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1. Frozen pipes can make for a real nightmare. An example of extreme water damage from burst pipes.
2. Thousands in water damage from one bent end cap. A persistent leak, a terrible smell, and no plumber able to identify the problem— until the homeowners called a plumber who wasn’ t afraid to rip out the expensive cabinetry. Lo and behold, past the extensive mould and water damage, an old stub capped with a push-type cap. Seems the cabinet installer had bent the pipe ever-so-slightly to get clearance. It had been leaking for at least two years. Between the cabinetry and the mould remediation, the homeowner is looking at thousands of dollars in expenses.
3. Always have a spare. It looks like this homeowner decided that two traps are better than one.
4. Please stop with the braided stainless steel hose. Time after time, the worst examples seem to have two things in common: PVC piping and( as here) braided stainless steel hose. And why? Because for the seasoned professional they’ re a flexible piping option, but for the lazy hack they’ re a crutch.
5. Bubbles, bubbles everywhere. So you are a brand-new plumber and this is what you find on your very first call. It turns out the main line was clogged and before they knew about it, the homeowners had done a load of laundry and followed it up with a bubble bath!
6. Needs more drainage. I guess you can never have enough drains. This is what happens when a homeowner gets hold of some PVC pipe and a can of solvent cement.
7. Misplaced truss. And we all know that misplaced truss can almost never be regained...
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8. Accident waiting to happen: venting a water heater like this is asking for trouble.
9. Flange fatigue: a combination of metal fatigue, corrosion and sediment build-up has this flange on its last legs.
10. Bad days in Haidian. Workers clean up and repair a street after a water pipe burst at the west entrance of Huangzhuang community in Haidian district in Beijing, China.
11. Just be glad the toilet does not drain into the sink. Let’ s hope this is some sort of temporary fix. PA
February 2017 Volume 22 I Number 12 www. plumbingafrica. co. za