Other Sites of Interest Dunbar Plumbing OutdoorEventSeating.com KoldBreeze.com NKYTalk.com NKYFairs.com

Dunbar Plumbing Forums - Northern Kentucky's 1st DIY Plumbing Forum

Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
Advanced search  

News:

CALL DUNBAR PLUMBING 859-359-4833 WWW.DUNBARPLUMBING.COM


Show Posts

This section allows you to view all posts made by this member. Note that you can only see posts made in areas you currently have access to.

Topics - DUNBAR PLUMBING

Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 ... 17
16
Plumbing Work Practices / Leaking Basket Strainers - Plumbers Putty - Silicone Caulk?
« on: April 04, 2011, 10:08:58 PM »
Over the course of time in our plumbing profession we have set 1000's of fixtures that require a waterproof type connection where the drain assembly connects to the fixture. For decades, the most common/sensible product used was plumbers putty. Plumbers putty is a pliable product, very similar to play-doh that is a kids favorite in their childhood growing up. With putty though, it's a product that works as a filler between the flange of a drain opening or basket strainer. Putty is also used for the installation of garbage disposal flanges as well.

But as time progresses forward, it has been more than obvious that plumbers putty has a limited life, and can lead to leaking under these flanges/strainer baskets as water can loosen/break down the once dry connection. With certain types of sinks, like Kohler kitchen sinks that are either cast iron or americast (spun polymer with hardened finish similar to porcelain) the angle of the opening where the strainers go can be quite large.

 

17
Toilets | Tubs | Lavatory Sinks | Showers | Bidets | Bidet Toilet Seats | Urinals | Showerheads / Shower Drain Rework - Straw Flower Court - Independence Kentucky
« on: April 04, 2011, 09:41:50 PM »
Dunbar Plumbing was called out to customer's home on Straw Flower Court in the Harvest Hill Subdivision in Independence Kentucky. This is a repeat customer that had us do a few repairs over the years along with a water heater replacement over 7 years ago.

The task at hand was the rerouting of a shower drain along with the removal of two faucets along with the copper piping leading to the fixtures for the removal of a wall, along with the estimation of future work to be done in the bathroom. Once the flooring was removed the access to the existing drain line was made possible so that the new connections could be made to perform the task. The customer is building a custom shower pan that utilizes an adjustable collar shower drain and also allow for the pebble type flooring that is going in the base of this shower.

Once the drain line was reworked/relocated, the next step is waiting for the customer to get the first stages of the floor down. Along with this repair, dual sinks are going to be installed in this bathroom remodel, along with a new shower faucet and tub faucet. Toilet stays in the location it has been, the only fixture that will be undisturbed throughout this entire remodeling process. Pictures soon to come as this is a work in progress.

18
National - International - Global News Around the World / 9.0 Earthquake hits Japan - Tsunami Follows - Nuclear Meltdown in Fukushima
« on: March 16, 2011, 10:13:25 PM »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2AG1IJteKo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2AG1IJteKo</a>

Japan has been hit with a 1-2-3 punch, starting with a 9.0 earthquake that created a tsunami that affected a nuclear powerplant in fukushima japan. Widespread radiation has been reported as far as 200 miles away.


Over 10,000 people are feared dead from the rampage of the ocean's tsunami that wiped out miles of ocean front villages along with many businesses that line the coastline. Recovery efforts have been dampered by the current dangers revolving around the possible radiation exposure along with the recent colder weather with near zero temperatures and unusual snowfall.

http://BuyIodide.com/ is a website dedicated to providing information regarding Potassium Iodide tablets for exposure to radiation caused by Nuclear Power Plants emitting radiation in dangerous levels. Potassium Iodide is known for protecting the thyroid gland from being affected by radiation.


19
Sump Pumps | Dewatering Pumps | Sewage Ejector Pumps / Sump Pump Replacement - Glen Arbor Drive Florence Kentucky
« on: March 16, 2011, 09:00:33 PM »
Call from a repeat customer for a sump pump replacement on Glen Arbor Drive in Florence Kentucky. Glen Arbor Drive is connected to Boone Aire Road. Glen Arbor Drive also connects to Oakbrook drive in the Oakbrook Subdivision.

