Saturday, December 19, 2009

Pipes-a-Plenty

19-Dec-09
Today we began the troublesome task of removing the pluming from the house. I will admit that that this was a task that I was not looking forward to due to the fact that in the multiple remodels of the home. Turns out that each owner added to the to the previous owners efforts. In the end the pluming looked similar to the MacArthur Maze.

After the water heater removal experience we determined that it would be best remove all of the plumbing. My reasons were simple.
1. Tangled pipes that were impossible to decipher or service.
2. Improper mixing of pipes (Copper, Steel) which had caused lots of corrosion.
3. It does not support the floor plan.




The pipes in this photo was from the basement alone
The additional wood, well that was what needed to be cleared out to get to the pipes.



The job was laborious but was 80% complete by the end of the day.


Labor time 8hours
MVP Tool: The Pipe Wrench. (the lower Tool)

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