an example of my plumbing fiasco..Y’all know the Kentucky home..well, the previous owner builder..must went nuts looking for this leak..teeeny, tiny..pinhole. When I replaced all the CPVC everywhere else with good ol copper..I had to open the walls to inspect what was going on in the Kitchen area..good thing I did,,this is what I found..looks almost like he tried to hit the pipe..BTW 1.25″ sr screw..1/2″ sr..1/2″ meat left on stud…WRONG .
My days are getting crazier and crazier..everytime I find one of these FU’s I just gotta laugh..what was he thinking?
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Glad to see you have a stud left. The leak I found must have been going on for years. Nothing but dust from pipe to all the way through the bottom plate. one stray nail!!
Ward
BTW 1.25" sr screw..1/2" sr..1/2" meat left on stud...WRONG .
Yeah but that required a great shot. Or was Murphy's Law helping out?
PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
i agree.. remember that movie western with the silver fox and steve mcQueen ?
guy was killed by one looonnnggg shot..
silver fox says ... that was one hell of a shot... good olde dead eye dick
Mike Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
Murphy's Law, without a doubt.
Murphy's Law for plumbers and electricians states that if it is possible to hit a pipe or wire, the Dw'ers will hit it.
The second section says that if there is one screw or nail in the box longer than the rest, the DW'ers will use that nail over a pipe or wire.
The next section covers remodels; to wit: during a remodel, the fastener directly over a pipe or wire will always be 1/8" longer than the distance from finish surface of the wall to the surface of the pipe or wire.
The appendix has a adddendum for the Plumbers and Electricians section of the laws, A fastener that penetrates a pipe or wire will always penetrat said material at the least accessible spot.
SamT
Yeah, there was a pencil line for drilling the pipeholes..that screw was RIGHT on..His luck was like that..everything he did..was like that. No wonder he died before he got done..R.I.P. Only 47, massive coronary. No smoker or drinker..BIG..300lbs, 6'5"..supposedly was the "nicest guy you'd ever meet"..was a painter by trade..Poor Martin..
Now, poor Duane..
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No smoker or drinker..BIG..300lbs, 6'5"..supposedly was the "nicest guy you'd ever meet"..was a painter by trade..Poor Martin..
Something wrong with this picture. No wonder he died early. Everybody knows about painters and drinking. So I quit painting.
Now, poor Duane..
Ummm, you did make me beneficiary, right? And I ain't talkin' about that house. <VBG>
Still on schedule? Non-leaky water system is good. And shortly it'll be warm enough to not worry about the wind whistling through the missing chinking. Just think of it as "period" ac.PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
Schedule is out through the holy logs..gonna close off half and move into the newer part..One man can only do SO much..I'am getting bushed..got twenty things going at once. Then I gotta help pack all the junk outta here and move it all.
The newer part WILL be livable for sure (now that all I have to replumb is the laundry room)..
I plumbed the terlets to hotwater..no more sweaty tanks in the summer. I'd rather pay a little in ele. for hotwater than replace the subfloors (again). That'll confuse the beneficiary..when YOU have to trouble shoot the new plumbing..<G> HAR.HAR.
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That'll confuse the beneficiary..when YOU have to trouble shoot the new plumbing..<G> HAR.HAR.
Yikes!! Is this what fiends [sic] are for? Maybe you oughtta reread my tag line. Last 100 yr old house that had my name on the title got a demo permit. PAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
well we can't all be cavedwellers <G>..I like the terra firma under me , not around me..gonna have that long enough when I croak.."the worms crawl in, the worms crawl out"..
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I gotta sympathize with the guy, though. 20-odd years ago I put a drywall screw through the copper I had just installed for our downstairs shower. Luckily I noticed the "drip .... drip" and decided to take down the rock before I mudded it. When I took out that screw I knew instantly what had happened.
Made me a believer in nail plates.