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Posted by Tom The Great on January 6, 2007, 4:45 pm
On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 10:44:25 -0600, "Steve Barker LT"
>think earthquake. plastic breaks, copper bends.
imho:
I wonder, if you do enough damage to a building to be concerned about
'bending' piping, I think you don't have to worry about broken pvc
piping. That building should be evacuated.
later,
tom @ www.FreelancingProjects.com
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Posted by Dan_Musicant on January 5, 2007, 9:15 pm
:
:tnom@mucks.net wrote:
:>
:> I assume it's a cast iron pipe so a magnet is out of the question.
:> Fabricate a three prong fish hook retrieving device. Take a similar
:> screwdriver as a guide and apply the correct dimensions to the hooks
:> in order to facilitate successful hooking. Measure the exact length of
:> line you need to position the hook appropriately. Pretend you're
:> fishing and eventually you'll hook the tool.
:>
:> Then don't be a dumb ass again.
:
:LOL!
:
:It's a copper pipe, so I'm going to give the magnet a try first, then
:the hook.
:
:Thanks for all the replies, everyone!
Copper! I was just reading a book today that said that copper DWV piping
is getting pretty rare. Lucky you!
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Posted by HeyBub on January 5, 2007, 7:34 pm
Winston wrote:
> Yes, I'm a dumbass. This has become quite apparent, so there's no need
> to remind me.
>
> Long story short, I dropped a 10" screwdriver tip-first down an open
> 2nd floor toilet drain pipe, and it is now stuck at the base of a
> 45-degree bend just under the basement ceiling. I know it couldn't
> have gotten any further than this point, due to 2 sharp 90-degree
> bends that follow the 45-degree bend. Unfortunately, I can't see it
> from the drain opening because I can't look down the pipe due to a
> slight offset just past the toilet flange. Do you know of any
> specialized plumber's snakes or other tools that could be lowered
> into the pipe to grab the screwdriver somehow?
How far down the pipe is the tool?
Here's a 24" grabber/pickup tool, but I bet you can find longer ones
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=94162
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Posted by mm on January 5, 2007, 8:04 pm
>Yes, I'm a dumbass. This has become quite apparent, so there's no need
>to remind me.
>
>Long story short, I dropped a 10" screwdriver tip-first down an open
>2nd floor toilet drain pipe, and it is now stuck at the base of a
>45-degree bend just under the basement ceiling. I know it couldn't have
>gotten any further than this point, due to 2 sharp 90-degree bends that
>follow the 45-degree bend. Unfortunately, I can't see it from the drain
>opening because I can't look down the pipe due to a slight offset just
>past the toilet flange. Do you know of any specialized plumber's snakes
>or other tools that could be lowered into the pipe to grab the
>screwdriver somehow?
Can't say more than others have, but to make you feel better, I've
dropped things down the toilet also.
I also dropped a big set of car and other keys down a water drain at
Union Station in Baltimore, right near Charles St. but before the
remodeling in 1995. I had to leave and come back the next day with a
bunch of nylon string and a big magnet from a junked speaker It came
with screws in it for easy attahcment. I put the magnet down the
drain, which was at least 15 feet deep to ground level, and tried to
pull up the steel part of the keyring. I never got it, but I did pick
up a 4 foot section of rebar. It's a good magnet.
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Posted by Stormin Mormon on January 6, 2007, 8:50 pm
What's the type of pipe? Later in the thread, we're told it's
copper, but I am not sure that was you writing. If it's copper,
get the biggest magnet you can from the hardware. Also buy a
plumber's drain snake. Atach the magnet to the snake with several
tie straps (cut the loose ends off). Send the drain snake down.
Use some common sense, and some of your other five senses to
figure out when you stuck the screw driver. Withdraw it up the
pipe very slowly.
I've never done this. But I did score a free screw driver and
pair of diags someone dropped into the wall. Cept, with this
moment I used a magnet and string.
--
Christopher A. Young
You can't shout down a troll.
You have to starve them.
.
> Yes, I'm a dumbass. This has become quite apparent, so there's
no need
> to remind me.
>
> Long story short, I dropped a 10" screwdriver tip-first down an
open
> 2nd floor toilet drain pipe, and it is now stuck at the base of
a
> 45-degree bend just under the basement ceiling. I know it
couldn't have
> gotten any further than this point, due to 2 sharp 90-degree
bends that
> follow the 45-degree bend. Unfortunately, I can't see it from
the drain
> opening because I can't look down the pipe due to a slight
offset just
> past the toilet flange. Do you know of any specialized
plumber's snakes
> or other tools that could be lowered into the pipe to grab the
> screwdriver somehow?
>
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