Nice to see you get the Led out ;) this little mini series really brings me back to my days working in a plumbing shop! I did mostly sales and purchasing, but I'd get out on site every so often as well
It's one of the things I like about your channel , the Unapologetic " If you're going to do it, do it right " like so it lasts and you haven't wasted your time.
My son went through the lead pipe and old electrical replacement on his house in Providence RI. His 1st house. Built in about 1918. What a mess. I feel for you both. The city replaced the lead supply line to the house for free. He lucked out there.
Wow sir, you have definitely done A LOT of work! Like I mentioned previously, with old homes (mine as well), once the "project" starts, it just seems to go deeper and deeper with more and more problems. Definitely good to get rid of as much as that lead pipe as possible, and the water filter system will be a definite plus. That old transformer definitely looks like your doorbell transformer. I have installed them, and also removed them in the past. I'm sure you already know, but just check it to make sure before you remove it. Measure it with your meter if it is between 10 and 20 volts it is definitely your doorbell. I also own that same ryobi saw! It's been a lifesaver for my last few projects! You are doing great! Keep up the amazing work!
I have a filter on my house and also one under the sink for drinking water. The 3M/Filtrete undersink filters kits are great. The kits usually have enough pipe that you can install the filter holder at the front of the cabinet. They also have a built in valve that activates when you spin the filter out. There is just small bit of water when changing filters. With the filter mounted at the front of the cabinet, filter changes take no time and are easy. They also install easily. They work with the flare connections that are at the cold water valve for the sink shutoff and can be installed with a pair of pliers and a screwdriver to mount the filter on the side of cabinet. The 3M cartridges can be a bit expensive. I buy aftermarket ones but I am not worried about lead just particulates from my well.
Having done multiple rehabs on older homes and buildings it amazes me the amount of abandon in place you’ll find. I’ve never understood it as I was taught if your going to do a job you do it right the first time if your going to put your name too it. Professionallism and craftsmanship goes a long way and it speaks volumes about who you are. I cringed a little but I wouldn’t have videotaped an open breaker box. I know you probably have a good grasp on working with voltage but I come to a realization there’s a bunch of peeps out there that have zero common sense. Or as I say nowadays uncommon sense. Sounds like you have survey the scope of the job and have a plan in place. Now you just need to stick to your guns an execute your plan. Thanks for the upload.
My brother and I made fishing weights and lures from molten lead when we were teenagers; home renovations like this supplied us with plenty of lead and only rarely did we have to pay for it.
You have certainly got your work cut out but I've every confidence you will get there. I started my apprenticeship as an electrician in 1969 and was crawling underneath floors with nothing more than a candle a bolster and a hammer to get through dwarf walls to rewire old propertys in Glasgow. Those were days.
The ice maker hooked up to tthe hot water line is OK. By the time the water gets to the fridge thru the 50 feet of tubing it's gonna be cold anyway. LoL. Good luck with all this.
Mindboggling...and I am now no longer surprised why there is so many house fires. All that free running wire, maybe cloth insulated and therefore prone to get wet and arc is stunning... Good luck and incident free working !
As much electrical will get modernized as I can access. First I have to map out the existing run. It’s pretty random. But that will have to wait until I finish the bathroom.
I did see a section of knob and tube wire. That stuff brings back memories of our old house. Scary to say the least that some was still hot but most got replaced. Yikes! You got a mess Lyle, but you got a good plan too. Good luck.
shouldnt the leaded pipes have formed a sufficient barrier inside by now that keeps lead from leeching into the water? that looks like a lot of fun for a young man with a healthy, flexible back.
I was going to bring this up. Get rid of all the internal lead, and the leeching from the street connection may be minimal by now. Still put the filtration in place, but a lead test can tell you where you are and if your filter can handle it.
Exactly what I thought. Theoretically it's safe as lead pipes quickly develop deposits of calcium and other minerals that keep seal in the lead, but a rather slight change in water pH can change that in a hurry! Honestly, Lyle (as with a lot of us!) probably get more lead exposure from soldering, but I sure wouldn't want that stuff in my house or main feed. I'm reasonably proficient at most household repairs but damn, I hate plumbing and am sorry Lyle has to go through this.
