Why, you MAKE room of course!!! I've begun tearing out the closet under the stairs where an oil tank was installed when the house was built for heating!
What do you do when you run out of room in the laundryroom?
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Had to play musical chairs with the washers so mom wouldn't be without a machine...
Tearing down the walls...
Cutting out part of the old plumbing...
Walls gone, a clear view of the oil tank... We decided it would be more cost effective to pay someone else $25 to remove it and haul it away rather than try to remove it ourselves and then cover the hospital bills!
Tank gone, getting ready to put in the new plumbing which will allow for 9 or MAYBE 10 machines! (versus 8 with the old set up)
Almost done with the plumbing...
BTW, the pipes leading to the oil tank required 2 brand new hacksaws and 4 hours of sawing! I was in pain for quite a while...
BTW, the pipes leading to the oil tank required 2 brand new hacksaws and 4 hours of sawing! I was in pain for quite a while...
Everything moved back in and hooked up!!!
The whole reason I did this remodel, so I can put my Aunt Laurie's Norge here!
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Excellent Junior!
I'm guessing you meant the legs of the tank required tons of work?
Now who can we get to volunteer to pipe in some water for you to look and work as well as your drainage system/pipes?
I am always happy for you when a new toy come in!
I'm guessing you meant the legs of the tank required tons of work?
Now who can we get to volunteer to pipe in some water for you to look and work as well as your drainage system/pipes?
I am always happy for you when a new toy come in!
Not the legs Steve, the two pipes on top required hacksawing in 2 places each!
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ah the fill line and air-vent/whistle line.
Thanks got it now!
Who does the drain work? You it's a great job.
Thanks got it now!
Who does the drain work? You it's a great job.
I did all the drain work myself! My dad taught me the first time around (that plumbing I ripped out) then I redid it by myself! I just gotta go buy one more support, some of the pipe is resting on a box with some boards holding it up right now. lol
super32
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A regular handy man! You go boy! Lookin good. Nice to see some of my product in your laundry room 
Urban Legend?
The oil delivery man who misreads the address, connects up to the exterior pipe fitting formerly connected to the missing oil tank, and dumps his entire load into the basement while waiting for the level to come up.
So legend or not, make sure the exterior connection is removed, welded shut, or ??? to discourage such things.
The oil delivery man who misreads the address, connects up to the exterior pipe fitting formerly connected to the missing oil tank, and dumps his entire load into the basement while waiting for the level to come up.
So legend or not, make sure the exterior connection is removed, welded shut, or ??? to discourage such things.
davy1063
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IIRC....
The PVC primer/cleaner is purple so when the plumbing inspector visits, he knows that the PVC was properly prepped prior to the gluing.
and boy can you get high on that stuff without proper ventilation!!!!
The PVC primer/cleaner is purple so when the plumbing inspector visits, he knows that the PVC was properly prepped prior to the gluing.
and boy can you get high on that stuff without proper ventilation!!!!
Purple glue colour...
Aha, thanks for the explanation. I have seen that glue in other pictures too and I wondered because it is so clearly visible. Jamie has done a neat job here, but when the glue is less skillfully applied it looks messy.
PVC glue is colourless/invisible here btw.
Aha, thanks for the explanation. I have seen that glue in other pictures too and I wondered because it is so clearly visible. Jamie has done a neat job here, but when the glue is less skillfully applied it looks messy.
PVC glue is colourless/invisible here btw.
panthera
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Sched. 40
Theo,
The Americans use, basically, the same plumbing dimensions and materials we do. In contrast to Europe (especially Germany), pretty much anyone can do electrical, plumbing and (möge die Götter uns beistehen!) natural gas.
This means inspections by authorities and insurance companies are much more important than here. Not only do you have the indicator color for solvent welding, you also find specially colored inserts for lightweight metal jacketed electrical cable. When the inspector opens the junction box and sees that bright red tag, he or she knows the wires were installed properly. No tag, they can assume the rest of the wiring was poorly done.
By the way, there are three colors in common use, depending on their applications. I recently did some schedule 40 drain pipe which was solvent welded with a violent blue color - suitable for both PVC and most co-polymers, but not for connections subject to pressure above a very low level until 48 hours had past. The purple stuff I know of has a 30 minute wait time befor it can take high pressures...but you have about as much working time as with the super glues, a few seconds.
Theo,
The Americans use, basically, the same plumbing dimensions and materials we do. In contrast to Europe (especially Germany), pretty much anyone can do electrical, plumbing and (möge die Götter uns beistehen!) natural gas.
This means inspections by authorities and insurance companies are much more important than here. Not only do you have the indicator color for solvent welding, you also find specially colored inserts for lightweight metal jacketed electrical cable. When the inspector opens the junction box and sees that bright red tag, he or she knows the wires were installed properly. No tag, they can assume the rest of the wiring was poorly done.
By the way, there are three colors in common use, depending on their applications. I recently did some schedule 40 drain pipe which was solvent welded with a violent blue color - suitable for both PVC and most co-polymers, but not for connections subject to pressure above a very low level until 48 hours had past. The purple stuff I know of has a 30 minute wait time befor it can take high pressures...but you have about as much working time as with the super glues, a few seconds.
DIY
In the Netherlands one has to employ a qualified technician to work on gas, water and electrical installations but no one seems to care. We do it all ourselves as it costs a fortune to have it done.
A "schedule 40" drain pipe, is that what we would call a "40 mm" pipe?
In the Netherlands one has to employ a qualified technician to work on gas, water and electrical installations but no one seems to care. We do it all ourselves as it costs a fortune to have it done.
