The 2009 pig slop contest begins [Archive] - Terry Love's Plumbing & Remodel DIY forum

master plumber mark

01-03-2009, 11:47 AM

I had to start a new thread for
this years contest....

for the award this year, I am going all out
with a 25 dollar gift certificate to ......WHITE CASTLES..

if you are in a region where they are not available, I can
send you the gut bombs federal express, ready to be re-heated in the micro-wave.

What sane plumber can resist White Castles???

master plumber mark

01-03-2009, 11:49 AM

I just installed these two little jewels this
satruday morning in a office....

they should have been put on granite,,,,

now please tell me....

is this art or pig slop...??????

personally I think it is pretty butt-ugly

but I was just the plumber.

what do I know about taste??

pay no attention to the
dumb-ass takeing the picture...

http://onsmartpages.com/weilhammerplumbingco/nss-folder/pictures/si_UEw80h80_DSC09555.JPG (http://onsmartpages.com/weilhammerplumbingco/pictures/view_alone.nhtml?profile=pictures&UID=10308) http://onsmartpages.com/weilhammerplumbingco/nss-folder/pictures/si_UEw80h80_DSC09558.JPG (http://onsmartpages.com/weilhammerplumbingco/pictures/view_alone.nhtml?profile=pictures&UID=10309)

Terry

01-03-2009, 11:56 AM

I installed a lav faucet like that too for someone.
I had to dial down the supplies or the water would come out too hard.
I would have felt better leaving the stops open and using a restricter.
The next person to fiddle with the shutoffs is going to change the flow that I spent ten minutes on.
Pig Slop or Art?............Thinking............Not in my home. Art, but then I'm not that artistic.

nhmaster

01-03-2009, 12:01 PM

I feel your pain.:D

Who says the economy is in the dump? seems like there's still plenty of cash to throw around.

01-03-2009, 12:08 PM

Very strange. Just curious, what type of office?

Probedude

01-03-2009, 12:38 PM

Maybe they're saving water by using it as a urinal too? :p

milkman1969

01-03-2009, 12:52 PM

you should be glad it wasnt a toilet

master plumber mark

01-03-2009, 02:32 PM

Very strange. Just curious, what type of office?

I dont care that much,
because its is not my home.....

but being in two public restrooms in a Real Estate office
getting used lots every day,
its bound to be trouble just waiting to happen..

they really ought to be in some little 1/2 bath in a big
mansion that never gets that much action...

being a public restroom, Vandalism is in my mind..

and I just dont want to be the poor fellow that has to
unstop the thing if someone decides to hurl in it.....

anyway, the guantlet has now been thrown down...

and I challenge others to post their worst here

I dont want to win this every year

remember the White Castles....

..

Dunbar Plumbing

01-03-2009, 02:50 PM

Haven't installed a vessel sink or any real high end plumbing in a long time.

I actually like it because it seems that people think they can spend thousands of dollars buying it, but hundreds installing it.

There are two sources this year, one I abandoned by choice and the other I believe because I don't buy with them, along with a shrinking new construction. I don't miss anything to the idea of dealing with this focus group anymore.

I'll stick to emergencies and normal people. Took me years to figure out how to rail my best targets in plumbing and hone in on it.

Makes life so much easier but sometimes I take a stupid pill just to taste what I don't want to do anymore. Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

master plumber mark

01-03-2009, 03:32 PM

Haven't installed a vessel sink or any real high end plumbing in a long time.

I'll stick to emergencies and normal people. Took me years to figure out how to rail my best targets in plumbing and hone in on it.

Makes life so much easier but sometimes I take a stupid pill just to taste what I don't want to do anymore. Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

actually these almost fell into place, the first one went slow casue I did not know what I was doing..

the second one almost fell in...... in about 30 minutes.....
I still dont understand why its on a formica top...

But you are 100% right about them spending thousnds,
then wanting to whine and cry about the bill..

they have no received tha gift yet from me...
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
my new years resolution this year....the first is to
lose about 25 lbs...and the second is

Staying away from new construction and re-model work

that is my....... MANTRA

I will not do a new home ever again.......
I will not do a new home ever again.......
I will not do a new home ever again......

I am doing a re-model shower install next week ,
but I sort of dread it......

Believe it or not...

I am presently getting absolutely tons of calls from my
GOOGLE map placement...

I am averageing about 4 a day...

RUGGED.... check it out some time... http://terrylove.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21302

Dunbar Plumbing

01-04-2009, 09:22 AM

Actually mark I somehow already listed, all I had to do was tweak and add some more information.

But I will however add my other 2 companies to that listing service.

Are stating that when someone goes to maps, that a balloon caption pops up notifying there's a plumber nearby?