That looks like a classic mess. Have dealt with similar stuff where I live now. Lots of old abandoned steel pipes and phone cables removed. I took the copper wire to a scrap yard and got enough $$ to buy several sets of guitar strings! Recently had to replace a subpanel that looked worse than the one in your video. One of the breakers was broken and occasionally shorting to the box. That made the 'new' breaker in the main panel (installed in 1998) fail. The PO had put electrical tape around the broken breaker. Lucky the house did not catch fire! With a new panel and breakers the AC is reliable unless the utility shuts it off. Which they do a lot, claiming that they are trying to prevent fires. Hmm, why not fix your equipment (poles, transformers, lines)?
All I can say is misery loves company lol. It's good exorcise for people our age. The plus side is the house is a tank compared to what they build now. You'll find more surprises!! Ask me how I know?
Geez...more spaghetti wiring than a 70s Fender! Like you really needed to find lead pipes AND knob and tube wiring. When you follow the stink stack through to the roof, our old friend asbestos will surely be waiting ro greet you with a devilish smirk. That's what you get for looking, Pandora. Now, time to read my wife's diary...
Yikes - and now there's knob and tube wiring too? Dangling no less. Hopefully you can at least get everything in the crawl space up to code. My house has cloth insulated wiring, but at least its inside armored BX cable. Been replacing it as work proceeds from room to room. Mostly its only in bad shape when its exposed, like in hot light fixtures and it dries out. BTW Colonel Mustard used the candlestick !
What a mess! Good to lose the lead pipes. Consider having the line from the meter to the house done either in PEX or copper. But first check that the city water does not use lead pipes.
I’m kind of afraid the city pipes in this old neighborhood are lead. I’ll be digging out the dirt in the meter hole with a trowel and seeing what I can see. But our yard slopes up from the street so that pipe is going to be about 4 feet below ground at points, and then goes under the cement block foundation then is buried in our crawlspace. With my luck, some of it will be beneath our concrete front steps. So not sure if changing that out is doable without a loan.
I lived in a triplex that was built in the 1940s. All the original plumbing was galvanized steel. Somewhere around 45-55 years old the line from the street to the shutoff valve and regulator, failed underground. There was water coming up from under the concrete walkway. The owner hired a repair person who dug a trench across the lawn and ran a new copper line, abandoning the old rusted steel line. They saved the sod and replaced it when done. A few weeks later you'd never know a trench had been dug. Not surprising that was not the end of the adventures in plumbing at that place.
I see a lot of giant red flags with your electrical system. Looks like lots of unqualified hands have done work at various stages of the life of this house. In this situation find an extension cord, plug it into what you know to be a properly installed 120 outlet, and use the ground on the cord to measure between hot, neutral, and even ground on each outlet. It looks like you have hackwork hacked into hackwork.
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Sawzall: "It's reciprocal."
Nice to see you get the Led out ;) this little mini series really brings me back to my days working in a plumbing shop! I did mostly sales and purchasing, but I'd get out on site every so often as well
That colonel mustard ref
Will the original parts be returned in a plastic bag? 😊
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Ha!!
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😂😂😂😂😂
I laugh out loud when you made mention of a certain character in the game of Clue. Last thing I expected to be honest. Love your humor. Keep it up.
It's one of the things I like about your channel , the Unapologetic " If you're going to do it, do it right " like so it lasts and you haven't wasted your time.
My son went through the lead pipe and old electrical replacement on his house in Providence RI. His 1st house. Built in about 1918. What a mess. I feel for you both. The city replaced the lead supply line to the house for free. He lucked out there.
