What would he do, use hose clamps and a piece of rubber? Cork is something I’ve never thought of.
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What would he do, use hose clamps and a piece of rubber? Cork is something I’ve never thought of.
I’ve cut nohub bands up for a piece of rubber then used a couple hose clamps to temporary repair leaking water mains.
Anything to get the water back on.
That’s what I should have done last night!
I have bands and hose clamps but it didn’t occur to me that night. Wrap rubber around the leaking part and tighten 1-1/4” hose clamps down It would have made a sustainable temporary fix.
I just called the home owner to check on the outcome. Our residential department replaced a section of it yesterday and it’s good.
Thank you all for the help.
I will think about using a no hub rubber coupling and hose clamp to temporarily stop a leak water leak. I did that once to pass an in wall inspection.
One time I finished a no hub cast iron in wall plumbing just before my inspection. The only air leak was a 2” NH combo that had two sand holes leaking air.
I didn’t have a replacement 2” combo right then so I cut two patches of a no hub coupling rubber. The two rubber patches right over the sand holes, strapped with two 2” bands. It now held pressure. I made sure it wasn’t too noticeable and passed the inspection.
I replaced that combo later that day
(Test no hub cast iron piping in a high rise with 5lb. of air. We’re not allowed to use water. A water failure would disturb tenants underneath or damage computers)
I have bands and hose clamps but it didn’t occur to me that night. Wrap rubber around the leaking part and tighten 1-1/4” hose clamps down It would have made a sustainable temporary fix.
I just called the home owner to check on the outcome. Our residential department replaced a section of it yesterday and it’s good.
Thank you all for the help.
I will think about using a no hub rubber coupling and hose clamp to temporarily stop a leak water leak. I did that once to pass an in wall inspection.
One time I finished a no hub cast iron in wall plumbing just before my inspection. The only air leak was a 2” NH combo that had two sand holes leaking air.
I didn’t have a replacement 2” combo right then so I cut two patches of a no hub coupling rubber. The two rubber patches right over the sand holes, strapped with two 2” bands. It now held pressure. I made sure it wasn’t too noticeable and passed the inspection.
I replaced that combo later that day
(Test no hub cast iron piping in a high rise with 5lb. of air. We’re not allowed to use water. A water failure would disturb tenants underneath or damage computers)
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I took your advice.
On the coffee shop I’m finishing I used a 6”x 3” Fernco reducer as a hub.
Aight TW, I get to try using a no hub band to temporarily seal this 2-1/2” copper main. My first shift is plumbing a car dealership total remodel. What luck, the concrete contractor drilled a 5/8” concrete bit into the water main entering the building trying to install rebar in the footer. Here it goes 
Mighty big hole 
. I just do pinholes 
. I just do pinholes
It worked as a temporary fix.
I had to use three rubbers to be thick enough for a 3” no hub band. I cut all the center rings out and cut each one to fit around the pipe.
I used plumbers grease so the rubbers didn’t bind on each other.
The 90 angle bit worked again.
Voila! It’s holding the pressure. Very nice temporary fix. Service department will be out tomorrow morning.
Thanks Again TW ✌
I had to use three rubbers to be thick enough for a 3” no hub band. I cut all the center rings out and cut each one to fit around the pipe.
I used plumbers grease so the rubbers didn’t bind on each other.
The 90 angle bit worked again.
Voila! It’s holding the pressure. Very nice temporary fix. Service department will be out tomorrow morning.
Thanks Again TW ✌
You’re getting your money’s worth out of that Milwaukee right angle adapter lately
Ups & Downs with high rise plumbing…
Uh… I think I’ll wait for the next one…
Uh… I think I’ll wait for the next one…
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I visited our newest local plumbing material supplier today. Cregger Company.
I like that
I like that
This building was recently completed in uptown Charlotte. We were not the base building plumbing contractor but we currently have a few interior office up fit projects within.
Before construction began the NC Department of Environmental Quality’s soil tested the site. The results led the NCDEQ to require this building be built with a designed sub slab depressurization system to keep the contaminated soil toxins from permeating into the interior of the building.
This is what the base building plumbing contractor initially installed, which may have been what was drawn, I don’t know.
After the buildings final inspections, NCDEQ tested the sub slab’s negative pressure and it was unsatisfactory to mitigate the toxic vapors as required.
So, the new current contractor in charge of up fitting the building for the owners was now also used to upgrade the sub slab depressurization system. They contracted us and I was told to add a second motor of the same and use the second stack that was already in place.
(I do not know the details of why two stacks were initially installed with only one motor)
This is what I came up with. I’m not impressed with the outcome, but it was done.
After this the NCDEQ tested the negative pressure again and it was STILL unsatisfactory.
So, it was decided to have us install a much, much bigger motor. This time the contractor asked for me by name to install the new motor because it had to be done quick. The depressurization system is not supposed to ever be taken off line so absolute minimal time for assembly was required.
Flattered and obliged to be named I arrived and was I was told to build a heavy duty stand that would hold a very heavy motor. I had to quickly engineer a stand with only a spec sheet in hand depicting a generic version of what was needed because the motor hadn’t arrived on site yet.
So, I went to Ensco and bought unistrut, nuts, spring nuts, washers, square washers, 1/2” rod & 1/2” wedge anchors. At Ferguson I bought the 2” no hub cast, fittings & heavy duty no hub bands.
The motor soon arrived on site and WOOF!
This is what I came up with.
My helper left me half way through to go to a different companies job interview while I was sweating bullets building this thing I only imagined up two hours ago with neck breathers reminding me to hurry up, NCDEQ is coming. The electrician was in the same boat as me and was pulling a new circuit with a disconnect.
Man, when we got finished and turned that thing on and it pulled gravel from under the slab, the motor ground up the gravel and shot little pieces of rock up and out the 80’ tall discharge pipe. It rained pebbles and ground water down on all of us and we all cheered for it was clearly working well!
NCDEQ came and took their negative pressure sample and they were finally satisfied! As was everyone else
Before construction began the NC Department of Environmental Quality’s soil tested the site. The results led the NCDEQ to require this building be built with a designed sub slab depressurization system to keep the contaminated soil toxins from permeating into the interior of the building.
This is what the base building plumbing contractor initially installed, which may have been what was drawn, I don’t know.
After the buildings final inspections, NCDEQ tested the sub slab’s negative pressure and it was unsatisfactory to mitigate the toxic vapors as required.
So, the new current contractor in charge of up fitting the building for the owners was now also used to upgrade the sub slab depressurization system. They contracted us and I was told to add a second motor of the same and use the second stack that was already in place.
(I do not know the details of why two stacks were initially installed with only one motor)
This is what I came up with. I’m not impressed with the outcome, but it was done.
After this the NCDEQ tested the negative pressure again and it was STILL unsatisfactory.
So, it was decided to have us install a much, much bigger motor. This time the contractor asked for me by name to install the new motor because it had to be done quick. The depressurization system is not supposed to ever be taken off line so absolute minimal time for assembly was required.
Flattered and obliged to be named I arrived and was I was told to build a heavy duty stand that would hold a very heavy motor. I had to quickly engineer a stand with only a spec sheet in hand depicting a generic version of what was needed because the motor hadn’t arrived on site yet.
So, I went to Ensco and bought unistrut, nuts, spring nuts, washers, square washers, 1/2” rod & 1/2” wedge anchors. At Ferguson I bought the 2” no hub cast, fittings & heavy duty no hub bands.
The motor soon arrived on site and WOOF!
This is what I came up with.
My helper left me half way through to go to a different companies job interview while I was sweating bullets building this thing I only imagined up two hours ago with neck breathers reminding me to hurry up, NCDEQ is coming. The electrician was in the same boat as me and was pulling a new circuit with a disconnect.
Man, when we got finished and turned that thing on and it pulled gravel from under the slab, the motor ground up the gravel and shot little pieces of rock up and out the 80’ tall discharge pipe. It rained pebbles and ground water down on all of us and we all cheered for it was clearly working well!
NCDEQ came and took their negative pressure sample and they were finally satisfied! As was everyone else
Large ranch style home built in 1959.
Day three of re plumbing two bathrooms.
yes, that’s under slab ductwork.
It’s a first sight for all of us.
4 repairs at crossing the sanitary.
Day three of re plumbing two bathrooms.
yes, that’s under slab ductwork.
It’s a first sight for all of us.
4 repairs at crossing the sanitary.
Jeff Handy
Pro Handyman, NOT A Pro Plumber
Just be thankful it’s not all diapers!
This is inside a customers house.
We were dispatched to a home today for a clogged kitchen sink. A sweet older couple were home and we began our assessment and asked if it was visible from below. She said yes, here’s the door to downstairs and this is what we saw!
I was completely amazed at the collection and looking like a kid being told he’s at Disney World I asked her for permission to take photographs.
This amazing Korean War Veteran has a family full of war veterans since WW1 and has been assembling die cast models since 1932. This collection dates to 1937. He was a great depression child who, like many children then, had to make their own toys typically out of wood. His also showed us his war medals and his fathers
Lucky man right there.
Thanks for posting this!
Thanks for posting this!
Running service you get to meet America
Very cool but I'd hate to have to dust the place!
It is apparent the owner hates dusting as well! 