Explain in detail how it is generating hits for you. I get Google hits all the time but in a different way.

They type in 3 well known keywords that I've purposely made sure gets me found.

Thanks for the heads-up.

99k

01-04-2009, 10:11 AM

I just don't get the vessel sink concept ... to me they are butt ugly and a nightmare to keep clean ... especially at the countertop. I predict this a silly fad and in less than two years you won't even be able to even buy one ... now how about some real slop.

burleymike

01-04-2009, 09:49 PM

My wife asked me who would want something so stupid. I asked what made it so stupid. She said "you have to clean the inside of the sink and the outside, and all the water spots would be hell." I guess the kind of people that would install one of those would hire somebody else to clean it.

What is next an all glass toilet so you can watch the brown trout swim:D

Basement_Lurker

01-04-2009, 10:36 PM

I for one love vessel sinks; but they are not appropriate for every setting.

Obviously the two that Mark posted are very fugly examples of the wide variety available, as well as the fact that they shouldn't be installed in dinky bathrooms like the ones pictured.

01-05-2009, 06:15 AM

The only place I have seen those sinks and faucets has been in the showroom.

SewerRatz

01-10-2009, 04:27 PM

I found this creative plumbing in a near by bar today.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/SewerRatz/urinal.jpg

master plumber mark

01-10-2009, 04:37 PM

that will work fine till some drunk
figures out how easy it is to kick that
arm , break it off ,
and pour urine out everywhere

looks like they used to have a drain behind the one
and it probably kept stopping up allthe time, so they had to
get creative

01-11-2009, 06:55 AM

It probably stopped up once, and some wino offered to fix it for a bottle of rot gut and the price of the parts. He didn't have his 1/4" hand snake available, or it didn't work, so he did then next best thing. Probably overcharged for the parts also.

Nate R

01-13-2009, 07:31 PM

Figured I'd add this gem. Had the closet open today, so I snapped a pic.

http://www.motosliders.com/Stack.JPG

Funny thing is that the venting that was put in at the same time is correct. But they couldn't get this right, and were too lazy to cut more cast above and put in an offset? :confused:

Redwood

01-13-2009, 07:39 PM

Why do all that work when you can run on down and buy an "Offset Fernco.":D

Nate R

01-13-2009, 07:53 PM

I wonder how long this would last. I think it was done in 2001 or 2004. Hopefully the rubber doesn't crack before I get to it in the next year or so.

master plumber mark

01-13-2009, 08:05 PM

that rubber gasket will alst for a few hundred years....

the only thing working in your favor is the fact
it is on a verticle drop and very little sediment can stick to the bend in the rubber gasket.
even though it is sort of half-** its way off the side of the pipe
...

maybe you ought to get a couple of 2x4s and some duct tape and make something like a splint on both sides of the pipe to firm it up better and hold it more straight in place..:D:D.

that picture could win you a prize in this years contest

kingsotall

03-15-2009, 04:10 PM

http://www.terrylove.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6843&stc=1&d=1237138143

From this (http://www.terrylove.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27534) thread...

nhmaster

03-15-2009, 06:49 PM

You have no idea how popular all those pictures are when I show them to Plumbing Apprentices. I have saved every single slop picture from as many forums and the web as I can find. Some are just hilarous and some plain scary.

SewerRatz

03-15-2009, 08:00 PM

Redwood

03-15-2009, 09:21 PM

I do not really want to post pics I did not take, so I will post the link to their blog, just scroll down to the fifth and sixth picture. wow. Really, just wow.
http://jasonknieriem.com/2008/12/21/who-needs-a-plumber/

Unbelievable!:eek:
That installation of the disposer with the sissors jack was too funny!

I left this comment...

Redwood on March 15, 2009
Your comment is awaiting moderation.

Who needs a plumber?
Dude you do!
Really!

Why don’t you post a picture of this mess on the plumbing forum at
http://www.terrylove.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=6
We’ll help you fix it up good…

The mess you have created is going to ruin you brand new cabinets.
But you’ll have to do a follow up in your blog with I needed help from plumbers to get it right.

The click is well worth the chuckles you'll get out of it...

SewerRatz

03-15-2009, 09:23 PM

Sadly he has to approve any comments left. But at least we know he will get to read them. I too got a laugh out of the jack to lift the garbage disposal and the whole story. I do hope he got that inspected. Marco makes a tool called the Disposal Lifter can be seen here http://www.marcosnakes.com/news.htm

kingsotall

03-15-2009, 09:28 PM

:eek: That disposer shook itself free after a few days, no doubt. It's not even close to being tight enough. That is ... I'm speechless. wow...

