuzzy and soggy (did I mention BBQ and mac n cheese) covered shelves out of the metal frame. Bagged all of them and the other damaged stuff and set it outside. Cleaned all the splatter off the walls, mopped most of it up from the floor. Put a bucket under the hole in the pipe, just in case someone else in the family has a touch of dumbass. And now I'm trying to figure out how to replace a 3' section of cast pipe with 3 or 4 different Y's and connections. First step, removing it from the flange where it is oakum and leaded in. I'm sure Youtube has suggestons, so that's my next step.
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Yuck. And of course right on top of your parts. Hopefully you caught it quickly enough?

I have a basement flood to fix today as well. The galvanized pipe coming in from the well is apparently EOL because they keep springing leaks. That's nice & clean though. I don't do black water.
 
kyleb said:
Did the work thing. Came home with the intention of fixing a garage door opener that went south yesterday. Went to the basement looking for something (now forgotten) and heard an odd noise. Investigated and found a section of cast waste pipe above the drop ceiling had a dime sized hole in it and the sound was water pouring through it. Bad design (IMO) the condensate pump feeds into that section of plumbing probably accelerating rust/wear. The cast pipe is probably 55 years old. Anyway, re-routed the condensate to a bucket for the time being, went upstairs, briefed the family on what plumbing NOT to use, and started reorganizing to create a workspace to fix things. 30 minutes later, it starts raining in the basement again. Son is going to town in the kitchen sink, cleaning a cutting board. So it is raining filth, BBQ, and macaroni and cheese in the basement. F'n awesome.

Of course, there is a set of shelves under the leak. 4 reconditioned A65 cylinders, the wheels for a Champ, the stick built ribs for a Hatz, all the parts for the center section of a Hatz, rolls of polyfiber cloth, and a crapton of other stuff had to be moved, dried, etc. Complete with BBQ and Mac n Cheese. Uggh.

Moved all the stuff, took the very scuzzy and soggy (did I mention BBQ and mac n cheese) covered shelves out of the metal frame. Bagged all of them and the other damaged stuff and set it outside. Cleaned all the splatter off the walls, mopped most of it up from the floor. Put a bucket under the hole in the pipe, just in case someone else in the family has a touch of dumbass. And now I'm trying to figure out how to replace a 3' section of cast pipe with 3 or 4 different Y's and connections. First step, removing it from the flange where it is oakum and leaded in. I'm sure Youtube has suggestons, so that's my next step.
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geez, I hope the son helped clean up the mess he helped create. (>-{
 
Jim K said:
Yuck. And of course right on top of your parts. Hopefully you caught it quickly enough?

I have a basement flood to fix today as well. The galvanized pipe coming in from the well is apparently EOL because they keep springing leaks. That's nice & clean though. I don't do black water.
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I think everything valuable will be OK.

I'm going back down there in a minute to take another look and determine if I wanna just call a plumber. The problem area is jammed up in a corner with OK but not great access and I've never messed with disassembling cast iron/oakum and converting a section to PVC, complete with multiple connections in a relatively small space.

Re: black water. The good (?) thing is this section of pipe carries kitchen waste and the condensate from our AC unit. So no brown trout. Still, it's pretty nasty.
 
I've never done the conversion, but my house was built with cast iron and has some sections that were replaced with PVC. They used what I'd describe as rubber boots with clamps to make the transitions. Knock on wood, they're fine.

As far as disassembly, other than calling a plumber my choice would probably be a harbor freight portable band saw. Seems least likely to damage the existing pipe compared to other methods.
 
Been 12 years but I did the cast to PVC swap
When I bought my rental house. The cast iron pipe from toilet to cast fitting was rotten/cracked. The fitting was fine. Plenty of silicone grease. Wasn't that terrible.
 
Today’s….been a day. Started at 0230 in YYC, departed on time, then held and diverted for weather. Sitting on the ramp with all the other pax at ACT while AA figures out what to do since DFW is ground stopped for T-Storms.

Another AA jet just taxied up as the front marches south and we are next to taxi to the refueling pit.

Once we get to DFW, we’ll see how they get us back to AUS so we can do the 1+30 drive home.

Great end to a great vacation.

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Albany Tom said:
I've never done the conversion, but my house was built with cast iron and has some sections that were replaced with PVC. They used what I'd describe as rubber boots with clamps to make the transitions. Knock on wood, they're fine.