A "schedule 40" drain pipe, is that what we would call a "40 mm" pipe?
panthera
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Sorry, no
I wasn't clear. "Schedule 40" is a designation for pipe which specifies dimensions.
Interestingly enough, now that nearly all American products are made in China, the dimensions are frequently given in metric as well as that weird inch system.(9 inches in a foot, ten feet in a mile or something like that).
(That was a joke, dahlinks. I know exactly how long 9" are).
On a very basic level, the plumbing systems are the same as here in continental Europe. The Americans pay more attention to separation of what they call "gray" waste water (washing machines, dishwashers, sinks, bathtubs, etc.) and water flushed from the toilet. Urinals are sometimes classed as grey, sometimes as black, depending on the jurisdiction.
Whereas we permit direct connections at the closest junction point here in Germany, the Americans only permit grey and black to come together at the final house join to the public sewer.
As always, on paper, the US system is at least as good as our system or better (especially regarding natural gas lines, they are far beyond us) but the actual practice is that illiterate hourly workers who have no training and no one to protect them are abused to install these systems in new housing. So the reality is pretty scary at times.
I wasn't clear. "Schedule 40" is a designation for pipe which specifies dimensions.
Interestingly enough, now that nearly all American products are made in China, the dimensions are frequently given in metric as well as that weird inch system.(9 inches in a foot, ten feet in a mile or something like that).
(That was a joke, dahlinks. I know exactly how long 9" are).
On a very basic level, the plumbing systems are the same as here in continental Europe. The Americans pay more attention to separation of what they call "gray" waste water (washing machines, dishwashers, sinks, bathtubs, etc.) and water flushed from the toilet. Urinals are sometimes classed as grey, sometimes as black, depending on the jurisdiction.
Whereas we permit direct connections at the closest junction point here in Germany, the Americans only permit grey and black to come together at the final house join to the public sewer.
As always, on paper, the US system is at least as good as our system or better (especially regarding natural gas lines, they are far beyond us) but the actual practice is that illiterate hourly workers who have no training and no one to protect them are abused to install these systems in new housing. So the reality is pretty scary at times.
panthera
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here is a good description
Theo,
This description helps. What a mess these mixtures of old and new are!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schedule_40
Theo,
This description helps. What a mess these mixtures of old and new are!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schedule_40
Complicated!
I fear that we are drifting away from the actual subject of this thread but what is the schedule number of the common 32 mm and 40 mm European drain pipes or do they not fit into this system?
I have always found it curious that our pipe sizes are in mm, but the threads are in inches. The common tap that is used for washing machines has 1/2" threads where it is screwed into the wall plate and 3/4" threads where the tube to the washer is connected.
I fear that we are drifting away from the actual subject of this thread but what is the schedule number of the common 32 mm and 40 mm European drain pipes or do they not fit into this system?
I have always found it curious that our pipe sizes are in mm, but the threads are in inches. The common tap that is used for washing machines has 1/2" threads where it is screwed into the wall plate and 3/4" threads where the tube to the washer is connected.
panthera
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Theo,
I'll have to look that one up. Give me a bit of time, or maybe someone else here has the answer ready to go. Several members are real electricians and plumbers, not just Joe's...
I did send my partner in America a double appliance (dishwasher, washer) drain fitting for under his sink. It fit in perfectly with the American 1.5" stuff, so I would guess there is a 1:1 correspondence. Soon as I know, I'll put it here.
But yes, we do tend to drift, yup, yup.
I'll have to look that one up. Give me a bit of time, or maybe someone else here has the answer ready to go. Several members are real electricians and plumbers, not just Joe's...
I did send my partner in America a double appliance (dishwasher, washer) drain fitting for under his sink. It fit in perfectly with the American 1.5" stuff, so I would guess there is a 1:1 correspondence. Soon as I know, I'll put it here.
But yes, we do tend to drift, yup, yup.
Something that puzzles me...
Just a comment, not intended as anything more.... But something I note in many of the pictures posted here with lots of great machines is that a quick coat of paint on the walls and floor would show them off even more. Sure it takes a little time but it's well worth it.
Rustoleum makes a great, durable, 2 part floor paint the comes in several colors and even comes with a bag of colored flecks even includes the needed floor cleaner. I've used the garage version in several garages and it holds up extremely well even with lots of traffic. It also comes in a basement version which I've not used.
Just a comment, not intended as anything more.... But something I note in many of the pictures posted here with lots of great machines is that a quick coat of paint on the walls and floor would show them off even more. Sure it takes a little time but it's well worth it.
Rustoleum makes a great, durable, 2 part floor paint the comes in several colors and even comes with a bag of colored flecks even includes the needed floor cleaner. I've used the garage version in several garages and it holds up extremely well even with lots of traffic. It also comes in a basement version which I've not used.
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ohh my! wooooooooooow i wouldnt call that a laundry room in my opinion that qualifies as a in home laundromat! just as most the members have here, cool! i think we need one here too!!!! great job man!
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I though schedule 10 and schedule 40 etc. refer to the thickness of the pipe walls themselves.
But alas it ifluences inside dimesions as well.
http://www.mcnichols.com/products/handrail/resources/pipeDimensionTable.html
But alas it ifluences inside dimesions as well.
http://www.mcnichols.com/products/handrail/resources/pipeDimensionTable.html
panthera
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Ah, Toggles,
we all know that the ID of the pipe expands to accommodate the OD of the inserted pipe.
we all know that the ID of the pipe expands to accommodate the OD of the inserted pipe.
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*LOL*
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