SewerRatz

03-17-2009, 05:10 PM

:eek: That disposer shook itself free after a few days, no doubt. It's not even close to being tight enough. That is ... I'm speechless. wow...

I know what you mean. When I came across that blog, my jaw hit the table. I really hope he figured out how to do it right or hired the plumber.

Terry

03-17-2009, 05:59 PM

No p-trap on the disposal.
And what is that funny looking S trap all about?

Gee, why does the kitchen smell so bad?

Redwood

03-17-2009, 11:16 PM

No p-trap on the disposal.
And what is that funny looking S trap all about?

Gee, why does the kitchen smell so bad?

It smells like pigsty plumbing in fact... LOL

cougfan

03-18-2009, 12:52 AM

Why didn't they just leave the jack underneath that continous mess to hold it up instead of laying it on the bottom of the cabinet and really show the pro's something?Wonder where the drain for the dishwasher goes?Oh yeah and something about a stove?:eek:

master plumber mark

03-18-2009, 03:54 PM

http://jasonk823.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/104_0223.jpg?w=480&h=360

Ratz...I cant believe that this fellow is actually proud of this and has put it
out on his personal blog for the world to see..

I just had to copy this one....this thread has been pretty dry lately..

C NUMB

03-18-2009, 07:37 PM

Both those on this page gives me a much needed laugh at the end of the day. Thanks!!

Redwood

03-19-2009, 12:39 PM

But then there was this beauty of a way to install a disposer...

http://jasonk823.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/104_0211.jpg?w=480&h=360

And his failled first attempt at the sink drain...

http://jasonk823.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/104_0221.jpg?w=480&h=360

One thing for sure by the title...
"Who needs a plumber?"
He sure doesn't know what he needs....:cool:

kingsotall

03-19-2009, 10:35 PM

It is nice and neat looking and to the untrained eye, it looks damn good. :p

My three year old is still laughing her you know what off about that pic! :D

C NUMB

03-20-2009, 06:48 AM

Hey, at least he used purple primer. The jack is killing me!!

03-20-2009, 08:09 AM

My three year old is still laughing her you know what off about that pic! :D

Wow, I never had a student that young that smart, you might have a plumber on your hands!

Redwood

03-22-2009, 03:47 PM

Here's a fresh one from another thread...
Gotta love that washing machine hose on the T&P...
http://www.terrylove.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27690

http://www.terrylove.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=6901&stc=1&d=1237755333

SewerRatz

03-23-2009, 08:13 AM

Another forum I hang out in has pig slop as well. These guys are fun since they are home inspectors they find lots of pigslop. You need to be a memeber to view the photo's though. http://www.inspectionnews.net/home_inspection/plumbing-system-home-inspection-commercial-inspection/12313-drain-vent-installation.html#post77685

Redwood

03-23-2009, 09:51 AM

Here is a beauty....

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2/Redwood39/DripPanDetail.jpg

SewerRatz

03-23-2009, 10:01 AM

Here is a beauty....

Nice. Must be an engineer.

SewerRatz

03-31-2009, 08:12 AM

http://tinyoldhouse.blogspot.com/2008/08/water-pouring-out-of-sink-cabinet-cant.html

I love finding these.

cwhyu2

03-31-2009, 08:24 AM

And they were proud of themselves.

kingsotall

03-31-2009, 08:31 AM

Karen in Wichita said...
Would "where's the p-trap?" be a stupid question?

Diy_Dummy in Whoville said...
It's right there, on the verticle! :D

Jay Mpls

03-31-2009, 12:23 PM

Ill bite...Here is the weekly entry of failed and unneeded island vents..
http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp220/edwinaranda/th_100_3027-1.jpg (http://s413.photobucket.com/albums/pp220/edwinaranda/?action=view&current=100_3027-1.jpg)

http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp220/edwinaranda/th_100_3069.jpg (http://s413.photobucket.com/albums/pp220/edwinaranda/?action=view&current=100_3069.jpg)

SewerRatz

03-31-2009, 05:20 PM

kingsotall

03-31-2009, 11:28 PM

http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp220/edwinaranda/th_100_3027-1.jpg (http://s413.photobucket.com/albums/pp220/edwinaranda/?action=view&current=100_3027-1.jpg)

Better watch out for that trap, SewerRatz!

SewerRatz

04-01-2009, 06:41 PM

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/SewerRatz/Plumbing%20pics/659f7e8999165e51584d453404d7574e-1.jpg FIY iI did not take this picture it was sent to me.

kingsotall

04-01-2009, 06:43 PM

New...improved...¿
Hate to see what the moldy oldy was! :eek:

master plumber mark

04-01-2009, 06:49 PM

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y292/SewerRatz/Plumbing%20pics/659f7e8999165e51584d453404d7574e-1.jpg FIY iI did not take this picture it was sent to me.

you dont see that too often......

sort of like a test plug, all you got to do is get out your basket ball pump and put more air into it if it starts to sag..

looks like heavy duty shoe string with a square know....