As far as disassembly, other than calling a plumber my choice would probably be a harbor freight portable band saw. Seems least likely to damage the existing pipe compared to other methods.
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The bandsaw is great. Unfortunately, it couldn't reach most of the necessary cuts because of confined access. The recip saw did most of the work. The chunk of bad pipe is out, but I still have to deal with two cut-off ends. One of which involves series drilling the lead/oakum joint and the other needs an oscillating tool. My oscillating tool seems to have lost its drive teeth, so back to Home Depot or Harbor freight in a little while.
 
I found 3 Queen cells during my inspection today, so I went ahead and made a split. My hive still has a lot of drones, so I'm hoping there'll still be enough in the area to breed the new Queen. It's a little late, but this is about the time I started my main hive last year, and they made it through the winter.
 
Jim K said:
I found 3 Queen cells during my inspection today, so I went ahead and made a split. My hive still has a lot of drones, so I'm hoping there'll still be enough in the area to breed the new Queen. It's a little late, but this is about the time I started my main hive last year, and they made it through the winter.
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“ A swarm (split) in may is worth a load of hay, a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon, a swarm in July isn’t worth a fly”.. it’ll be close.
 
Jim K said:
I found 3 Queen cells during my inspection today, so I went ahead and made a split. My hive still has a lot of drones, so I'm hoping there'll still be enough in the area to breed the new Queen. It's a little late, but this is about the time I started my main hive last year, and they made it through the winter.
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I just split 2 more. But I'm pulling frames from 10 different hives. I guess I'm not completely against socialism.

I'm always concerned when I see queen cells. They made them for a reason. Is the existing queen failing. Or are they wanting to swarm. If the latter, splitting usually doesn't resolve the problem. They made up there mind and will just build more. If the former they need those cells so make sure there's fresh eggs.

The location and number of queen cells on the frame tells you if they're queen or supercedure cells. A queenless hive honey making machines.
 
Went to the gym this morning. It was dark inside. The rest of the businesses had power. Dude said there is no power I can't open. I told Dude I would be more than happy to check the main breaker. Dude declined. Went to gym #2. Got through my pull day on cheap equipment, and my a$$ hurt on the stationary recumbent after ten minutes so I bailed after 30, so no hour cardio.

Went for a bike ride. Got a flat. I did find the shard of glass that caused it, good. But I couldn't pump my tire enough with the hand pump to completely seat the bead. Bad. Whop whop whop. I cut my ride short, had a burger, limped back, pumped my tire fully, loaded a fresh tube into my saddle pack, and ordered a new set of tubes from the Zon.

Texted the Other Person because I forgot. Yes I am BBQing. I went to the grocery store next to gym #1 and scored a four pound rack of Baby Backs. The gym lot was still empty but Dude's car was there so I hope they got an electrician out.
 
kyleb said:
The bandsaw is great. Unfortunately, it couldn't reach most of the necessary cuts because of confined access. The recip saw did most of the work. The chunk of bad pipe is out, but I still have to deal with two cut-off ends. One of which involves series drilling the lead/oakum joint and the other needs an oscillating tool. My oscillating tool seems to have lost its drive teeth, so back to Home Depot or Harbor freight in a little while.
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Did the series drill thing and freed the cut-off 3" pipe from the cast flange. That took a while, but success was never in question. The other cut I needed to make was in a very confined area and I used about every cutting device I own, but I finally got it. Everything is ready for reassembly, but the flange gasket I need (for adapting 2" PVC to a 3" cast flange) is nowhere to be found. None of the local (local meaning within an hour of here) Lowe's, HD's, Ace Hardware's, or plumbing shops seem to have one. So I bought one on Amazon. Supposed to be here Wednesday.

However, I did get the garage door working again. The up-stop had crept out of adjustment.
 
kyleb said:
Did the series drill thing and freed the cut-off 3" pipe from the cast flange. That took a while, but success was never in question. The other cut I needed to make was in a very confined area and I used about every cutting device I own, but I finally got it. Everything is ready for reassembly, but the flange gasket I need (for adapting 2" PVC to a 3" cast flange) is nowhere to be found. None of the local (local meaning within an hour of here) Lowe's, HD's, Ace Hardware's, or plumbing shops seem to have one. So I bought one on Amazon. Supposed to be here Wednesday.

However, I did get the garage door working again. The up-stop had crept out of adjustment.
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Glad you're getting close, sorry you're dealing with the grief, and selfishly happy it's not me. As an FYI for future, I've used supplyhouse.com for misc plumbing parts, because they have most things, are priced pretty well, haven't screwed up my orders yet, they don't seem to mind little orders, and they're fast. No connection, just a customer.
 
crash7 said:
Had another one kick me out of their airplane
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congrats.

years ago my instructor talked about ERAU cutting off the shirt tails... which made the FBO area popular when folks that knew a young attractive woman was doing her first solo.
 
