results of a slightly overdue plumbing project

[Kali]

this was the last repair, about 20 years ago. that clamp looks good as new!

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. ...

[Kali]

2. admittedly it was buried in a corral

and was just gravity fed, but it finally clogged up in too many places so now it is all pvc - a miracle product in the realm of human accomplishments along with duct tape, baling wire, and jb weld.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. It almost looked like it was from the Victorian era.

But nice to have it fixed now, I'm sure.

[Kali]

6. close. I'm not sure how old that big elbow is but the reducers were probably done in the 60s

the main pipe was likely set in the 40s. yeah, water actually flows to that trough now - it had gone down to barely a trickle and then when fixing something else upstream it finally choked all the way off so the first repair turned into a lot of replacement as it tends to do around here. sigh.

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. There's always something to fix at any property!

I've spent most of my life in houses that are now more than 100 years old, and there were some ancient-looking pipes in there. Very steampunk! But at least these were indoors and not out in a hot, dry climate like yours.

Happy drinking to your livestock!

[efhmc]

3. I want to do a simple replacement on my toilet inards but the shut off valve at the wall will not

turn off the water. Seems to be broken. Afraid to mess with that so will be calling a plumber.

[Kali]

4. you have a shut-off valve for your toilet?

can you shut your whole system off? replacing that should be pretty dang easy. unless you have 90 year old galvanized pipe that is corroded together and runs through concrete. don't even ask.

[JudyM]

7. Learning through experience, are ya?

[Kali]

8. still prefer any plumbing to electricity.

I just don't get electricity and it scares the hell out of me.

[efhmc]

9. All the toilets and sinks have shut off values at the wall. Learned that the hard way many years ago

when the toilet started gushing water one night and would not turn off. I was visiting my mil and called the neighbor who came over and show me how to do this simple remedy. Since then I have taught both of my daughters how to do this and also told them they need to know where the water turnoff is for their houses.

[Arne]

10. I love a good toilet story.

[efhmc]

11. Since that night I've used this knowledge to fix ghost flushes, running toilets, etc

very cheaply. One of my friends who is of modest means said that a local plumber charged her almost $200 to replace a $10 part in her toilet. That is criminal and told her to call me the next time around.

[Arne]

12. The older they are the more temperamental they get.

[Mopar151]

13. Stainless hose clamps

are things of beauty and wonder! My Mom uses them to hold her garden trellises together. There are 10,000 ways to use them around race cars, homemade machinery, farm/fairground/DIY plumbing.