Cast iron drain leak under pier and beam house

[BeanGas]

Originally Posted by geodepe

Ok ... thanks for all your help.

Job took less than 2 hours.

I used reciprocating saw with carbide diamond blade.
Saw cut through 2" cast iron pipe like butter.

I pushed aside the old pipe and connected the first PVC with fernco.
Connected remaining PVC and finally last fernco.

I used level to check slope (was barely going down hill ... should be good ... I think).

Finally I installed a support hanger strap.

I used a 500w $10 utility lamp from Lowes. It turns your crawl space into daylight.

I also used a heavy gauge extension cord with 3 way grounded splitter on the end so I could attach the saw and lamp at same time.

I had to cut a hole in one of the crawl space vents to get the pipes under the house.

All in all ... it was easy and it saved me $1600.

Thanks again.

Sad day for your local plumber.

[LiQuId]

Dont stress for the local plumber, Nothing lasts forever, especially where water is concerned.

Glad to hear your project went well.