SewerRatz

04-01-2009, 07:53 PM

http://www.landek.com/2007_03_01_archive.asp

Redwood

04-01-2009, 08:27 PM

http://www.landek.com/2007_03_01_archive.asp

I posted that a year or two or 3 ago...
In fact it was the 25th pic I uploaded to my photobucket account that now has 476 images...
I guess that idiot didn't approve my comments either...
For some idiotic reason his condo association actually wanted him to hire a licensed plumber.
Can you imagine that!
He showed them a thing or 2 about plumbing...

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2/Redwood39/Xtradeepptrap.jpg

cwhyu2

04-01-2009, 08:28 PM

Rotflmao:d

Redwood

04-01-2009, 08:39 PM

I like that basketball C/O Plug...
I think it would have been really cool if they deflated it then put it into the opening and inflated it...

Jay Mpls

04-03-2009, 01:26 PM

Ian Gills

04-03-2009, 01:58 PM

I love the reducer as well.

Redwood

04-03-2009, 06:06 PM

The basket ball made me nearly pee myself.
Here is my weekly entry.This WH was off.the condensation was from the furnace backdrafting onto it.http://i413.photobucket.com/albums/pp220/edwinaranda/100_3030.jpg

I wonder why everybody in the house has headaches and can't think straight...

I'm so tired I think I'll go to sleep now...:eek:

master plumber mark

04-03-2009, 07:21 PM

http://onsmartpages.com/weilhammerplumbingco/nss-folder/pictures/si_UEw80h80_2april%2021%2009%20037.jpg (http://onsmartpages.com/weilhammerplumbingco/pictures/view_alone.nhtml?profile=pictures&UID=10313) This is what happens when the bank lets a handy man
install a new sump pump in a nice finished basement of a vacant house....
with carpet and nice trim.......

how long will that check valve last????

http://onsmartpages.com/weilhammerplumbingco/nss-folder/pictures/si_UEw80h80_april%2021%2009%20004.jpg (http://onsmartpages.com/weilhammerplumbingco/pictures/view_alone.nhtml?profile=pictures&UID=10314) here is a whirlpool tub filled with water softener resin.....

the 60,000 grain water softener decided to vomit up its innards throughout this 700k home

I cleaned up about a 5 gallon buckets worth of the stuff throughout the home

Redwood

04-03-2009, 07:32 PM

I see no problem with the check valve...
But the pump deadheading into that backwards check valve might have a problem...
As would the carpet...:eek:

I guess the guy couldn't understand the Arrows....:D

SewerRatz

04-08-2009, 08:21 AM

Redwood

04-08-2009, 05:47 PM

All forums are not created equal...

http://img272.imageshack.us/img272/3707/drain1dfulllo3.jpg

Yea it's pig slop alright...
At least he kept the main line cleanout....

Scuba_Dave

04-08-2009, 06:07 PM

Hey, the Mod on the site liked it & approved

oops - meant to add a laughy smile :D

SewerRatz

04-08-2009, 06:17 PM

Hey, the Mod on the site liked it & approved

Thats what I mean they never gave the poor fool any decent advice, then they praise it. The current threads are no better. for example give this a read. http://www.***************.com/f33/gas-line-installation-6348/

I have purchased 2 vent free fireplaces to install in my home. I called a local plumber and was quoted $700.00 to install them. He intends to connect to the line near the furnance ( the only gas appliance in the home ). He will run a seperate line to each fireplace, one in the basement (30,000 BTU) and one on the main floor (10,000 BTU). A total of 35 feet of gas line is needed. My son (an engineer) and I would like to do this ourselves. Where would we purchase the pipe and other material needed and what is the process?
robertk684
Then here is the only reply before mine.

You should be able to run 3/8" copper line which is available at the big box home improvement stores or any good hardware store. You must use flared fittings (not ferrules) and must not have any connections hidden inside a wall.

www.copper.org/applications/fuelgas/...ial_Copper.pdf

nhmaster

04-08-2009, 06:40 PM

Back in 2006 a guy mad a post about trying to plumb in a stand pipe drain for his washer. after seeing the end result I just wanted to cry.
http://www.***************.com/f33/drain-washer-1017/

Some one should of told him to just run a drain to the pump pit, or use a pump -in-a-box set up. *wipes away some tears*

I uh.. opened up that link.....read a bit..... got a screaming headache. Thanks Ratz... thanks a lot. :mad: I can only deal with just so much stupid, then I go all bug *&^%

SewerRatz

04-08-2009, 06:43 PM

I uh.. opened up that link.....read a bit..... got a screaming headache. Thanks Ratz... thanks a lot. :mad: I can only deal with just so much stupid, then I go all bug *&^%

I did say it made me cry.