Wow sir, you have definitely done A LOT of work! Like I mentioned previously, with old homes (mine as well), once the "project" starts, it just seems to go deeper and deeper with more and more problems. Definitely good to get rid of as much as that lead pipe as possible, and the water filter system will be a definite plus. That old transformer definitely looks like your doorbell transformer. I have installed them, and also removed them in the past. I'm sure you already know, but just check it to make sure before you remove it. Measure it with your meter if it is between 10 and 20 volts it is definitely your doorbell. I also own that same ryobi saw! It's been a lifesaver for my last few projects! You are doing great! Keep up the amazing work!
😮damnation what a quagmire you were left with. 😮
However I have no doubt that you will have it all in order when you’re finished.
Cheers 🍷 Lyle
I have a filter on my house and also one under the sink for drinking water. The 3M/Filtrete undersink filters kits are great. The kits usually have enough pipe that you can install the filter holder at the front of the cabinet. They also have a built in valve that activates when you spin the filter out. There is just small bit of water when changing filters. With the filter mounted at the front of the cabinet, filter changes take no time and are easy. They also install easily. They work with the flare connections that are at the cold water valve for the sink shutoff and can be installed with a pair of pliers and a screwdriver to mount the filter on the side of cabinet. The 3M cartridges can be a bit expensive. I buy aftermarket ones but I am not worried about lead just particulates from my well.
Having done multiple rehabs on older homes and buildings it amazes me the amount of abandon in place you’ll find. I’ve never understood it as I was taught if your going to do a job you do it right the first time if your going to put your name too it. Professionallism and craftsmanship goes a long way and it speaks volumes about who you are.
I cringed a little but I wouldn’t have videotaped an open breaker box. I know you probably have a good grasp on working with voltage but I come to a realization there’s a bunch of peeps out there that have zero common sense. Or as I say nowadays uncommon sense.
Sounds like you have survey the scope of the job and have a plan in place. Now you just need to stick to your guns an execute your plan. Thanks for the upload.
My brother and I made fishing weights and lures from molten lead when we were teenagers; home renovations like this supplied us with plenty of lead and only rarely did we have to pay for it.
You have certainly got your work cut out but I've every confidence you will get there. I started my apprenticeship as an electrician in 1969 and was crawling underneath floors with nothing more than a candle a bolster and a hammer to get through dwarf walls to rewire old propertys in Glasgow. Those were days.
The ice maker hooked up to tthe hot water line is OK. By the time the water gets to the fridge thru the 50 feet of tubing it's gonna be cold anyway. LoL. Good luck with all this.
Mindboggling...and I am now no longer surprised why there is so many house fires. All that free running wire, maybe cloth insulated and therefore prone to get wet and arc is stunning...
Good luck and incident free working !
As much electrical will get modernized as I can access. First I have to map out the existing run. It’s pretty random.
But that will have to wait until I finish the bathroom.
I did see a section of knob and tube wire. That stuff brings back memories of our old house. Scary to say the least that some was still hot but most got replaced. Yikes! You got a mess Lyle, but you got a good plan too. Good luck.
@@PsionicAudio Yup, having a good drawing/plan/schematic will help now and if anything has to be repaired later.
Omfg dude! Talk about time to get the lead out holy moly man
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Yay for less poison!! Live long and prosper 🖖
Recycling the lead might be surprisingly valuable.
shouldnt the leaded pipes have formed a sufficient barrier inside by now that keeps lead from leeching into the water? that looks like a lot of fun for a young man with a healthy, flexible back.
Opposing council might argue that. I don’t want to see how my estate’s attorneys would argue against it…
I was going to bring this up. Get rid of all the internal lead, and the leeching from the street connection may be minimal by now. Still put the filtration in place, but a lead test can tell you where you are and if your filter can handle it.
Feel your pain man...know what really sucks? Hopefully the city's side isn't lead as well ugh
Exactly what I thought. Theoretically it's safe as lead pipes quickly develop deposits of calcium and other minerals that keep seal in the lead, but a rather slight change in water pH can change that in a hurry! Honestly, Lyle (as with a lot of us!) probably get more lead exposure from soldering, but I sure wouldn't want that stuff in my house or main feed.
I'm reasonably proficient at most household repairs but damn, I hate plumbing and am sorry Lyle has to go through this.