Yelled at a salesman who put a hold on my credit card for a 14k purchase. Then ran the card again for the 14k purchase. Then asked for a different payment method cuz that was decline. Yah, cuz your idiots ran my card twice. He didn't believe me. Then he called back after he talked to a/r confirming what i already told him.

Also gave a lashing to a customer. He gave the PO for a 50k job I quoted 2 weeks ago and received the PO for last Wednesday. Started the job on Friday. It's a rush with a crazy deadline I was unaware of when it was quoted. This morning he emails me actual engineering dated in mid MAY asking if this changes things. Uhhhh YEAH! Completely different from what was quoted. On top of that he wouldn't pick up his phone until hours later.
 
Albany Tom said:
I've never done the conversion, but my house was built with cast iron and has some sections that were replaced with PVC. They used what I'd describe as rubber boots with clamps to make the transitions. Knock on wood, they're fine.
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@Albany Tom, those couplings are still available under the brand name Fernco. Fernco couplings are available in a variety of sizes and size step-downs.

-Skip
 
Finally made it back 28 hours later than planned. For a long time, we’ve taken the day before and day after vacation travel days off to prep/cleanup from the vacation. This is the first time we’ve had to use this day as a travel day and the second time in a row we’ve had an unscheduled disruption resulting in us having to get a last minute hotel at DFW due to a re-booked flight.

Yes, we try to book 3hrs between connections at DFW when traveling internationally.
 
Picked dad's hickory that started this thread from the mill. It'll get stickered for 12-18 months before kiln dry. Got 12-18 months to design and build a steel dining room table to set the slab on.

Got enough to build 4 tables.
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Racerx said:
Picked dad's hickory that started this thread from the mill. It'll get stickered for 12-18 months before kiln dry. Got 12-18 months to design and build a steel dining room table to set the slab on.
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There is just something wrong about putting good wood on a steel frame.

Why not build the entire table out of the hickory? or at least use good wood (not the junk offered by lowes and home cheapo)
 
I bought a pair of work boots that are rated to protect against 18kV. Didn't set out to get that protection, and I can't see being in a spot where that's going to be a thing, but came with it anyway.
 
Albany Tom said:
I bought a pair of work boots that are rated to protect against 18kV. Didn't set out to get that protection, and I can't see being in a spot where that's going to be a thing, but came with it anyway.
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Can you golf in them?
 
Bob Noel said:
There is just something wrong about putting good wood on a steel frame.

Why not build the entire table out of the hickory? or at least use good wood (not the junk offered by lowes and home cheapo)
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I'm a metal fabricator. The room it's going in will have a mix of architectural steel and wood.

The tree had died and needed to come down. It wasn't until all the limbs were off that I realized it's more solid than we thought. So I had the brainstorm 50' up with a running chainsaw to turn it into something. My dad and sister were looking at dining room tables a few days prior not finding anything he like. He's a picky SOB

The floors in my house are hickory from trees on my property. One died as I was building the house. My neighbor also had one come down in a nasty storm around the same time. Thought it would be a waste of good wood. Cost more, but a cool backstory.
 
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Pulled the seats out of the pontoon to give the carpet a really good cleaning. This boat stays in the water most of the year, and gets used a ton. So, as you can see, it gets dirty. Between the dogs and the kids tracking sand on it, and fish and bait getting stomped into the carpet, and it never getting covered, it will look just as dirty next spring. But it always cleans up nice every spring!

I'd love to sell it and get something without the carpet and minimal interior vinyl, and easier to keep clean. A nice center console or a walk around boat would be great.

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Racerx said:
I'm a metal fabricator. The room it's going in will have a mix of architectural steel and wood.

The tree had died and needed to come down. It wasn't until all the limbs were off that I realized it's more solid than we thought. So I had the brainstorm 50' up with a running chainsaw to turn it into something. My dad and sister were looking at dining room tables a few days prior not finding anything he like. He's a picky SOB

The floors in my house are hickory from trees on my property. One died as I was building the house. My neighbor also had one come down in a nasty storm around the same time. Thought it would be a waste of good wood. Cost more, but a cool backstory.
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I kinda like steel and wood. Walnut and blued steel in particular. Like a rifle.
 
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