Scuba_Dave

04-08-2009, 06:47 PM

WOW....copper for gas....ooohhhhkay

Is that legal anywhere?

SewerRatz

04-08-2009, 07:16 PM

WOW....copper for gas....ooohhhhkay

Is that legal anywhere?

It was for a little while here in Illinois, it all really falls on the Gas Company to approve it here. What happened there was a government built building where they used copper for the whole building and the State went ape-sh*t. The gas company said they allow it as long as it met certain guidelines. That was back in the 1970's Recently Illinois has not allowed it any more for many reasons.

seaofnames

04-08-2009, 07:25 PM

Actually yes, Copper is ok for gas. It has to be the right type of copper and correct fittings must be used and tested. And we arent talking about anything more than a few psi of pressure either, thats why it is acceptable(at least from what I've seen in the Canadian code).

SewerRatz

04-08-2009, 07:29 PM

Well when it was allowed the joints had to be silvered brazed or flare fittings. But like I said today if an inspector sees copper for gas he will make it get ripped out and replaced with either track pipe or black pipe.

Scuba_Dave

04-09-2009, 07:20 AM

Hey. I'm going to solder in another connection :eek:

http://www.typicallyspanish.com/spain/uploads/2/santanderfire.jpg

Redwood

04-09-2009, 08:16 AM

Hey. I'm going to solder in another connection :eek:

http://www.typicallyspanish.com/spain/uploads/2/santanderfire.jpg

Looks like a parking lot in the making...
A genuine surround and drown...

kingsotall

04-18-2009, 08:16 AM

Meter box in the trailer park thus it is considered owners side (Main shutoff outside park, at the street) needed curb stop replaced.

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_g8gFpXtNWKg/SeniZbGGMgI/AAAAAAAAAIg/i_RgbEjf07U/s640/DSC00149_small.JPG

Original stop had busted off when someone tried to turn it off after realizing pipe under trailer was burst. Of course we only learned this once water was again sent to the trailer and water started spraying! Yes, that is a water heater flex supplying water to the 3/4 service pipe to the trailer. Don't know what's up with the other 1/2" pipe with the hose clamp on it. :eek:

04-18-2009, 08:41 AM

quote; I still dont understand why its on a formica top...

Because they spent all their money on the sinks and faucets.

Dunbar Plumbing

04-18-2009, 09:06 AM

Wow, that site even provides the links back to the site it's being used at.

Interesting...

xr4ti

04-21-2009, 08:10 PM

I saw this interesting use of a closet flange, while getting ice cream with the family at DQ.

Redwood

04-21-2009, 09:10 PM

I saw this interesting use of a closet flange, while getting ice cream with the family at DQ.

Cute... It's actually hooked up to the drain of the urinal on the floor above....:eek:

Joke...

Scuba_Dave

04-22-2009, 09:47 AM

Well I have an entry but didn't have my camera
This is at my MIL's house, clawfoot tub, shower curtain all around
The vanity mirror has a light on either side
And of course one light is partially behind the tub
And of course that side has the outlet too

I wasn't there when they redid the house - they hired an electrician
No bad on the electrician's part - it was pre-existing
But I would have removed both lights & put a light over the top
Then moved the outlet to the other side of the sink
I'll grab a pic next time I am there

It's not an extreme problem
But only the shower curtain protects her from contact with the outlet :(

Redwood

04-22-2009, 09:59 AM

Is she a good mother in law?:cool:

Or, is she like my ex-mother in law?:D

Scuba_Dave

04-22-2009, 10:07 AM

Is she a good mother in law?:cool:

Or, is she like my ex-mother in law?:D

She's great, best MIL you could hope for
OK, she's here today.....but I didn't have to type that
She comes up for 2+/- days every week
Sometimes takes our son for the weekend or if we are going somewhere
She would probably be here more, but she lives an hour away & HER mother is 97 & she keeps an eye on her

Redwood

04-22-2009, 11:10 AM

She's great, best MIL you could hope for
OK, she's here today.....but I didn't have to type that
She comes up for 2+/- days every week
Sometimes takes our son for the weekend or if we are going somewhere
She would probably be here more, but she lives an hour away & HER mother is 97 & she keeps an eye on her

Good deal!
I have one like that now...

