Recent content by Nicholas Shelley

Thank you all. I'm on it. I'll report back.

Would back siphonage or negative pressure occur if a 1 1/2" sink drain was dumping into a 4" stack? Or does it need to be more proportionate?

Hey fellas. I have a two story with a crawl space below. The toilet and tub connect to a double wye below the floor. The vent, or is it called stack, goes straight up out of that double wye thru the roof and the waste drops out of the double wye, turns and out to the street. It's all 4" cast...

I'll try it. Thanks

Boy that's frustrating. Your side of the meter is your business not theirs. Get all that junk out and put in a fresh line of pipe from the meter to the house. Boof Done!

Regarding the union: I'll be removing from the elbow to the house so I'm cool there. And yea I was thinkin about going to copper while it's all open. So do you think the heat will screw up the elbow?

Ok I'll drain it. So, you don't think heat would damage the elbow?

Don't know the age of the pipe. House was built in 32. Probably not original but at least 30 years. The threads are still visible.

I have a live 1" galvy service to my house. It's buried 18" deep. I dug it up. I want to unscrew a portion from the house side of an elbow to install a tee. I'm not touchin the meter side. The connection is decades old, rusted and probably brittle. I've been gently scraping, cleaning and...