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Finland, or North Japan as it's often called.
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Yeah I feel this way, too, sometimes
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Should I start another huge derail of Americans not understanding that civilized peoples don't need plungers? A system that "never needs maintenance" is actually a system that is just not maintainable.
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Jan 18, 2024 21:52
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I'm literally loling here.
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Jan 18, 2024 21:59
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This and the old "yeah but if doors open outwards anyone can just pop the hinge pins  " are so amazing.
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Jan 18, 2024 22:00
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That's it. God, that poo poo will clog a toilet like nothing else and fail to clean your rear end too!
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Jan 18, 2024 22:36
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Computer viking posted:They're your weird ancestors, you get to keep them Nuh-uh, I'm mostly German and French. Which I can't decide if better or worse.
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Jan 18, 2024 22:36
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wiegieman posted:A system that "never needs maintenance" is actually a system that is just not maintainable. On the other hand: if (like the Swiss) you used glazed ceramic pipes - glazed on the inside & out - its a lot less likely to snag solid waste than cast-iron. 
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Jan 18, 2024 23:03
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This gentleman does site inspections in Australia. He is pretty entertaining and the properties he shows are... just. Wow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXafnJY4jJI
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Time to bring back duck-and-cover drills, 'cause that's an icy B.M.
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When klingons They then sing songs and tell tales of the battle of the bowels.
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PainterofCrap posted:On the other hand: if (like the Swiss) you used glazed ceramic pipes - glazed on the inside & out - its a lot less likely to snag solid waste than cast-iron. In the States we almost universally use PVC or ABS, which seems reasonably smooth inside but I'm sure leaches micro plastics into the water supply somehow because everything does.
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Cat Hatter posted:In the States we almost universally use PVC or ABS, which seems reasonably smooth inside but I'm sure leaches micro plastics into the water supply somehow because everything does. *in new construction. anything older than like what, 1980 is not using pvc.
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SouthShoreSamurai posted:You got a plumber to come out at 1am to unclog a toilet? Bad Munki posted:I think the question was less “how” and more “why” It was more like 11:30pm when the plumber arrived, but closer to 1am by the time he was done destroying the neighbour's toilet. I had obviously tried and failed to unclog the toilet with a plunger, and the problem turned out to be roots in the pipe just outside the property. The plumber did manage to clear it enough to continue working, but the City had to come and dig up the whole pipe. As to "why", this would be a combination of my having been on pretty good terms with the landlords (they were the ones who called out the plumber), the landlords living above us (on the same blocked sewage line), and the local Residential Tenancy Act being pretty explicit about landlords having to sort out blocked sewer pipes ASAP. The pipes blocked up around 9 or 10 in the evening, and they had a plumber out within the hour.
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Oh, yeah, if it’s the landlord’s problem and dime, send it, 24/7, zero hesitation.
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`Nemesis posted:*in new construction. anything older than like what, 1980 is not using pvc. True, but comparing to cast iron is a bit disingenuous considering Home Depot etc. don't really even sell parts for it because the only people who've installed it in the past 44 years are weirdos that want more of a challenge or something.
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Cat Hatter posted:True, but comparing to cast iron is a bit disingenuous considering Home Depot etc. don't really even sell parts for it because the only people who've installed it in the past 44 years are weirdos that want more of a challenge or something. Huh, there must be people like that, right? Guys who just want to play Ironman difficulty on their actual house.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Time to bring back duck-and-cover drills, 'cause that's an icy B.M.  Exceptional.
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Facebook Aunt posted:Huh, there must be people like that, right? Guys who just want to play Ironman difficulty on their actual house. I've heard people try to explain why they prefer cast iron but it costs more, is harder to work with, and somehow doesn't last as long so I suspect "The Dark Souls Of Plumbing" has more to do with it than "slightly quieter pipes".
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Time to bring back duck-and-cover drills, 'cause that's an icy B.M. I don’t know if you already have kids but if you don’t, you or your spouse should get tested ASAP.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I'm literally loling here. In a local dialect here "lol" is a slang word for a turd. Predates the internet naturally.
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lots of love
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Wild EEPROM posted:lots of love just heard your grandma died lol
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Wasabi the J posted:Where is this? The north of Japan gets super cold, could be from there.
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Doesn't Chicago require copper for all DWV pipe? Ceramic pipe seems like it would be very resistant to clogging but would get absolutely wrecked by any attempt to clean it other than hydrojetting. Still better than using "pipe" made from tar-soaked paper mush Shifty Pony fucked around with this message at 11:56 on Jan 19, 2024 |
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Shifty Pony posted:Doesn't Chicago require copper for all DWV pipe?
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The UK has a fetish for historically listing its buildings, so you bet there are councils out there who'll deny your request to replace cast iron pipes with PVC. There's even an industry here for PVC pipes that are moulded to look like cast iron pipes in the hope it appeases the aesthetic police.
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Slugworth posted:Nope. The unions did fight PVC for a long time, so it wasn't allowed by code until later than the rest of the country - that may be what you're thinking of. Also Chicago requires all electrical wire be run in conduit, no romex in the walls allowed. So that's sort of a weird pipe thing.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Time to bring back duck-and-cover drills, 'cause that's an icy B.M. `Nemesis posted:*in new construction. anything older than like what, 1980 is not using pvc. *cries in 1964 cast iron that was replaced at great cost with PVC last year.* Shifty Pony posted:Still better than using "pipe" made from tar-soaked paper mush Christ almighty.
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https://x.com/RealEstateMaxi/status/1747362465266978979?s=20 https://x.com/SeedyZ_/status/1748129393111957533?s=20
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Chuck e Cheese band goes
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My parents had something similar that they put all the animatronic Christmas decorations on. It stayed empty the other 11 months of the year.
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12 foot skeleton could chill there in the offseason
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A ladder and it's the guest loft
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titty_baby_ posted:A
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https://twitter.com/sheetz/status/1748373693233799358
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Shifty Pony posted:Still better than using "pipe" made from tar-soaked paper mush My neighborhood has this and they're all starting to fail. Just this year two houses on my block had to dig a new line out halfway into the street. The plumber said we'll know to replace ours when sewage starts backing up into our basement. 
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Modus Pwnens posted:My neighborhood has this and they're all starting to fail. Just this year two houses on my block had to dig a new line out halfway into the street. The plumber said we'll know to replace ours when sewage starts backing up into our basement. Can they be lined prophylactically?
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Any opportunity for this: http://i.imgur.com/RqSSbcL.mp4
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