Had a leak in the bathroom. Traced it down to a pinhole in the copper pipe that brings water in from our well. Cut off the well pump and the hot water heater. Went up to my studio and got a couple of hose clamps and a piece of rubber inner tube. Got my headlamp and some tools and crawled in behind the pressure tank. Tight fit but I put the patch on a clinched her up. Still leaking a small drip but have a fair and honest fellow coming tomorrow to replace what needs it.
@First_Warrior said:
Had a leak in the bathroom. Traced it down to a pinhole in the copper pipe that brings water in from our well. Cut off the well pump and the hot water heater. Went up to my studio and got a couple of hose clamps and a piece of rubber inner tube. Got my headlamp and some tools and crawled in behind the pressure tank. Tight fit but I put the patch on a clinched her up. Still leaking a small drip but have a fair and honest fellow coming tomorrow to replace what needs it.
where I live a lot of people had that problem until the town started adding calcium hydroxide to our acid ground water. I used your approach with short term success then went to the hardware store and bought a clamp and gasket assembly that has held for years. Cost about $5. Plumbers here charge $125/hour....
Removed all copper from my plumbing some time back. The well water eats it like corn flakes.
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"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
The pinhole leak is underneath a section right at a joint that is in a real small space so the only way I found it was by touch. The patch seems to be holding but it may be time to replace the copper with PVC.
What I used to think was my Christmas cactus and then realized it was my Thanksgiving Cactus, decided on its own that this year it wanted to be a Halloween cactus.
Last year I picked up a white one which I really am liking.
harvested green tomatoes, lettuce and bean seeds for next spring. checked the asian pear seeds stratifying in the fridge for moisture. Next up, shredding leaves for the garden. Good bye growing season, it's been good.
Truck hits fire hydrant in Dennis
Jessica Hill
Cape Cod Times
DENNIS — A tractor trailer hit a fire hydrant Monday morning on Upper County Road.
The Dennis Fire Department responded to the scene at at 143 Upper County Rd. at about 7:23 a.m. The town's water department also responded to the crash.
No further information was available Monday morning.
@silvermouse said:
Meanwhile, here's the big news in my sleepy town:
Truck hits fire hydrant in Dennis
Jessica Hill
Cape Cod Times
DENNIS — A tractor trailer hit a fire hydrant Monday morning on Upper County Road.
The Dennis Fire Department responded to the scene at at 143 Upper County Rd. at about 7:23 a.m. The town's water department also responded to the crash.
No further information was available Monday morning.
They got three stop signs, two police officers, and one police
Car, but when we got to the scene of the crime, there was five police
Officers and three police cars, bein' the biggest crime of the last fifty
Years and everybody wanted to get in the newspaper story about it.
I'm still troubled by what I did for that Klondike bar...
@peter4jc said:
"Watch where the fvck you're driving!"
Should've had a co-pilot yelling at me this morning... navigating through a parking lot, I cut the corner too sharp and rode up over a curb. What a dumbass move; scraped the crap outa my front right alloy and when the car came off the curb it landed on the 'frame' behind the wheel and pushed the fender up. So the fender and maybe what it mounts to is trashed.
Now the car I bought new in '15 and kept perfect is no longer perfect. Time to head to the body shop and I could see it easily be $2K to fix. I'm such a codger.
Well, my baby's back home, all put back together again. No harm, no foul... except for the bill; the fender/rocker panel/new alloy wheel set me back 14 boxes of premium hand-rolled cigars.
Geez, @peter4jc, if I had known you were down 14 boxes of premium handrolled cigars, I'd a sent you some of my ammo box La Fincas. Unfortunately, they are all boxed up and ready to ship to @Vision for his dad. Maybe he will select a few of the prime ones and send them to you.
It's time for the annual oil change in my Subaru. Since the oil filter is sitting on top and I have this pneumatic Mighty Vac fluid evacuator, I don't have to crawl underneath the car anymore.
@peter4jc said:
"Watch where the fvck you're driving!"
Should've had a co-pilot yelling at me this morning... navigating through a parking lot, I cut the corner too sharp and rode up over a curb. What a dumbass move; scraped the crap outa my front right alloy and when the car came off the curb it landed on the 'frame' behind the wheel and pushed the fender up. So the fender and maybe what it mounts to is trashed.
Now the car I bought new in '15 and kept perfect is no longer perfect. Time to head to the body shop and I could see it easily be $2K to fix. I'm such a codger.
Well, my baby's back home, all put back together again. No harm, no foul... except for the bill; the fender/rocker panel/new alloy wheel set me back 14 boxes of premium hand-rolled cigars.
I lol'd this, not because of your misfortune Peter, but because I also look at some of my spending in terms of cigars I could have bought as well.
Made a carved oak sculpture ten years ago. I didn't like the oil finish so I painted it white. Didn't like the white so it got painted black. Didn't like the black so I put the piece out in my finishing building. Saw the sculpture last week, dug it out and spent the past four days carving the paint off of it. Maybe now it will be ready for an oil finish. At least it gave me a excuse to sharpen all my carving tools.
