How To Remove A Lead Joint From Cast Iron Pipe
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- Do you need to connect PVC piping to your old cast iron septic drain. I show you how to remove the lead and oakum seal from cast iron in this video!
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:13 Drilling Out The Seal
3:05 Removal
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I only use TH-cam to watch informational videos or DIY stuff and I do like the way your videos are short and to the point with helpful information and not a big dragged out teach u nothing videos. Thanks.
Welcome. Thanks for the kind words! And thanks for watching!
Thank you, Thank you for this Video! I’m working in the basement at 2:30am, in NJ, to remove a drain pipe that comes from the kitchen into the main sewer line. I couldn’t figure out how to get the pipe out. I was working with a screwdriver chiseling out a little bit of lead at a time. I said this is crazy, so I went to you tube and found your plain and simple “how to” and the pipe was out in less then 10 minutes. I had been working in this for a few hours! Now to the Home Depot in the morning to get my fittings/PVC Pipe and it will be all done. I can’t thank you enough, your video was a “Lifesaver”!!
Awesome! Glad you were able to take care of it!
Very helpful, straight forward and not filled with irrelevant rambling. Thank you for creating this video!
I will be tackling this on some 1.5 in pipe for my bathroom sink as well as the 4 in for the toilet. My toilet has a lead sleeve that I am uncertain is original or a repair. Either way it has failed and rotted the floor again as I see the bathroom subfloor runs perpendicular to the joist and the original is at a 45 across the house.
Thanks for watching!
Extremely helpful thank you
Thank You and thanks for watching!
great vid
Thank You and thanks for watching! Hope you enjoyed and it helped out. I'll be posting the video of the copper to pvc piping change-out so be on the lookout for a new video soon.
I spent an hour drilling out the packing and lead on a 2 inch connection.
Not too bad considering what a plumber would charge which would be hundreds. Took me a couple hours for the 3-4”
Good thing doing it the hard way worked for you, because the Mapp gas torch that was your backup plan is not up to the task. You need a real "plumber's torch" (i.e., acetylene, alone) to melt the lead out. If you don't have one, you can drive to the rental place and back in less time than it takes to do this without the right tools. Congrats on getting it done, nonetheless.
Yeah I figured a b tank was best bet compared to mapp
thanks for making this video! was the old copper pipe 3" and you replaced with 3" pvc?
Welcome. Yes I ended up using a hub adapter and pvc pipe. My 3” pipe rotted out on one side
The only thing you didn't mention is what size drill bit you used. I have a 4" cast iron street ell I need to get lose from the top bell of a 4" cast iron tee. I just don't want to tear up the inside of the bell that I need to seal to.
1/4” I used about half the width of the seal. I was worried about that too but it barely scratched the cast iron. Just take your time. I’ve also seen people trim the input fitting to the seal flush then use a hole saw over the remaining pipe going right into the seal and it basically cuts out the seal. Haven’t tried it myself though
There's little access to the two joints I had to remove, so I tried heat: lots of heat. Harbor Freight tools sells a torch that connects to the propane tank with a hose. It's a fearsome thing to use in the basement, but with about 30 minutes of application, all the lead dripped out of the joint and the oakum caught fire, blazing away merrily and filling the house and my lungs with acrid smoke. But the joints finally let go.
Yup that definitely works. Gotta do what you gotta do sometimes though. Thanks for watching
How long dod it take to get it out total time? I hsve two of them in the series I need to unlead out and wondering how long i can figure on drilling and jacking with it.
Probably a good hour. You can also use a torch to melt it out. That’s always an option.
@@theguyofalltrades thanks for responding, very much appropriate it. Torch isn't really a option because it's in a finished basement with tenets. So drilling and digging is it. I hate plumbing jobs, they have to be finished in one day 😂.
Welcome. Good luck!
what kind of fitting did you use? Fernco donut?
Yup exactly. Was an oddball size because most are 4". This was 3" and fit kind of loose until I got the new pvc pipe in
What is the rubber ring’s size?
I think it was 3.5”. They make a bunch of different sizes. Lowes has a good selection. The original copper pipe was 3” but definitely different than 3” pvc
I see you left out the last part connecting to the wye lol
I wanted to have that as a separate video. Tried to keep it to the point. Wasn’t that bad honestly using a fernco from pvc to copper up top. Measure twice cuss once lol
going through the same thing. removing the lead from the copper without compromising the mail line is a total bitch!
I’ve also seen people use a large hole saw. Cut the pipe down to a short stub and find a hole saw that fits over the stub and where the lead seal is. Seems pretty fast but probably not worth the $40-50 bucks for the hole saw unless you plan on using it for something else
@@theguyofalltrades Guess what?....??? To remove the impregnated lead flange from the 4" brass main, I used a Dremel tool with a multi fluted cutter to ground down to surface... 15 minutes later and done. low speed with the Dremel worked... I'm in shock... Now just cleaning up the brass outing to surface and then fitting the T. I am in jubilation
@@robvegartthat’s good to know! Glad you got it out!
Oops commented from my other account lol
You need some lessons from real plumbers
Thanks for watching. Also great news. Your view put me at 3 million views. You win a free lesson in manners