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Old sewer lateral pipes, August 2009

Old cast-iron drain pipe removed from house. Inside of old drain pipe. Inside of pipe nearly occluded from rust.
Old cast-iron drain pipe removed from house.
2009/08/28 12:39:44
Inside of old drain pipe.
2009/08/28 12:40:51
Inside of pipe nearly occluded from rust.
2009/08/28 12:41:06
Somehow the plumbers managed to get all the pipe out through the crawlspace opening. If your cast-iron pipes starting weeping like this on the outside, they're probably ready to be replaced. In the old days sections of cast-iron pipe were brazed together with lead.
Somehow the plumbers managed to get all the pipe out through the crawlspace opening.
2009/08/28 12:41:50
If your cast-iron pipes starting weeping like this on the outside, they're probably ready to be replaced.
2009/08/28 12:42:27
In the old days sections of cast-iron pipe were brazed together with lead.
2009/08/28 12:42:36

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2009/August/31