Fascinating
Hang in there, Lyle
feels like you are working inside a giant amp
That looks like a classic mess. Have dealt with similar stuff where I live now. Lots of old abandoned steel pipes and phone cables removed. I took the copper wire to a scrap yard and got enough $$ to buy several sets of guitar strings! Recently had to replace a subpanel that looked worse than the one in your video. One of the breakers was broken and occasionally shorting to the box. That made the 'new' breaker in the main panel (installed in 1998) fail. The PO had put electrical tape around the broken breaker. Lucky the house did not catch fire! With a new panel and breakers the AC is reliable unless the utility shuts it off. Which they do a lot, claiming that they are trying to prevent fires. Hmm, why not fix your equipment (poles, transformers, lines)?
Lead pipes?! Jeez Louise! sounds like they should reimburse you for hooking up the refrigerator to the hot water lmao
New pex from the meter for sure....dang dang
All I can say is misery loves company lol. It's good exorcise for people our age. The plus side is the house is a tank compared to what they build now. You'll find more surprises!! Ask me how I know?
ya, safety glasses do suck in the fog up dept.
Geez...more spaghetti wiring than a 70s Fender! Like you really needed to find lead pipes AND knob and tube wiring. When you follow the stink stack through to the roof, our old friend asbestos will surely be waiting ro greet you with a devilish smirk. That's what you get for looking, Pandora. Now, time to read my wife's diary...
Yikes - and now there's knob and tube wiring too? Dangling no less. Hopefully you can at least get everything in the crawl space up to code. My house has cloth insulated wiring, but at least its inside armored BX cable. Been replacing it as work proceeds from room to room. Mostly its only in bad shape when its exposed, like in hot light fixtures and it dries out. BTW Colonel Mustard used the candlestick !
Maybe that transformer you located in the crawl space could find it's way into a vintage Fender amp. 😐
The old dig on southerners from snooty New Englanders comes to mind..." WHY DO IT RIGHT, WHEN YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN ?"
That flexible gray shit is quest....they had a class action suit...bankruptcy...rid the Grey shit
Your town should be the ones to get rid of that lead pipe coming from the street.
What a mess! Good to lose the lead pipes. Consider having the line from the meter to the house done either in PEX or copper. But first check that the city water does not use lead pipes.
I’m kind of afraid the city pipes in this old neighborhood are lead. I’ll be digging out the dirt in the meter hole with a trowel and seeing what I can see. But our yard slopes up from the street so that pipe is going to be about 4 feet below ground at points, and then goes under the cement block foundation then is buried in our crawlspace. With my luck, some of it will be beneath our concrete front steps.
So not sure if changing that out is doable without a loan.
I lived in a triplex that was built in the 1940s. All the original plumbing was galvanized steel. Somewhere around 45-55 years old the line from the street to the shutoff valve and regulator, failed underground. There was water coming up from under the concrete walkway. The owner hired a repair person who dug a trench across the lawn and ran a new copper line, abandoning the old rusted steel line. They saved the sod and replaced it when done. A few weeks later you'd never know a trench had been dug. Not surprising that was not the end of the adventures in plumbing at that place.
Man, your leaky toilet is starting to stress me out.
Btw copper is by nature antimicrobial
9:30 just use heat shrink red tube to change blue handles!
I think I can just move the one from the old ball valve to the new one.
Man I feel for ya, Arent old houses fun....
I really like pex A. Did my niece's bathroom and the supply to my dad's house.
I would use Pex A but the expander is $400. For our small house B suffices.
No. It's not just you.
I see a lot of giant red flags with your electrical system. Looks like lots of unqualified hands have done work at various stages of the life of this house. In this situation find an extension cord, plug it into what you know to be a properly installed 120 outlet, and use the ground on the cord to measure between hot, neutral, and even ground on each outlet. It looks like you have hackwork hacked into hackwork.
Yeah, I’ll be redoing everything properly.
Fixing everything in this house is like eating an elephant - one bite at a time.
@@PsionicAudio good luck, I hate working on old houses