Customer contacted us stating water was spraying outside of the pit, and that the pump had never been replaced since the construction of the home. We gave the customer information about the new design of the Zoeller N53 "Mighty Mate" Sump Pump with an external float switch. Explained the benefits of the new design that allows just the switch to be replaced, not the pump itself.

Replacement/installation of the sump pump went smoothly, noticed there was no opening in the discharge pipe that serves the design of preventing air lock. An opening was installed by us to protect the property from flooding in the worst case scenario when the pump overdraws the pit of water and creates an air pocket where the impeller turns.

So often we find this situation where the original installer of the sump pump does not provide that added protection to prevent air lock. It is a must have for all submersible pumps designed for dewatering, including sewage ejector pump systems.

20
Sump Pumps | Dewatering Pumps | Sewage Ejector Pumps / Sump Pump Replacement - Berseem Court Covington Kentucky
« on: March 02, 2011, 02:01:01 AM »
A repeat customer of Dunbar Plumbing contacted us over the weekend stating that their sump pump that we installed over 3 years ago was not shutting off inside the pit. Zoeller pumps, the M53 model is a popular and well used brand in the Northern Kentucky area.


It was mentioned early on that this pump would not go any distance in longevity due to the circumstances of how rapidly the water enters the pit and the frequency during heavy rains and storms where lots of water falls from the sky.

For years, the M53 was the only product available in this particular application, short of moving to another brand. The "pump" itself is a great product, it's the switch that goes into failure mode that prevents any considerable distance in terms of years.

That doesn't mean that a Zoeller M53 can't go 10 years... it can. It's all dictated by the number of times the switch is engaged.

On the M53 model Zoeller sump/dewatering pump, the float switch is incorporated into the design of the pump made into a stainless steel bar that is suspended above the pump. In this design, a large fiber spun float is tethered by 2 armatures, one at the top that is switch operated to engage the pump and the other is fixed at the bottom providing stability for the raise and lower of the switch.

Given that this float switch operates in a predetermined range that is in total the height of the pump itself (approximately 10" in height) the amount of water the pump removes is harshly limited. Most if not all pumps are placed in the bottom of a sump pit, below where the incoming footer drains enter the pit.


Footer drains usually consist of flexible corrugated drain tile that is either solid or slotted, and provides the piped design of carrying water minus sediment or gravel into the pit so the sump pump can remove and discharge to a different elevation, piping that leads to either an outside drain or public storm sewer.

Below is a picture of the Zoeller M53 Dewatering/Sump Pump:

21
Faucets: Kitchen | Bath | Laundry | Outdoor / Kitchen Faucet Replacement - Stith Road Fort Wright Kentucky
« on: March 01, 2011, 10:29:41 PM »
Dunbar Plumbing was called out to replace a kitchen sink faucet off of Stith Road in Fort Wright Kentucky. Customer bought a Delta Faucet, Addison.

Below is the picture of the faucet we installed today.

22
National - International - Global News Around the World / U.S. Representative David Wu - Questionable Mental Health
« on: February 28, 2011, 12:50:17 PM »
David Wu once again has been questioned for his mental health capacity in recent months, and the most recent release of pictures sent by him to numerous colleagues confirms it.


Read article below

   http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/02/wu_sayshe_was_hospitalized_for.html



   

23
National - International - Global News Around the World / Wolf Child proud to be named hairiest girl that she believes she'll be popular
« on: February 28, 2011, 12:37:33 PM »


Excerpt:


    Her nicknames may include 'wolf girl' and 'monkey face'.
But 11-year-old Thai girl Supatra Sasuphan today insisted that she was after being officially recognised as the world's hairiest girl.

Although the schoolgirl from Bangkok has faced merciless teasing at school, Supatra says being given a Guinness World Record for her hair has helped her become extremely popular.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361409/Wolf-child-named-worlds-hairiest-girl-delighted-makes-popular-school.html#ixzz1FHf3GvFT       

24
Toilets | Tubs | Lavatory Sinks | Showers | Bidets | Bidet Toilet Seats | Urinals | Showerheads / Tub Faucet - Tub Drain - Lavatory Faucet Replacement - Taylor Mill Road
« on: February 23, 2011, 03:06:26 AM »
A repeat customer of Dunbar Plumbing contacted us on monday to take care of issues relating to two bathrooms in the home.

