2008 ..... Pig Slop Award.....

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Master Plumber Mark

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I have not passed this by Terry yet....

so I could get shot down...


This thread is dedicated to the most god awful
plumbing pics you run into in your travels....

Post your nasty pics here .....

and at the end of the year,

who ever has posted the most nasty plumbing

workmanship ...with either drain lines or PEX

will win the grand prize of $100....

a check from me personally.....


perhaps to make things more fair
their will have to be a vote at the end of the year
for the top 10 pics posted.


for the 9 runner ups ,

I will send you a plunger with your

name engraved on the handle of the plunger!!!.....

all you will have to do is pay a small
shipping and handling fee.......
 
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I am going to guess...you were there to fix the coin mechanism on the washer...:D
 
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When it gets down to the finale vote, we can add a poll for it.

Looks like I better get busy and start going out with a camera to jobs now.
 

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slop is slop..post it here

Why only PEX and DWV? I've seen some BAD stuff in copper, CPVC and galvanized as well.


Copper slop is ok too....

whatever makes you stop in your tracks and say

what the hell was this fellow thinking???



Remember......you .......yes .....you..............could win the big brize


or you could get the personalized engraved plunger....


as a runner -up
 
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This was an interesting job. The plumber had to plumb the bath/laundry/kitchenette entirely from below, with very limited access to the roof, because the tile guy got there first and nothing was accessible. I especially like the double-topped vent.

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This was an interesting job. The plumber had to plumb the bath/laundry/kitchenette entirely from below, with very limited access to the roof, because the tile guy got there first and nothing was accessible. I especially like the double-topped vent.

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First clog in that system and it will seal the vents off.


I would of walked away from the job before I'd ever do the above.

Might work for now.....but every time company stops by they'll be saying "Who did that work?" and of course, the name shall be given.



As I've repeated before, I believe Plastic Pipe has diminished the trade for it's lack of skills it takes to do the process.

I seriously doubt there were hacks out there with lead ladles and irons with rolls of oakum ready to throw something in in 5-10 minutes.

That didn't exist. Gonna hack in galvanized water lines? Better get the hand threader chump!! Wasn't any cordless tools back then, no power saws......Did it all by hand.

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I liked doing it by hand at least I knowitgot done right the first time.
then I wont be rolling my grave.
 

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I liked doing it by hand at least I knowitgot done right the first time.
then I wont be rolling my grave.


Amen to that statement! Hey I got your PM,


Hats off to the plumbers before us (generations); that was plumbing in its hardest form.

Not what I think I'd like to do on a daily basis. Heavy hard work and very painstaking.
 

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Isn't flexibility of installation supposed to be one of Pex's big deals? No need any more for straight runs, crisp corners, etc.
 

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perhaps so...

perhaps you are right mikey....


but if I did a home that looked this bad
i would probably not get paid

I could not say "flexibility of installation"
if the customer thought it looked like dog crap...

they could have at the very least
used some hangers or something to clean it
up a little bit
 

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If I did a PEX job that bad, I'd shoot myself. If I can't make it look better than that, I have no business being in business.
 

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when 4 inch cast gets away from you........

Satruday morning project to cut out
a three story 4 inch cast iron stack from the basement
to the third floor......


it went pretty well till we lost the 10 foot
section going out from the second story to the roof....



it sort of imbedded itself into the kitchen sink top
it stopped in the first drawer...LOL.......




I have not done that in a long time........


it was manly, manly, ......fun.....

now on monday we run a new 4 inch
line up through the third floorr


For all the teachers + critics that dont do -- among us ..................

yes......
of course they are planning on changeing

out the kitchen sink or we would have been
much more careful......
you really cant hurt the place

but that stuff can certainly hurt you if it
gets half a chance....
 
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That's what I like, pictures.
Well, looks like it could use a new countertop anyway.

I replaced some shutoffs for a kitchen counter job yesterday.
All nice new corian with molded in sinks.
While I was cleaning up the drain fittings, reducing the number of slip joints and getting the direction of flow right, I noticed that the pipe from the disposer was just slipped into the rubber washer without the required flange on it. the pipe pulled out while I was working on it.

Nice.

The counters did look very nice, it's a good thing they called me in to do some plumbing afterwards though.
 

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I like the fact, that whoever ran the Cat-5e made sure to run it right next to the electrical run going upstairs.
 
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