My first one died when the vest she was wearing went off and blew up a bus in some middle eastern country...
Or was it when she drove the passenger airliner she had hijacked into a building.:eek:

The come both ways and it is not always apparent at first....:cool:

Is it at least on a GFI circuit?

Scuba_Dave

04-22-2009, 12:00 PM

Yes it's a GFCI outlet, I checked

I wired up (3) CO/smoke alarms a while ago, interconnected & all set
It wasm't tyhat much more $$ to buy 6 of them off **** w/shipping then buy just 3 for my house at HD

Last year I went down & on Easter I ripped all the vines out around her chain link fence. I had been doing little bits here & there in the past. But I told the wife lets go down earlier so I can get the whole thing done

SewerRatz

04-28-2009, 12:55 PM

OK this is from a Home inspector Forum I hang out on. Thing is you need to be a member to view the pictures so here is a couple of the pictures the guy posted.

Here is the link to the thread http://www.inspectionnews.net/home_inspection/plumbing-system-home-inspection-commercial-inspection/13167-slightly-modified-water-heater.html#post82489

99k

04-28-2009, 01:42 PM

Now that is scary:eek:

Scuba_Dave

04-28-2009, 05:25 PM

Duct tape

That'll hold her :eek:

Jay Mpls

05-01-2009, 01:41 PM

Pig slop for this last few weeks.

http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww234/bombjay/100_3148.jpg

http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww234/bombjay/100_3149.jpg

http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww234/bombjay/100_3156.jpg

http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww234/bombjay/100_3105.jpg
This is piped into a floor drain!
The toilet is set 8 1/2" from the wall.The owner thought it was fine!

kingsotall

05-01-2009, 06:49 PM

Fine slop, think you might have a fair running at Castle sliders.

Dunbar Plumbing

05-01-2009, 11:55 PM

If the customer wouldn't fix that gas valve situation on that water heater, I'd have the local gas utility company out there immediately shutting that service off. Don't care if it was cold or not; hotel room would be safer at that point.

Let me guess; he was valving that down to control flow...?

That black burnoff is pretty indicative of a straight flame.

We know why that shiny new brass valve is in there too; plastic one melted.

I'd rather see pieces of wood in that burner chamber than natural gas. FFS!:D

Dunbar Plumbing

05-02-2009, 12:01 AM

Back in 2006 a guy mad a post about trying to plumb in a stand pipe drain for his washer. after seeing the end result I just wanted to cry.
http://www.***************.com/f33/drain-washer-1017/

Some one should of told him to just run a drain to the pump pit, or use a pump -in-a-box set up. *wipes away some tears*

LOL!!!!!

They don't seem to mind showing off linkbacks to this site....winning pig slop awards to polish off quite nicely! :p

And I like this one, http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/7342/drainssketch01md6.jpg

Sometimes I really could sponsor the mentally retarded, and prize them for their efforts!

Scuba_Dave

05-02-2009, 08:21 AM

Some people have no common sense
I can almost see that hook-up
IF the drain pipe was above the washer
Putting it down near the floor makes NO sense whatsoever
And the direction of the flow is just going to push it down into the sump pump pit
Then the sump pump will kick on & push it right back
No thought process there
But a nice drawing :D

loafer

05-04-2009, 06:27 AM

A a co-worker of mine always says, "Common sense is not that common any more" :)

Some people have no common sense
I can almost see that hook-up
IF the drain pipe was above the washer
Putting it down near the floor makes NO sense whatsoever
And the direction of the flow is just going to push it down into the sump pump pit
Then the sump pump will kick on & push it right back
No thought process there
But a nice drawing :D

Redwood

05-04-2009, 09:04 PM

Here is another video know it all with a video showing how to install a faucet.
I couldn't watch the whole thing as This was posted on another forum with someone interupting the help I was giving someone... It seems as though the person I was helping noticed an upside down mack washer on the pop-up assy in the video...

We'll call it a pig slop grohe installation...

http://vimeo.com/2889056

Oh boy I guess I made friends there...
Seems the handyguy posting the video was one of the guys who made the video...
Shucks...
http://www.***************.com/f33/new-sink-drain-leaking-not-sure-why-6589/

SewerRatz

05-04-2009, 09:38 PM

handyguys

05-05-2009, 09:35 AM

Here is another video
<snip>
noticed an upside down mack washer on the pop-up assy in the video...

:o
Redwood - Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We have made note of this error on our page with the video. http://www.handyguyspodcast.com/313/episode-52-faucet-installations as well as on the vid hosting site.

Constructive criticism and feedback is always welcome.

Brian :o

Nate R

05-05-2009, 04:33 PM

:o
Redwood - Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We have made note of this error on our page with the video. http://www.handyguyspodcast.com/313/episode-52-faucet-installations as well as on the vid hosting site.