First bathroom consisted of a leaking Moen tub and shower faucet that required at 1225B cartridge to resolve the issue. Along with that repair, the tub drain assembly was removed and a new chrome trim assembly was installed. Customer supplied us with a new lavatory faucet as well that replaced an aging Moen single handle faucet.


Second bathroom consisted of a shower faucet that was extremely loose inside the wall. What caused this issue was the stiffness of the Moen 1225B cartridge. Over time, the cartridge starts to lose the grease that makes the operation of the faucet work efficiently and with ease. Moen faucets are notorious for this issue and that is why the customer can sometimes break the handles as a result, pulling on the handle so hard.

We are set to return at a later date to replace the cartridge in this faucet to help with the situation. We injected silicone between the faucet's cover plate and the fiberglass wall of the shower to stabilize the faucet inside the wall. The hole that was drilled into the wall of this shower was extremely small, and there was no access to the back side of the faucet to properly support the faucet in the wall.

This repair will provide the needed support in the time to come as there is no need to remove the cover plate unless the faucet is going to be removed. On this Moen Faucet, the faucet incorporates an older model cartridge that is the 1225B cartridge. In order to operate the faucet, the handle is pulled out for volume, left to right for hot and cold or to mix.

 

Taylor Mill Road is better known as Sate Route 16. This road intersects with State Route 17 Madison Pike.

25
Faucets: Kitchen | Bath | Laundry | Outdoor / Delta Tub Faucet Replacement - Village Drive Edgewood Kentucky
« on: February 22, 2011, 03:24:19 AM »
On 2-18-11 we got an emergency call where a repeat customer of ours called to state that they tried to work on replacing the inside repair parts of their shower faucet that led to the faucet breaking. This faucet was an older 600 series Delta tub/shower faucet. Last year, a similar situation took place in the exact fashion, in another bathroom across from where the faucet was being replaced.

Delta faucets have become the "surprise unhappy ending" for unsuspecting homeowners that find out indirectly that 2 wrenches are needed to carefully remove the bonnet nut on those faucets. That task can prove difficult, even if you do know what your are doing. The majority of faucets we replace in existing bathrooms are delta faucets. The incorporation of the 3 tubes that joined the brass cross of the valve, along with the valve body that houses the cartridge. The faucet, when twisted will soon become damaged as the tubes get heavily twisted/distorted and begin to leak.

For the most part, customers do not hate the product because of this issue. They knowingly understand that the risk they took came with bad results, at no fault to the product. The new R10000 valve provides the answer to Delta's more than 3 decades of valves that came in two components, now working in a solid 1 piece all brass assembly. The valve allows you to sweat or thread connect the valve you are using.

Our first trip that day was to come and shut the water off, install isolation valves to the fixture so the water could be turned back on at the house. Once this task was performed, we rescheduled to come back on saturday to finish the installation of the new faucet.

That very next day along with help from the property owner the new shower valve was installed to replace the defective one that was damaged. This replacement actually came with a built in access panel to the back side of the faucet, allowing for direct access to the water lines leading to the valve.

26
Faucets: Kitchen | Bath | Laundry | Outdoor / Delta Tub faucet Replacement - Camellia Court Covington Kentucky
« on: February 22, 2011, 03:05:04 AM »
On monday we were called by a customer that got us from Google search engine in looking for a plumber for a repair in a bathroom. The task was a tub faucet replacement. This faucet had been broken for over two years. Given that family company is soon to arrive at this customer's home, the installation of a new tub shower faucet was requested.

The project, as the video shows below, multiple steps were taken to rework this shower valve in the wall. The existing hole in the wall had to be widened, along with the cleaning off of the old silicone that once provided a waterproof seal from the cover plate of the shower faucet to the shower's fiberglass wall.

The customer opted to reuse the existing trim on the faucet that was on before. This faucet was out of commission for over two years, the water lines were cut and removed from the faucet at time of incident. The tub/shower faucet was the old style Delta Faucet where the 3 copper tubes from valve to valve body was damaged in the process of removing the bonnet nut.

