Re: Repairing broken 3 inch cast iron drainage pipe connected to floor drain in a brew pub

Posted by hj on November 01, 2001 at 07:49:15:
In response to Re: Repairing broken 3 inch cast iron drainage pipe connected to floor drain in a brew pub
In an installation like that, the brewing process will often deteriorate cast iron pipe to the extent that there is often no bottom to the pipe. I have seldom found a situation like that which did not require extensive pipe replacement. You can switch to plastic using cast-iron to plastic transitions. : I'm remodeling a brew pub. In the kitchen a large floor drain was not working properly. : Upon breaking out the concrete and excavating around the 3 inch cast iron drainage pipe : we have discovered the cast iron metal elbow was completly disintagrated, and the rest of : the cast iron pipe is brittle. A moderate strike with a regular hammer causes the pipe : to break. We're about 3 feet below ground level. : How can I repair this without using cast iron parts? : Sheezzzz, this is hard work! I'm sore as heck from the jack hammer. HELP!!! : Thanks, : David

Posted by hj on November 01, 2001 at 07:49:15:

In response to Re: Repairing broken 3 inch cast iron drainage pipe connected to floor drain in a brew pub

In an installation like that, the brewing process will often deteriorate cast iron pipe to the extent that there is often no bottom to the pipe. I have seldom found a situation like that which did not require extensive pipe replacement. You can switch to plastic using cast-iron to plastic transitions.

: I'm remodeling a brew pub. In the kitchen a large floor drain was not working properly.
: Upon breaking out the concrete and excavating around the 3 inch cast iron drainage pipe
: we have discovered the cast iron metal elbow was completly disintagrated, and the rest of
: the cast iron pipe is brittle. A moderate strike with a regular hammer causes the pipe
: to break. We're about 3 feet below ground level.

: How can I repair this without using cast iron parts?

: Sheezzzz, this is hard work! I'm sore as heck from the jack hammer. HELP!!!

: Thanks,

: David

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