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Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
I ran across a way to save money...if your plumber works
for peanuts, & the risk of some leaks isn't spendy.

Know any other good or bad ways to save money?
 

Audie

Veteran Member
Time has value to some.

You heard of the farmer who was holding his
pig up where it could reach apples in a tree.

They asked, "Isn't that an awful slow way to
feed a pig?"

"Eeyup," he says, "but what is time to a pig?"
 

YmirGF

Bodhisattva in Recovery
Ok, I don't get it. It's never occurred to me to try to rip old plumbing pipes apart and reuse them. They are pretty cheap parts to begin with. LOL. Is this is solution for a non-problem?
 

Brickjectivity

Turned to Stone. Now I stretch daily.
Staff member
Premium Member
Know any other good or bad ways to save money?
Rust removal by electrolysis

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There are youtube videos of this process. It can do an excellent job, sometimes.
 

BSM1

What? Me worry?
I ran across a way to save money...if your plumber works
for peanuts, & the risk of some leaks isn't spendy.

Know any other good or bad ways to save money?

Thank goodness I save all my pipe repaired joints. A couple of things, I guess this works of PVC as well as CPVC? And where did they get that cool blue tube?

How much does PVC pipe cost? A person's time has to be more valuable than the small savings shown in the video.

Scenario: You have a pipe break at 2 am, Lowes isn't open, and you used your last elbow joint on your last repair. I knew there was a reason I don't throw these away. BTW, it would take far more time to gear up and run to a hardware store than to unglue a coupling.
 

Vinayaka

devotee
Premium Member
headlice ... fancy doctor recommended shampoo that doesn't work ... $20 a bottle ... Grandma's pioneer remedy ... kerosene, a buck a quart, you need a tablespoon, savings, $19.99. Downside, don't play with fire during the application.
 

Valjean

Veteran Member
Premium Member
Always good to repair or reuse when possible. We generate way too much waste already.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
Thank goodness I save all my pipe repaired joints. A couple of things, I guess this works of PVC as well as CPVC? And where did they get that cool blue tube?
I don't even know how well this works, or even what country it's in.
Plastics can have complicated relationships with their history &
environment, so long term durability is questionable.
 

beenherebeforeagain

Rogue Animist
Premium Member
I've resorted to referring to YouTube tutorials for various repairs rather than call in a professional. You learn a lot on top of saving a good chunk of cash.
Yes, people who are mechanically competent can use youtube and the more ancient "do it yourself" books, but in my case, between the doctor and hospital visits (and ensuing bills), the time delays, the necessity of repairing my 'repairs,' the bad luck (in that I always seem to buy the ONE unit of whatever it is I need that is flawed or mismarked, or the bolt I need to remove will strip out or break, and so on), etc., it is far easier and cheaper to just call the professional in the first place...

People who are mechanically competent simply cannot understand those who are mechanically incompetent...:(:confused:o_O:eek::oops::rolleyes:
 
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