The dumpster has left the project.
Our dumpster is gone. The dumpster folks came yesterday around 2pm (only 24 hours late) and hauled it away. I was hoping to watch the process online from work, but the ProjectCam failed me, having locked up at 8:48 yesterday morning. Doh!
Any new trash we generate will have to get hauled to the transfer station in The Captain, which is my trusty van. Lately it’s been more trusty since I gave it an oil change and some new coolant. It wasn’t running so well when the coolant was empty…
I’m getting a little anxious about this weekend. Ideally the plumbing stack would come out and get replaced hassle free, but I’m worried it will be a full two day job. Trissa isn’t anxious for me to cut into the basement bathroom wall (our only full working bath), but I’ll have to do it. If all goes smoothly, I’ll get to do some framing on Sunday. My plan would be to fix up those cut-through joists I mentioned a few posts ago.
Derek suggested yesterday that we replace the existing cast-iron stack with a new cast-iron stack. I’m not as worried about the expense part as I am about the availability of the cast-iron (I’d have to seek out a plumbing supply shop, yes?), and my comfort level working with it. I hate noisy pipes too, and I AM worried about a PVC or ABS plastic stack. We’re planning on having Icynene insulation sprayed in, so perhaps that can be sprayed into the chase around the stack and will deaden any noise. Has anyone done this?
2 Comments
Derek·June 9, 2005
They have cast iron pipe at Home Depot here. Whether they have all the connectors, I have no idea. I’ve read discussions on Breaktime on using icynene isulation, you may want to search there. Our plumbing stack is in good condition, we have to connect to it in the basement though, so I’ll know soon enough whether they sell all that stuff at Home Depot.
Jocelyn·June 9, 2005
I can’t tell you how to do that job, but this post reminds me of all the arguments Steve had with our plumber and a few other plumbers who did not want to work with cast iron.
One outright refused. We did end up with PVC because we couldn’t afford to pay more for a higher-end plumber who would do it for more $ most likely and we just weren’t up for doing that part ourselves.
Cast iron = quiter
No doubt about it. And we have the trickle down noise to prove it. Once we closed up the wall though, it got much better but given the choice and the cash, we’d do cast iron. Kind of how we feel about wood versus vinyl windows also.