| This story was told to me by a plumber I
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| | "WHACK" no more toilet bowl. In the
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| know and it brings home the reason why
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| | process however, he managed to tear the
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| there are times to call a professional.I
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| | closet flange from the floor as well,and
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| received a call from a homeowner asking
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| | since it was attached to a lead closet
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| for someone to come estimate some
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| | bend, it torn and now needed replaced
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| repairs. When I asked the sort of
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| | too. He determined that it would be
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| repairs, he said it would be too many to
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| | necessary to cut out the tee in the stack
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| enumerate, but much easier if I just came
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| | where the closet bent was attached. Since
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| out to the house and looked. I went. It
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| | he had no idea how to repair old lead
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| began like this...Old Joe wanted to
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| | piping, he thought using that nifty PVC
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| change his toilet seat, but couldn't get
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| | from Home Depot would do the trick.He
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| the old one off. So he tried wrenches
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| | tried to cut the cast iron stack with a
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| until he rounded off the nuts (he was
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| | hacksaw to no avail, then tried a
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| turning them the wrong way because they
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| | sawzall, also fruitless, so.... yep, out
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| were upside down) and then decided to get
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| | comes the good old chisel and hammer, but
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| his trusty cold chisel and hammer out.
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| | a bigger hammer this time. He whacks on
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| Well, he tapped a bit on it with no
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| | the stack a few mighty blows and Viola'
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| success, so he drew back the hammer to
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| | it splits into several pieces with one
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| smite a mighty blow against the stubborn
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| | tiny segment still holding it all
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| bolt. In so doing he broke the toilet
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| | together. He pried the last vestige of
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| tank and flooded the area with cold
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| | solid pipe out of the wall with a crowbar
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| water. This cold water gave him a shock
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| | and suddenly the remaining section of
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| and he drew back in a hurry dropping the
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| | pipe (the vent going through the roof)
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| hammer into the bathtub causing a big
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| | lets go and with a mighty crash comes
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| chunk of the porcelain to pop off the tub
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| | down and out of the wall through the sub
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| floor.Regrouping his thoughts, he ran
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| | floor into the now plaster less ceiling
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| down to the basement two floors below to
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| | of the living room, continues its
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| shut off the water to the house, the
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| | downward decent until it hits the TV set,
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| house had no other valves installed when
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| | ricocheting off that and through the
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| it was built in the 1890's. Meanwhile
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| | floor of the living room until it hit the
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| water was flooding through the floors and
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| | electrical panel plunging the house into
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| had saturated the plaster of the ceiling
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| | total darkness and finally comes to rest
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| below to the point it collapsed into the
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| | after shearing off the main water shut
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| living room. Old Joe then removed what
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| | off valve flooding the basement.This was
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| was left of the toilet tank, and tried to
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| | a $27,000 toilet seat replacement.For
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| remove the bowl from the floor flange. It
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| wouldn't budge either, so out comes the
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| | Forte has been in the construction field
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| trusty chisel and hammer again, and
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| | for over 25 years.
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