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He determined that it would be necessary to cut out
tee in
stack where
closet bent was attached since he had no idea how to repair old lead piping. He thought using that nifty PVC from Home Depot would do
trick. He tried to cut
cast iron stack with a hacksaw to no avail, then tried a sawzall, also fruitless, so.... yep, out comes
good old chisel and hammer, but a bigger hammer this time.
He whacks on
stack a few mighty blows and Viola' it splits into several pieces with one tiny segment still holding it all together. He pried
last vestige of solid pipe out of
wall with a crowbar and suddenly
remaining section of pipe (the vent going through
roof) lets go and with a mighty crash comes down and out of
wall through
sub floor into
now plaster less ceiling of
living room, continues its downward decent until it hits
TV set, ricocheting off that and through
floor of
living room until it hit
electrical panel plunging
house into total darkness and finally comes to rest after shearing off
main water shut off valve flooding
basement.
This was a $27,000 toilet seat replacement.

Paul Forte has been in the construction field for over 25 years. For more Do It Yourself Stories visit: http://www.forteelectric.com/DIYproblems.html