Hired a philippino kid to fill the four open shifts I had about ten days ago. Today he tells me he needs to take a month off to go home and renew his passport. smh. I guess I'm putting the Help Wanted sign back out.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
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Had a leak in the bathroom. Traced it down to a pinhole in the copper pipe that brings water in from our well. Cut off the well pump and the hot water heater. Went up to my studio and got a couple of hose clamps and a piece of rubber inner tube. Got my headlamp and some tools and crawled in behind the pressure tank. Tight fit but I put the patch on a clinched her up. Still leaking a small drip but have a fair and honest fellow coming tomorrow to replace what needs it.
Use a fine grit sandpaper to clean the pipe well use a small amount of flux and drop a bead of solder on it.
MOW badge received.
Good to hear you were able to patch it for the time being. Was it chafed through or just randomly popped a hole?
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
Remember plumbers bread is just Wonder bread without the crust.
I've used that method to patch battle damaged hydraulic lines. Was good to 3000 psi.
yeah, but what do you do with the rest of the "bread"?
I hear it makes a good suppository.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
where I live a lot of people had that problem until the town started adding calcium hydroxide to our acid ground water. I used your approach with short term success then went to the hardware store and bought a clamp and gasket assembly that has held for years. Cost about $5. Plumbers here charge $125/hour....
Removed all copper from my plumbing some time back. The well water eats it like corn flakes.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
The pinhole leak is underneath a section right at a joint that is in a real small space so the only way I found it was by touch. The patch seems to be holding but it may be time to replace the copper with PVC.
^^^^^ Go with PEX if you're going to replace it. Easier to work with, no glue and it'll handle being frozen a few times before it fails.
why do plumbers install water heaters with the pipes jammed in between the wall and the heater?
Job security?
Dress rehersal for cabin life next winter.
What I used to think was my Christmas cactus and then realized it was my Thanksgiving Cactus, decided on its own that this year it wanted to be a Halloween cactus.
Last year I picked up a white one which I really am liking.
yard work and splitting/carrying wood
harvested green tomatoes, lettuce and bean seeds for next spring. checked the asian pear seeds stratifying in the fridge for moisture. Next up, shredding leaves for the garden. Good bye growing season, it's been good.
Meanwhile, here's the big news in my sleepy town:
Truck hits fire hydrant in Dennis
Jessica Hill
Cape Cod Times
DENNIS — A tractor trailer hit a fire hydrant Monday morning on Upper County Road.
The Dennis Fire Department responded to the scene at at 143 Upper County Rd. at about 7:23 a.m. The town's water department also responded to the crash.
No further information was available Monday morning.
mowing leaves, drinking Japanese organic roasted kukicha.
They got three stop signs, two police officers, and one police
Car, but when we got to the scene of the crime, there was five police
Officers and three police cars, bein' the biggest crime of the last fifty
Years and everybody wanted to get in the newspaper story about it.
Well, my baby's back home, all put back together again. No harm, no foul... except for the bill; the fender/rocker panel/new alloy wheel set me back 14 boxes of premium hand-rolled cigars.
Geez, @peter4jc, if I had known you were down 14 boxes of premium handrolled cigars, I'd a sent you some of my ammo box La Fincas. Unfortunately, they are all boxed up and ready to ship to @Vision for his dad. Maybe he will select a few of the prime ones and send them to you.
It's time for the annual oil change in my Subaru. Since the oil filter is sitting on top and I have this pneumatic Mighty Vac fluid evacuator, I don't have to crawl underneath the car anymore.
^^^ That Sucks!
I know, You're a big dog and I'm on the list.
Let's eat, GrandMa. / Let's eat GrandMa. -- Punctuation saves lives
It'll be fine once the swelling goes down.
I lol'd this, not because of your misfortune Peter, but because I also look at some of my spending in terms of cigars I could have bought as well.
Making a brown bag lunch for my road trip to the coffee Warehouse. Playing jigsaw with my liver sausage sandwich.
^^^^@peter4jc - that’s pretty intricate, Dude. What’s intarsia called when it’s done with liver sausage?? 🤓😜
Made a carved oak sculpture ten years ago. I didn't like the oil finish so I painted it white. Didn't like the white so it got painted black. Didn't like the black so I put the piece out in my finishing building. Saw the sculpture last week, dug it out and spent the past four days carving the paint off of it. Maybe now it will be ready for an oil finish. At least it gave me a excuse to sharpen all my carving tools.
Hired a philippino kid to fill the four open shifts I had about ten days ago. Today he tells me he needs to take a month off to go home and renew his passport. smh. I guess I'm putting the Help Wanted sign back out.
Trapped in the People's Communits Republic of Massachusetts.
That bites. I hate having to go through the hiring / training process.
I'll have to remember to ask candidates about any requirements for near-term time-off in upcoming interviews.