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Anthony Alderman
06-04-2007, 08:09 PM
Saw this on my afternoon inspection and couldn't believe my luck. It's a great day to be a home inspector!!!!!

Tony

Bruce Breedlove
06-04-2007, 08:46 PM
What did you expect the plumber to do? Go around the pier? Get real!

Rick Hurst
06-04-2007, 08:52 PM
At least he did it in a cleanly manner. Unusual for a plumber. ;)

Anthony Alderman
06-04-2007, 08:54 PM
Your right. It is a little much to expect but man..... some common sense.

Tim Moreira
06-04-2007, 09:38 PM
Did you verify the slope of the drain line? ;)

Anthony Alderman
06-04-2007, 09:51 PM
Just figerd is close nuff wasnt runnin on me so its aok

Richard Rushing
06-05-2007, 04:35 AM
'THE PLUMBERS CODE':

You get paid on Friday's
Crap runs down hill
Don't eat with your gloves on...RR

Tom Thompson
04-05-2011, 11:10 PM
Did anyone consider the plumbing came first, prior to the brick structure?
Maybe they didn't want to pay extra to offset arround the brick structure.

Billy Stephens
04-06-2011, 06:22 AM
Did anyone consider the plumbing came first, prior to the brick structure?
Maybe they didn't want to pay extra to offset arround the brick structure.
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.Nope :p
* Guess they Just Left All Those Broken Bricks for ground cover.
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John Kogel
04-06-2011, 11:00 AM
Let see, that house is no modern showpiece and the cast iron pipe dates way back to the dirty old days, so Mr. Plumber knew he'd be retired or gone to the happy hole in the sky long before you crawled in there and took a picture. Smart man, got 'er done.

BTW, kudos to Mr Mason as well. He knew how to mix mortar, eh?

Then HG said "Interesting :rolleyes: CI? hmmm.

Ah well, its a resurrected 4-year-old thread, not going to bother, never mind."

Then I said "Well it looked like cast iron to me, and I didn't notice the dates".

H.G. Watson, Sr.
04-06-2011, 01:15 PM
Let see, that house is no modern showpiece and the cast iron pipe dates way back to the dirty old days, so Mr. Plumber knew he'd be retired or gone to the happy hole in the sky long before you crawled in there and took a picture. Smart man, got 'er done. :D

BTW, kudos to Mr Mason as well. He knew how to mix mortar, eh?

Interesting :rolleyes: CI? hmmm.

Ah well, its a resurected 4-year-old thread, not going to bother, never mind.

Jerry Peck
04-06-2011, 03:43 PM
Did anyone consider the plumbing came first, prior to the brick structure?

Only until I noticed the mortar UNDER the HANGING brick ... :D

(Placing that mortar under that brick like that would be a neat trick for even the best mason. ;) )

Tom Thompson
04-08-2011, 08:51 AM
Only until I noticed the mortar UNDER the HANGING brick ... :D

(Placing that mortar under that brick like that would be a neat trick for even the best mason. ;) )
I noticed that after my post, but who knows what others do to cover stuff up, took planter apart for used bricks. That sure is a big knockout for a 4" line. They also used some bricks to support the HVAC unit

Bill Boan
04-08-2011, 10:12 AM
Question.....was this a "functioning" pier? I noticed that the wood member above it doesn't seem to be a girder...looks more like a floor joist. As long as it wasn't a girder, AND as long as there was no point load on it, it might be ok. Did you do any further discovery?

Bill Boan
04-08-2011, 01:37 PM
just realized how old this was...i shouldn't have bothered either...oh well..