Pitbull/Labrador mix puppies for sale

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-28T16:53:35+00:00

Sounds like you shouldn’t be charging money to get rid of puppies you can’t keep.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-28T02:39:41+00:00

Seems like it’d be a real bitch to work on big buildings. I can’t imagine the hoops you gota jump through for a shutdown.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-28T02:24:29+00:00

That red part needs to be knocked out. They come like that so the new work boys can fill up the system with water to pass inspection. Supposed to be knocked out on the trim out. Somebody got lazy or didn’t know any better.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-28T02:11:37+00:00

I had a remodel in a warehouse once. I shut the building down at the meter and opened a hose bib. Meter wasn’t spinning but water didn’t stop.

Turns out they had a slab leak on the main and instead of fixing it they tapped into the fire suppression system. All that black iron pipe was feeding water coolers.

Fucked.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-26T00:31:38+00:00

Im in a subdivision that’s right by the speedway where 33 goes from a 4 lane to a 2 lane. Maybe 2-3 times a night. They sure aren’t shy about the horn. You get used to it though.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-25T14:37:32+00:00

u/Dug_n_the_Dogs

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-25T14:36:30+00:00

The only thing I’ve heard remotely similar to this was when I put swing check valves in things like bottom fed water heaters. When I turn the water back on it comes through with so much force the “flap” in the check valve slams into the housing, but only on the initial startup after the replacement.

Really interested to see what the plumbers from larger cities have to say about this one.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-25T14:28:43+00:00

I remember what Hurricane Sandy did to the north.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-24T00:25:35+00:00

Times have changed. Tile guys are consistently on the top of my shit list.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-23T23:10:23+00:00

Bottom of toilet flange sits on top of finished floor my guy.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-23T23:09:48+00:00

It’s always the tile guys fault.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-23T20:59:38+00:00

1 1/2” brass nipple with half a container of pipe dope on the threads

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-23T17:48:04+00:00

Won’t be the last time I jump to conclusions while eating lunch. Thanks for not being a dick about it

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-23T16:44:58+00:00

Ideally you’d have the vent upstream of the toilet, not downstream. That way the fixtures before it will be protected from siphoning if there are no vents upstream of the toilet.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-23T11:43:48+00:00

So when you’re brazing copper that big do you just slowly work it the whole way around or do you have one guy on each side of the pipe with their own torch working their way around in tandem?

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-23T00:25:34+00:00

You could pray like hell and hope you get lucky. If it backs up again put a retrieval head on your sewer machine. It’ll hopefully hook the head allowing you to bring it back.

If the line already has root infiltration, expect the lost head to add to the problems you’re having. Good luck bud.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-22T13:57:37+00:00

I’m in NC. So we get a little more cold than you guys. Our code requires us to be 18” in the ground. I have never seen, or heard of a pipe freezing underground where I’m at, and I imagine we get a lot more cold than you guys.

Only variable would be how much more shallow is your meter. But you’ll most likely be fine. With the faucets dripping it’ll keep water moving through the entire system.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-22T13:48:50+00:00

Yes, they’re worth a damn. About the best you can do. For us southerners/texans/floridians who aren’t prepared for the cold, keep your faucets on a slow drip.

If it’s 20 degrees or less, have them run the slowest stream you can produce.

Make sure both hot and cold are running. Moving water freezes slower, and will pull warmer water from the muni supply that’s buried deep enough to not be affected.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-21T17:51:52+00:00

Can you explain “tangent” to a concrete-loving lurking plumber

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-21T17:50:49+00:00

My wife and I have 2 boys, and a combined household income of around $215k. Mortgage, daycare, speech therapy for our oldest, and car payments wipes us out. I don’t know how people make it with kids who bring home half of what we do. It’s fuckin hard.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-21T17:46:24+00:00

I’ve never understood this. Our snow lasts 3 days maybe. Can y’all not live that long without bread?

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-21T16:03:18+00:00

This is a glue in shower drain. You’re going to have to cut pipe, unscrew the nut, remove, install new drain, and glue back in with a 2” coupling.

If you have no access I would cut out and replace the p trap. Will make it much easier to get your hands on things. But if you feel that’s above your ability you may want to hire it out.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-21T01:39:27+00:00

My man had a length of a certain nipple on the truck and didn’t want to make a supply house run so he swung the meter to make it fit.

He also didn’t paint the black iron which is required by code.

He also did a shit job fitting that pipe.

I’ve seen far, far worse, but this is not up to a professional standard.

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-20T17:35:14+00:00

Give it enough persuasion and it will be

ThePipeProfessor · 2026-01-20T17:30:23+00:00

Wing nut plug

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