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41. Re: [Shop-talk] plumping question (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 04:09:20 +0000
You don't have basements in your part of the world? Hereabouts, if they can't find a cleanout, they pull a toilet off the floor. I have never heard of a sewer cleaner going on a roof to clear a drai
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00433.html (8,977 bytes)

42. Re: [Shop-talk] plumping question (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:07:34 +0000
I understand. Here most houses have basements. Those that don't are built on a concrete slab. A house built above an open space would have frozen water pipes. Typically the method of a sewer-system d
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00444.html (11,754 bytes)

43. Re: [Shop-talk] plumping question (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:30:06 +0000
I don't know your area, and I have not seen your property layout, but that sounds really high to me. Total replacements are generally half of that. $10,000 replacement jobs are rare here, and usually
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00446.html (9,940 bytes)

44. Re: [Shop-talk] plumping question (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:24:30 +0000
Without the driveway work, it should have come in around $2000. If you decide to consider it, get bids from everybody with a license. -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 Triumph TR
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00452.html (8,994 bytes)

45. Re: [Shop-talk] plumping question and sandrock sewers (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:48:24 +0000
So am I. That's why I work in an office. Here is something I wrote a few years ago for a fellow bureaucrat at the City of Pismo Beach, California: == Sandrock, or sandstone, runs generally below a la
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00453.html (10,750 bytes)

46. Re: [Shop-talk] plumping question and sandrock sewers (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:49:42 +0000
Yes, it was. If we were starting fresh today, with expensive labor and advanced machinery, those sewers would probably be conventional. I don't know that there were a lot of workers with actual minin
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00464.html (10,252 bytes)

47. Re: [Shop-talk] plumping question (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:11:21 +0000
Not the same thing. A "French Drain" or a "Drywell" is a hole into which water goes to percolate into the soil. A sandrock sewer is an actual sewer. Sanitary sandrocks here carry effluent which event
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00466.html (8,947 bytes)

48. Re: [Shop-talk] plumping question and sandrock sewers (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:15:23 +0000
Maybe not, depending on location. I'm sure there are newer communities which have all their records in USGS sea-level numbers. Except that you can't look a plan so marked and know the elevation of th
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00469.html (9,008 bytes)

49. Re: [Shop-talk] plumping question and sandrock sewers (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:37:14 +0000
Randall, I don't know whether you haven't been following the bread crumbs or if you are trolling. Just to play along, I'll pretend you are serious. Saint Paul is above sea level. This makes a lot of
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00470.html (10,493 bytes)

50. Re: [Shop-talk] plumping question and sandrock sewers (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:40:01 +0000
Dunno. The number hasn't changed here recently. If you are building locally, your best bet is to shoot to our benchmarks. We know our sewers haven't gone anywhere. :-) -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00475.html (9,029 bytes)

51. Re: [Shop-talk] plumping question (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:17:38 +0000
Yes, this is what Saint Paul was doing before we separating our sewers. Sewage crossed dams called "regulators" or "diversions" from combined sewers to storm sewers when the sewers were overcharged i
/html/shop-talk/2007-10/msg00485.html (10,674 bytes)

52. Re: [Shop-talk] The HammerKing (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:36:25 +0000
I'm no linguist, but I think it is German. -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata C package pethier [at] comcast [dot]
/html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00109.html (7,567 bytes)

53. Re: [Shop-talk] Electrostatic filters? (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:43:47 +0000
We put ours in the dishwasher on top of the bottom rack. The secret to protecting them is to: Put plastic tumblers over a few of the "spikes" in the bottom rack. Place the cleaner unit on top of the
/html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00110.html (8,697 bytes)

54. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman impact set- missing sizes? (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:27:19 +0000
Well, it's .004 undersize, but close enough for most, I suppose.... -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata C package pe
/html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00196.html (9,156 bytes)

55. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman impact set and Suburban issues (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:43:02 +0000
20mm, eh? It so happens that I have a 1993 Chev Suburban (4x4) with ABS. Never had a problem stopping it on dry pavement or slippery. What's the problem? Never had the reason to remove the bumpers on
/html/shop-talk/2007-11/msg00200.html (8,526 bytes)

56. Re: [Shop-talk] Ear Muffs with Built-In Radio Tuners (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:38:25 +0000
No experience, but I have seen these recently at Menards for about 40 bucks. -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata C p
/html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00017.html (7,745 bytes)

57. Re: [Shop-talk] Autowrench Adjustable Wrench (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2007 23:45:48 +0000
I find the snake light useful. I often wrap it around the back of my neck, with the battery hanging down the front on one side and the lamp aimed at my work on the other. -- Phil Ethier West Side Sai
/html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00067.html (8,253 bytes)

58. Re: [Shop-talk] Was Cordless Drill Batteries, now "cute" names (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:28:05 +0000
Don'f forget J C Whitless. -- Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata C package pethier [at] comcast [dot] net http://forum
/html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00108.html (9,199 bytes)

59. Re: [Shop-talk] Craftsman impact set and Suburban issues (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:32:29 +0000
Not to pick on Scott personally, but as a general warning: DO NOT EVER PULL THE FUSE ON AN ABS SYSTEM unless you fully understand the method of operation of this particular system. We had a guy do t
/html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00212.html (8,046 bytes)

60. Re: [Shop-talk] ABS fuse (was: ...Suburban issues) (score: 1)
Author: pethier@comcast.net
Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:23:59 +0000
I think that Chrysler not only woulr, but did. There was a considerable discussion of this by the techies in our club at the time. But surely you've seen folks type the wrong letter before. Do i need
/html/shop-talk/2007-12/msg00214.html (7,629 bytes)


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