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So of course nothing goes as planned....the wall of the bathroom comes down after a long fight and the sink drain is lead pipe, leaded to a CI tee within the main stack(lead line going to the left in the pic, near bottom of stack)....original plan is to remove leaded pipe and use dougnut for 2"CIx1.5"PVC....
I started to attempt to melt out the lead and apparently i cant get it hot enough beacuse even after about 5 minutes of direct pointy blue flame, it doesnt even soften....
so...i got to thinking more while i was holding the torch waiting for something to happen....i looked in the basement and sure enough, the main stack from the floor is PVC, and maybe 10" from the basement ceiling is a no-hub connection to CI....the CI continues the rest of the way through the first floor (seen in the pic) and to the roof.
Would it be better to remove the CI section from the no-hub in the basement to right after the sink drain T and replace with PVC, or work with what i have?
How do i go about removing the CI, is it supported by anything or will it want to fall down while im removing CI and adding PVC? What fitting should i use to attach the PVC back to the CI, another no-hub, or is there something better?
Thanks for all of your help!
Doug
I started to attempt to melt out the lead and apparently i cant get it hot enough beacuse even after about 5 minutes of direct pointy blue flame, it doesnt even soften....
so...i got to thinking more while i was holding the torch waiting for something to happen....i looked in the basement and sure enough, the main stack from the floor is PVC, and maybe 10" from the basement ceiling is a no-hub connection to CI....the CI continues the rest of the way through the first floor (seen in the pic) and to the roof.
Would it be better to remove the CI section from the no-hub in the basement to right after the sink drain T and replace with PVC, or work with what i have?
How do i go about removing the CI, is it supported by anything or will it want to fall down while im removing CI and adding PVC? What fitting should i use to attach the PVC back to the CI, another no-hub, or is there something better?
Thanks for all of your help!
Doug
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