Recent content by nomorewell

jadnashua: It was a plumber who told me that excessive pitch could cause the water to flow faster than the solids, causing them to clog. Since I'm going to move the toilet slightly and replace the copper with PVC, I thought it wise to inquire about the pitch. Thanks for setting the matter...

November 1963, on the day President Kennedy was shot, we were moving into our present house built in 1929. My wife wanted a lavatory on the first floor, so I made one. The 4" copper drain is 11.5 feet from where I ran it into the cast iron stack pipe with a saddle. The old toilet, bought...

I might have to abandon an outside driven well I have been using in summers for the garden, and drive a new one. This time I'm considering puting it in the basement. Water level is about six feet below the floor. Seriously, does anyone know of any adverse results, eg the house caving in...

The mystery is solved. I started pulling the pipe with my 4 ft hilift jack and some chain. Got the first section up and turned off. Then, suddenly, it began to pull more easily. Sure enough, the 3 foot point is still down there. Threads on the end, where it let go, are cut off, and the point...

speedbump: I had attached the pump, about three ft from the well, with 1.25" pvc that had a union. Thinking that might be cause for a leak, I replaced it with one piece of pvc with two fernco couplers. No luck. If it is an air leak, then it's got to be in the pipe joints, or maybe the...

Belated thanks, speedbump. After turning the pipe, and subsequently purging with a garden hose, it now doesn't pump a drop. I will make a final attempt to install a leakproof seal from the pipe to the pump, a distance of only three feet. I guess if that doesn't work, the pipe needs to be...

Three summers ago, I drove a 1.25" point down 22 feet and got a good driven well for watering the garden. I could run one oscillating sprinkler for two days straight. I use a 1/2 hp Wayne pump with a pressure tank and, in winter, I take the pump inside. Last week, I hooked everything back up...