Looks like any old house I've ever worked on.
Hope you have deep pockets.
Only thing that works in an old house is the owner.
Hope you have deep pockets.
Only thing that works in an old house is the owner.
One chunk at a time. So far so good. This is last years project finally coming to fruition. I went with a local plumber that does lots of side work... I got lucky as he's totally legit, licensed, bonded, insured, pulled permits, etc, and was here in 2 days.joecaption said:Looks like any old house I've ever worked on.
Hope you have deep pockets.
Only thing that works in an old house is the owner.
Oh yes. Going with pex for the basement to bathroom run, and pex in the wall to all the fixtures. Also adding venting for the tub and sink as there was none (no surprise as house was built in 1914). Replacing the cast stack down to the basement floor. Leaving the cast vent up thru the roof as it would require 2 days worth of demo to access it and we don't see any issues with it. The only rotten parts were the horizontal runs. But all the rest of it is already gone, he set the new toilet flange, and capped everything so we still have water for our basement bathroom til he comes back to finish tomorrow.joecaption said:Make sure he gets rid of any of the old steel supply lines if there are any. There going to be just as bad.
Add fire blocking at the top and bottom of the walls, air seal where the lines are run.
Exactly! He burned up quite a few carbide blades in a tight spot where the snapper wouldn't fit.danpik said:I'm impressed. The original plumber did not cut the floor joist completly thru. Whenever I open up something like that I usually have to fix the floor joists as well.
Got to love old cast...full face shield, 2 lb hammer and a lot of swinging