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From: Jim Thompson on 24 Jun 2010 21:21 The urge to kill... Just changed out a kitchen sink disposer. Original equipment, put in when the house was built 16 years ago. Some "master" plumber filled every threaded (plastic drain) joint with plumbers putty :-( Dried up after 16 years... I had to break it to get it apart :-( ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | | E-mail Icon at http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
From: baron on 25 Jun 2010 04:31 Jim Thompson Inscribed thus: > The urge to kill... > > Just changed out a kitchen sink disposer. > > Original equipment, put in when the house was built 16 years ago. > > Some "master" plumber filled every threaded (plastic drain) joint with > plumbers putty :-( > > Dried up after 16 years... I had to break it to get it apart :-( > > ...Jim Thompson 16 years ago that was pretty much the done thing. People have gotten much better at molding threads since. Thread sealer has also got much more sophisticated with the advent of new compounds that don't set hard and can be cleaned off fairly easily. -- Best Regards: Baron.
From: Oppie on 25 Jun 2010 08:55 "Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote in message news:dv0826tsojdfiugn229dbr1tfl87s33vma(a)4ax.com... > The urge to kill... > > Just changed out a kitchen sink disposer. > > Original equipment, put in when the house was built 16 years ago. > > Some "master" plumber filled every threaded (plastic drain) joint with > plumbers putty :-( > > Dried up after 16 years... I had to break it to get it apart :-( > > ...Jim Thompson So what is the problem? Working with plastic pipe is easy - even if you have to saw out a section. Bonding in a new coupler is simple. My biggest problem was dry fitting everything first to get all the dimensions proved out... then I forgot to glue one of the joints ;-)
From: life imitates life on 25 Jun 2010 11:30 On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:21:50 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >The urge to kill... > >Just changed out a kitchen sink disposer. > >Original equipment, put in when the house was built 16 years ago. > >Some "master" plumber filled every threaded (plastic drain) joint with >plumbers putty :-( > >Dried up after 16 years... I had to break it to get it apart :-( > > ...Jim Thompson If one rides a bike, one gets exercise. If one rides a bike with a rusty chain, the task is a bit harder, but what one gains is stamina. I ride the old nasty bike, and have all of its little resistances cause me to work harder. If I ever have to race, I get on the pristine, new bike, and it is so smooth a ride that all that stamina building benefits me in the form of a faster finish.
From: ghelbig on 25 Jun 2010 14:19
On Jun 24, 6:21 pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My- Web-Site.com> wrote: > The urge to kill... > > Just changed out a kitchen sink disposer. > > Original equipment, put in when the house was built 16 years ago. > > Some "master" plumber filled every threaded (plastic drain) joint with > plumbers putty :-( > > Dried up after 16 years... I had to break it to get it apart :-( > > ...Jim Thompson > -- > | James E.Thompson, CTO | mens | > | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | > | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | > | Phoenix, Arizona 85048 Skype: Contacts Only | | > | Voice:(480)460-2350 Fax: Available upon request | Brass Rat | > | E-mail Icon athttp://www.analog-innovations.com| 1962 | > > I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food. Pffffttt... The shutoff valve to my ice-maker was *glued* to the end of the pipe. When I went to take it off (it was leaking) I discovered that the tubing in the wall was 'M' instead of 'L' (the builder dropped a cabinet over the pipe before the inspector could notice.) and completely unsupported for 10+ feet. This was the same builder that decided that rubbing on the inside of the junction box was "good enough" for a ground. He literally stripped 10" of the ground wire and just wadded it into the box. At every junction box in the house. In civilized countries the builder faces criminal charges when doing this kind of cr(a)p. Here in the good 'ol USA, the goober has to be sued in civil court. Have a nice week-end, Gary. |