East Coast Foggers - Be careful

[kfitzsimons]

I hope everyone made it through the storm over the weekend. Damage looks terrible in Vermont and other parts of the east coast. Anyone have major problems?

 

[kfitzsimons]

Sorry, didn't mean to start a new thread about the storm (Peter's is a few below mine on the list). But, man, the pictures from Vermont are awful. A lot of road and bridge repair, let alone homes that were destroyed. I guess the good side is it will have the building trades busy for awhile.

 

[Sparktrician]

Sorry, didn't mean to start a new thread about the storm (Peter's is a few below mine on the list). But, man, the pictures from Vermont are awful. A lot of road and bridge repair, let alone homes that were destroyed. I guess the good side is it will have the building trades busy for awhile.

 

The thing that's really heartbreaking is that so many folks in Vermont didn't have flood insurance, and their lives have been washed away with no real chance of recovery in the short term.  Add to that the number of people that had jobs that are now unemployed because the businesses are gone or incapable of working to produce an income. 

[sad]

 

[vwdave]

The power is finally back on, it came on at 6:30 pm yesterday.  You really don't realize how important electricity is until you lose it for 3 days. The crew that came up to work on my neighbor hood was from west virginia, nice group of guys. I hope everyone else is ok and their loses were minimal. Now I need to catch up on all the stuff I missed.

Dave

 

[dwillis]

Don't know if I should mention this, but I was really hoping Irene would shut down Dulles on Friday night because I had to fly to Ghana with my boss.  Unfortunately we made it out (with a few non-storm related delays) and now I'm in Ghana in a mine camp for the week and right now it's pouring down rain in the middle of a thunderstorm.  I'd rather be back in my shop working with my Festools, but I guess this is how I pay for them.  [embarassed]

 

[awdriven]

Just got power back this evening after 72 hours down. We made it the whole way through the storm and as the sun was coming back out, my neighbors and I noticed a black Walnut tree leaning more than before and now the ground was bulging underneath it.

I had time to go shut down appliances in my house and 10 minutes that bugger fell and took out my power.

Still nothing compared to Vermont and the passaic river flooding.

 

[awdriven]

I know where there are some green black walnut logs, BTW!

 

[GreenGA]

I know JR would kill me for asking, but where are these logs? [bite tongue]

I know where there are some green black walnut logs, BTW!

 

[GreenGA]

Well, my son called yesterday evening to tell me his hot water heater was a casualty of Irene.  [crying]

He lives in North Jersey and the stream behind his house became a lake and he wound up with about 8-10 inches of water in his basement; taking out the hot water heater.

So, I would like to ask fellow forum members for recommendations of a good replacement.  If he can hold out until the weekend, his brother and I are willing to install a new one.

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Go tankless if he can afford it.  There's also the option of a "plastic" tanked unit from Marathon with a lifetime warranty.

 

[VictorL]

I do live in low laying area and I narrowly escaped high tide water this year. My neighbor's houses were flooded. I tightly sealed garage door with good membrane, so water penetration was  minimal. I do have bathroom on the ground level, so I do have a question: Is there any way to seal a toilet's pipe? I'm thinking about some kind of inflatable bubble or similar device. Do you know any devices or way to tightly seal it?

Thank you,
VictorL  

 

[Ken Nagrod]

There's a pipe seal plug that you push into the pipe (when the toilet isn't installed) and you screw the wing nut till it's tight.  Used for pressure testing joints to pass inspection.  Cheap and even available at HD.  Just get the correct size for your pipe diameter.

 

[GreenGA]

That's what his mother said as well.  [embarassed]

If he can't afford it, I want to be prepared.

Go tankless if he can afford it.

 

[peter halle]

Is the hot water heater gas or electric?  Might alter the responses.

Peter

 

[tjbnwi]

I do live in low laying area and I narrowly escaped high tide water this year. My neighbor's houses were flooded. I tightly sealed garage door with good membrane, so water penetration was  minimal. I do have bathroom on the ground level, so I do have a question: Is there any way to seal a toilet's pipe? I'm thinking about some kind of inflatable bubble or similar device. Do you know any devices or way to tightly seal it?

Thank you,
VictorL  

This style are also available, the HD here stocks them up to 4". The toilet will need to be removed. As mentioned previously, there are also the pressure screw test plugs.

Tom

 

[GreenGA]

Any idea where one could get one of these Marathon heaters in the Somerset/Edison area of Joisy?

There's also the option of a "plastic" tanked unit from Marathon with a lifetime warranty.

 

[GreenGA]

D'oh!  [doh] Great suggestion.

Gas, natural, not that propane kind.  (not that there is anything wrong with that)  [smile]

Is the hot water heater gas or electric?  Might alter the responses.

Peter

 

[VictorL]

There's a pipe seal plug that you push into the pipe (when the toilet isn't installed) and you screw the wing nut till it's tight.  Used for pressure testing joints to pass inspection.  Cheap and even available at HD.  Just get the correct size for your pipe diameter.

In other words I have to remove toilet every time?

 

[Ken Nagrod]

There's a pipe seal plug that you push into the pipe (when the toilet isn't installed) and you screw the wing nut till it's tight.  Used for pressure testing joints to pass inspection.  Cheap and even available at HD.  Just get the correct size for your pipe diameter.

In other words I have to remove toilet every time?

Unless you want to remove all the water from the bowl and silicone a plunger in place.  I don't know how well that'll work and you'll be standing there quite a while while the silicone dries.

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Any idea where one could get one of these Marathon heaters in the Somerset/Edison area of Joisy?

There's also the option of a "plastic" tanked unit from Marathon with a lifetime warranty.

PM'ed you.