Constructive criticism and feedback is always welcome.

Brian :o

WOW! Gotta give these guys credit for owning up to the mistake and learning from it! I'd think most people would just get mad at the plumbers, ignore them, etc. Coming here to state what you did says a lot! I hope they take Redwood up on his offer to review videos before posting in the future. That certainly will help credibility!

Redwood

05-05-2009, 06:36 PM

SewerRatz

05-05-2009, 06:48 PM

Wow! I didn't expect that!:eek:

Actually I have reviewed some plumbing video's for people...
I thinks one day I might want to get into some production...:cool:

Kudo's for the fast correction Brian!

I guess I'll withdraw my nomination....

You have to still admit that some of the advice given at that site-is gawd awfull. Like the guy with the the busted shower/bath drain that wants to use a pump to drain his tub, instead of repairing it. One of the advice givers tells him he could siphon the tub into his water closet and the Moderator tells him what kind of pump to get :eek: http://www.***************.com/f33/need-water-pump-sump-pump-6573/

Redwood

05-05-2009, 07:45 PM

You have to still admit that some of the advice given at that site-is gawd awfull. Like the guy with the the busted shower/bath drain that wants to use a pump to drain his tub, instead of repairing it. One of the advice givers tells him he could siphon the tub into his water closet and the Moderator tells him what kind of pump to get :eek: http://www.***************.com/f33/need-water-pump-sump-pump-6573/

Yup! that was bad...
Notice what I called it?:D

If that guy posts a picture it's a shoe in for those sliders...

SewerRatz

05-05-2009, 08:02 PM

Yup! that was bad...
Notice what I called it?:D

If that guy posts a picture it's a shoe in for those sliders...

Yep I saw that. :D
In these parts we call it riggin...
Riggin is never as good as fixin...:rolleyes:

Herk

05-05-2009, 09:21 PM

I watched the Vimeo of the Grohe faucet install. Handy Hacks. Good grief.

You NEVER use putty on a plastic top. Never.

Teflon on the drain part? Is that all that seals it? Shouldn't need it on a running thread.

Pipe dope on the hose connection? Hope it doesn't eat the rubber that actually makes the seal. Completely unnecessary.

Yes, the mack washer inverted. Too bad the faucet didn't have more parts so they could screw those up, too.

Edited to add: BTW, why a widespread faucet on a 4" center basin?

cwhyu2

05-05-2009, 09:33 PM

They do make 4" spread faucets that depict a wide spread and are a PIA to install.

seaofnames

08-08-2009, 11:26 PM

Not mine, but...
Hope this thread will still be there for awhile

http://www.terrylove.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30721

master plumber mark

08-12-2009, 06:17 PM

Found this in a basement today...
I guess that they were too lazy just to tear up
the floor and install a sewage pit.

this is extremely nasty in my opinion

I have never seen anything like this little basement
set up before....seems to be a grinder pump pumping the sewage
out the front of the home to the sewer....

The pump had failed and the container has turned into
something similar to a funkey cesspool or septic tank inside the home..
.............nice smelling too......................

the home-owner is fighting the fellow who installed
the pump over the warranty right now,

but I fear and dread that I am gonna be the poor
dummie fooling with this little turd sometime soon...

http://onsmartpages.com/weilhammerplumbingco/nss-folder/pictures/si_UEw80h80_nasty%20slop%20tank%20%20aug%20121%200 9%20001.jpg (http://onsmartpages.com/weilhammerplumbingco/pictures/view_alone.nhtml?profile=pictures&UID=10339) http://onsmartpages.com/weilhammerplumbingco/nss-folder/pictures/si_UEw80h80_nasty%20slop%20tank%20%20aug%20121%200 9%20003.jpg (http://onsmartpages.com/weilhammerplumbingco/pictures/view_alone.nhtml?profile=pictures&UID=10340) is this just basically a glorified trash can turned into a sewage receptor
or is this a for real product used by many???
That top just snaps on and has no real tight seal what-so ever

Things look to be moveing in that gruel in picture #2 LOL

pig slop or not????? your opinion please...

fear and dread in Indianapolis......

kordts

08-12-2009, 08:07 PM

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

master plumber mark

08-14-2009, 04:58 AM

No other posts, hmmmmm I guess this thread has
been laying dormant for way too long......
or everyone is on vacation this month......

it does sort of make you want to hurl....

they wont be able to sell the house with
this piece of junk inthe basement...

it has also occured to me...

they have a bathroom in the basement too!!!!

the downstairs bathroom must go to that
open sump pump pit next to the box and then pump
up and then into the sewage bin....

It aint ever gonna pass inspection when they try to sell this
home and it is presently on the market...