27
Northern Kentucky - Greater Cincinnati News and Events / RYAN WIDMER - GUILTY OF MURDER
« on: February 15, 2011, 03:44:49 PM »
Ryan Widmer has been convicted of murder in the 3rd trial involving the death of Sarah Widmer.

28
National - International - Global News Around the World / Christina Aguilera screws up national anthem
« on: February 06, 2011, 09:04:33 PM »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmvF0byE_EM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmvF0byE_EM</a>



ARLINGTON, Texas — Christina Aguilera flubbed a line as she belted out the national anthem at the start of the Super Bowl.

When she was supposed to sing the line "O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?" she instead repeated an earlier line, with a slight variation.

She sang "What so proudly we watched at the twilight's last gleaming," which is the same line from earlier in the song but with the word 'watched' instead of the word 'hailed.'

29
Drain Piping: Copper | PVC | SDR | Cast-Iron | Galvanized | ABS | Vitrified Clay | Concrete | Orangeberg | Lead | Brass / Clogged Main Line on Skyway Drive Independence Kentucky - Drain Cleaning
« on: February 03, 2011, 12:11:41 AM »
Customer contacted us on the 1st of february stating that their floor drain and outside area drain was backed up and water was not flowing. This happened on Skyway drive in Independence Kentucky. Skyway drive is located near the Cherokee Shopping center where LaRosas, Cherokee Drug Shoppe, Great Clips, Snappy Tomato, Neltner Billing and the Goodwill Store.

When we arrived, the situation had the beginnings of a bad scenario playing out with raw sewage coming up through the floor drain. :sign0137:


This was for a repeat customer, and there is a history to this drain line backing up in the past. Years ago the city sewer system came through this old subdivision and required the property owners to hook up to the new main sewer line that crossed their yard. This situation involved connecting to the main line, then connecting before the existing line entered the septic tank. And this situation is what caused the current problems plaguing this property.


This scenario of piping arrangement has now caused a piping system that involves not one but two piping arrangements in the exterior yard and one of the lines is either sunken below the original proposed grade or there is a large belly in the pipe. It had been two to three years since we last dealt with the main line clogging up, but this one was considerably different.


We tried to clear the obstruction from two vantage points, two of which worked last time in clearing of the main drain serving this home. 2 passes were made from the main cleanout that sits right at the garage door of the structure and the area drain that is right beyond the garage door, not 5 feet from the main cleanout.


There is considerable pipe damage/deterioration involved in the main cleanout tee near the garage door as twice we came back with dirt, subgrade dirt meaning we left the piping system and was travelling outside of it.

When we attempted to clear the drain from the area drain beyond the garage door... no result as well. We then asked the property owner if there was any other cleanouts we could access the drain from. To our surprise, there was one right at the tap of the main sewer. This would reveal if the clog was beyond the scope of piping arrangement serving the structure or not. When we removed the cap, there was no indication of backup at this access point, which led us to attempt to clean this sewer line heading back towards to the home.

With the use of extension cords, flashlight, a section of 1.5" PVC pipe and some fittings we were able to provide an access point into the drain system with our drain cables. The tap to this main sewer was vertical piping and a tee was the intersecting path of the drain system serving the property. Given that the drain line was dry, we knew that the clog was definitely between the house and the tap to the sewer main. Continued...



 

30
Northern Kentucky - Greater Cincinnati News and Events / Misting Fans
« on: January 30, 2011, 01:03:25 AM »
KoldBreeze.com provides Misting Fans in Northern Kentucky, Greater Cincinnati and Indiana for schools, outdoor events, parties, weddings, celebrations, organizations.

Here are some videos of some events that KoldBreeze.com has done over the years.





<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z80S-f9QznM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z80S-f9QznM</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RzuEVpB9eU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RzuEVpB9eU</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llvTABMIHdw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llvTABMIHdw</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Fhsqetd3g" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6Fhsqetd3g</a>


http://www.koldbreeze.com/forums/showthread.php?p=560&posted=1#post560

Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 ... 17