Recent content by T444e

Not knowing how they do things in California but my experience with how water service is brought into commercial, industrial and institutional buildings in WI and IL, the fire protection is tee'd off the incoming service inside the building with backflow prevention on the fire protection line...

I have a few Precision Instruments torque wrenches, split-beam and clicker. However, for my latest purchase I looked at PI and thought it was overpriced so I went with CDI, more competitively priced. I prefer the PI torque wrenches, dislike the quick release on the CDI and, if I remember...

I've only cut trim coil and light gauge sheet metal with mine so far. About a month ago I cut 16 gauge with angle grinder and I wished I had my double cuts (out of state and needed to reinforce our inexpensive spoiler), it sucked. Sometimes you have to use what's available.

I like the Milwaukee M18 double cuts for cutting sheet metal. Abrasive wheels **** for cutting sheet metal in my opinion.

I'm interested, it's a seven hour drive for me, and I have been known to take more questionable trips.

Regarding the buddies son, his water heater may be indirect fired, meaning there is a heat exchanger in the water heater pulling heat from his hydronic boiler. If this is the case, his boiler needs to be on all the time.

Thank you, Nm is a foreign language to me.

Plasma cutter, blast cabinet, die grinder (cordless don't have enough power for many tasks), blow gun, paint gun, needle scaler, air hammer (cordless rotary hammer meay work for some tasks) and I'm sure there are others I have forgot

If there is a vent in the wall, most likely, it's not an S-trap

If you can cut the vent line below the floor, I'd build it back to the tub drain with PVC, or ABS (the black plastic pipe you have) and get rid of the cast iron P-trap. If better access, I'd open the wall and cut the vent pipe above the floor.

I would just cut it out starting upstream of the valve to good tube and put it back with sweat copper. That doesn't look like to bad of a repair and everything can be fit up prior to sweating. I've also seen pulled tees and bent copper tube. I have ordered annealed straight copper tube for...

I also like buying from Zoro, but stick with known domestic brands.

I have bought many shackles and they are sold individually. Granted I buy from the local farm store and just like early Fords, you can get them in any color you want as long as it's black.

In my digging for electrical I plan I doing, it appears WI runs two cycles behind. Not that I plan on pulling a permit...

Oh, come on, it's always an option. Now the practicality of the installation...