My next question

What is it worth to tear up the whole basement and install
a large sewage pit and pump ,
tie in the downstairs bathroom to it
and basically cleanup this whole mess....????

I wont touch it for less than 10k...no, make that 15.....

fear and dread in Indianapolis continues

master plumber mark

09-08-2009, 04:55 PM

this artwork installed by some handy that is actually on angies list .
some sort of handy man service..

I call this "old faithful" cause every time the laundry shoots down that floor drain, the drain probably wont be able take the load on it and it will blow up through the condensation trap on the furnace and will spew out and hit the cieling...

well....maybe not as high as the ceiling, but it will be a pretty sight to see

or it will push water back up into the drain line on the culligan unit
which is an illegal cross connection.....
this guy really worked hard on this.....:D:D:D

http://onsmartpages.com/weilhammerplumbingco/nss-folder/pictures/si_UEw80h80_sept%20%20%2091%2009%20%20%20old%20fai thful%20drain%20spout%20050.jpg (http://onsmartpages.com/weilhammerplumbingco/pictures/view_alone.nhtml?profile=pictures&UID=10344) that is sweet

Herk

09-08-2009, 08:51 PM

Here's a beauty I found last week:

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z166/Herkv/HPIM0068.jpg

xr4ti

09-09-2009, 01:58 PM

Here's a beauty I found last week:

How did this service call come through? Was it like that for a while, or, was it a work in progress? No air gap on the dishwasher drain too?

Herk

09-09-2009, 08:47 PM

The dishwasher drain doesn't require an air gap here. It does, however, require a high loop and I fastened it to the bottom of the counter.

The reason I got the service call is because hubby is gone, the sheets are split, and the lady was trying to plunge the sink. She had filled the sink with dishwashing compound and then tried to plunge and the two corrugated pipes burst apart. Would have been fun to watch her scrambling to clean it up.

I should have taken a pic of the fix - basically hard piping the vent and using a disposer waste into a single trap. Unfortunately, the pipe going down still remains 1-1/2" but that's under concrete floor. I don't know if you can see it in the picture, but the drain comes up through the cabinet about a foot from the back wall.

export!

10-29-2009, 03:34 PM

Here's some great ones I found;

export!

10-29-2009, 03:39 PM

HAD to include this one. This is awesome.

export!

12-03-2009, 05:00 PM

The latest in on-demand hot water;

Lightwave

12-07-2009, 04:14 AM

No pictures as it's not readily photographed, but picture this:

A basement floor "drain" consisting of nothing more than a 4" hole cut through the slab. The hole leads into a horizontal channel that is presumably connected to the weeping tiles. Sandy soil visible through the drain hole. No trap. I could feel air blowing up out of the drain and the smell of soil was rather strong.

From all appearances, this abomination was cut when the house was built.

The worst part is that there's a real under-slab drain line less than 6' away.

Code enforcement, here? :rolleyes:

Terry

12-17-2009, 04:48 PM

The picture on the left was how we found the drain,
The picture on right is how we wound up running it.

From seeing the other work out there, it was obvious that the lady of the house wasn't used to paying for skilled work.

SewerRatz

01-14-2010, 10:40 PM

So who won the 2009 pigslop? and where is the 2010 thread?

Dunbar Plumbing

01-15-2010, 12:22 AM

Hurry up and start the thread Ron!

It would probably be better to just rename this one, keep the viewers interested with high view count, posted comments.

Y'know...I bet someone has come across this thread and said,

"Well damn I thought, wait. But I thought that was the way it was suppose to go? It still works so I'm not messing with it." :D

"Do I win anything if my picture wins?" :p

Cass

01-15-2010, 06:31 AM

So who won the 2009 pigslop? and where is the 1010 thread?

I guess you need to go back into the archives to find the 1010 Pig Slop contest...:D

ilya

01-16-2010, 08:51 PM

No pics, but here's the story: This guy walked into the local hardware store whereI work part time, looking for "clawfoot tub drain parts". (He wanted a bath shoe, only.) Turned out he was trying to clear a lady's drain and couldn't open the drum trap (did'nt own a pipe wrench.) So he figured on taking the drain apart and knew it would break in the process. When we told him the snake would never get through the trap, he bought a 1/2 gallon of Assault drain cleaner, which is sulfuric acid. An hour later he's back, saying black foam had poured up out of the drain. "How long was it taking to drain empty?" I asked. "About three or four hours." When I told him that meant the pipe was just about packed solid, he bought a trap lid and a drill bit.His plan was to drill and break out the old lid and shopvac the acid thru the drum trap. Great plan. Her next bath will be hotter than she realizes. And yes, I told him that, too.:eek: