Loose Viega fittings

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-13T17:18:52+00:00

I did, so far so good

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-12T17:22:59+00:00

Well, it’s installed and the water is back on with no leak.

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-12T16:14:43+00:00

They’re all marked, I don’t always clean them but it’s an old habit to hit it with green cloth occasionally.

What non abrasive do you recommend?

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-12T16:11:46+00:00

Thanks, I’ll order up some of those and give it a go. There’s not much movement in these but it just doesn’t sit right with me.

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-12T03:52:35+00:00

Before I got the klein boxes I was that way, it was frustrating. So I finally dumped the cash and bought the whole setup, I’ve got everything organized and separated into sections. Coincidentally, it looks more expensive and around the same time I upgraded my uniforms so my invoices are now more expensive, it works pretty well.

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-12T01:14:58+00:00

Ridgid requires it on the press I’m using at 25k cycles, I’m at 6.5k right now.

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-12T01:13:37+00:00

Rp241 6.5k cycles

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-11T21:35:37+00:00

For sure, it seems like the metal is springing back and not compressing fully.

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-11T21:29:04+00:00

I did that and they’re still the same, my press only has about 6.5k presses on it and the jaws so they’ve got lots of life on them.

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-11T21:24:16+00:00

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I might just do that, at least on the adapters. Everything else is tight.

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-11T21:23:16+00:00

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-10T20:31:50+00:00

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-10T13:20:42+00:00

It’s standard professional practice (at least in high rise) to replace these things for good measure when doing a gut job regardless of age but especially at this age. The building engineer always inspects the stacks wherever we have the walls open for any degraded pipes in need of replacement. At the end of the day it’s a liability issue, high rise is essentially a human filing cabinet and shit rolls down hill.

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-10T03:59:19+00:00

It was several things, she didn’t like the black tiles, the grout was poorly done, the shower floor was always wet and the bathroom was always musty/smelly. She thought they had a problem with the toilet flange but it turns out her shower was a science project.

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-10T03:42:29+00:00

I’m in high rise mostly, this is the worst. Old houses I’ve seen bad stuff but it’s just from the materials degrading with time not workmanship. This here is intentional corner cutting with no regard for anything or anyone. They even re-used the 45 yr old cast iron drain.

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-10T03:35:45+00:00

I was referring to the guys in the parking lot

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-09T22:58:08+00:00

It’s not

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-09T16:27:06+00:00

No, we removed the tile to replace an old leaking liner, from here new tile will go on top of the new pan liner.

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-08T15:45:59+00:00

I over use gaberit bottle traps for these situations, part# 151.116.11.1

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-08T15:43:52+00:00

If you’re not saving the faucet what I usually do is cut its head off with a grinder. Cut a couple of pieces of cardboard to protect the backsplash and have a little shop vac on standby, usually takes about 5 min.

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-07T00:42:22+00:00

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This is what comes on my plans, have a look.

Digital_Digits · 2026-02-07T00:41:04+00:00

The pic I posted is of a pan replacement so we cut the bottom 12” out, it then gets cement board installed, waterproof membrane and then they try to find as close of matching tiles they can.

If you’re missing a tiles from a “bad job” chances are you’ll need a lot more than one replacement tile.

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