If you do that, make sure you get the fittings too. You don't want to waste the time trying to track down the colour and profile matched fittings.
Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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Elbows, downpipe, trough to downpipe connector(s), straps (or make your own....you have a brake), corner pieces (unless you can cut/splice a corner), a clamp for every 2.5'-3' and a tube or 2 of silicone.
No affiliation, but I've used this place......good price, good service....
KLR Junkie
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JJ Downs Industrial Plastics
243 Bering Ave, Etobicoke
Phone: (416) 236-1884
We use these guys for plastic fittings. If they don't have it in stock, they can order or fabricate what you need.
Awesome, thanks I’ll give these folks a call .
@nobbie , changing the female part , set into a boat deck non starter . I own pipe dies and taps , but NPT not NPS . I also own a small lathe but my drive gears are for several threads , not this . Tooling up ( even for an idiot like me ) for two parts seems silly.
I’ll see if these folks in Etobicoke will entertain my job .
Thanks all !
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@nobbie , changing the female part , set into a boat deck non starter . I own pipe dies and taps , but NPT not NPS . I also own a small lathe but my drive gears are for several threads , not this . Tooling up ( even for an idiot like me ) for two parts seems silly.
I’ll see if these folks in Etobicoke will entertain my job .
Thanks all !
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How often do you need to use this thing? A rubber stopper jammed in the hole with a hose through it may get the job done. Doing that at the YC may require you to put a bag over your head.
Mad Mike
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The next few weeks are up north work for me. Last week I ripped out a popcorn ceiling, carpet, and crown moulding from a 24x28 great room.
Had to finish corners that were unfinished under crown, scrape popcorn - skim coat & sand ceiling, then laid hardwood. Added a 6’ half wall to replace pickets on a start case, painted ceiling and walls. Finishing trim around 4 windows and baseboards today.
Got a new Milli 12” Fuel chop saw as a gift for doing the work - not often a tool gives you wood.
Had to finish corners that were unfinished under crown, scrape popcorn - skim coat & sand ceiling, then laid hardwood. Added a 6’ half wall to replace pickets on a start case, painted ceiling and walls. Finishing trim around 4 windows and baseboards today.
Got a new Milli 12” Fuel chop saw as a gift for doing the work - not often a tool gives you wood.
it gets used once or twice a year , and a rubber cone fitting is whats been used so far but often it lets loose at a inopertune time. The proper fitting exists somewhere , its just so old they have been lost/stolen/loaned never to be returned .
Its like working on heavy equipement , a metric Japanese bolt wont go in your metric German machine because they needed to change thread pitch and count . Wheel bolts for wifes BMW at $19.00 ea, because somehow they are special.
Mad Mike
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Search GROCO, they make a lot of marine fittings with NPS.
Also try a fire prevention dealer, that’s a standard fitting for small fire hoses. $10 in nylon, $30 in brass.
I need a new Hot Water Tank.
What is everyone's opinion on a good brand and a place to get one.
I am thinking a Rheem unit from HD as I have previously been told that they are good bang for the buck.
Any others to consider?
I do not want a tankless and I do not want to rent again.
What is everyone's opinion on a good brand and a place to get one.
I am thinking a Rheem unit from HD as I have previously been told that they are good bang for the buck.
Any others to consider?
I do not want a tankless and I do not want to rent again.
Honestly I just called my HVAC guy and he did a great job and quick.
Unless you want to do the whole thing as a DIY you’ll still need someone to hook up the gas line.
Let me know. @Mad Mike used him recently also.
Gas or electric. If electric it's something you can easily do yourself.
GAS.
If I was buying one, I would seriously look at heat pump hot water. Lots of benefits. May not work well for every situation and upfront cost will be higher.
Electric with a drain heat exchanger is cheap to run and buy. We had to set up at our old house and it worked fantastic I haven't got around to installing the drain heat exchanger at this house.
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I like the concept of the drain heat exchanger. Our current house has multiple stacks so I couldn't use one HE for all showers. They are also crazy expensive. I don't know if the payback is there. Maybe if you made your own from some soft copper tubing and a piece of copper pipe, the economics work better.
Haven't really considered the drain heat exchange. The stack that comes down from one of the bathroom (kids) and the one that the kitchen connects to is about 10-15 feet away from where the tank will sit.
Is there a max distance that the stack should be from the tank to make it most effective.
Also looking at the cost of the HE, its approx. $500 CAD to buy
15 ft isn't too bad at all I wouldn't think it would affect the efficiency. They are a little bit pricey but basically turned a 40 gallon hot water tank into an endless water supply for showering.
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Would this HE only be a worth while thing to do with an electric tank or even a gas one.
I am thinking of a 50-60 gallon tank.
Good product for sealing wood knots? I did some pine shelves a few years back in white and the knots are starting to show through yellowish (was primed/painted but not sealed). Figure I can put some sealer overtop and repaint those sections if that'll work.
Should save about 40-60 percent of the energy to heat the water during showers for me it meant a cheap electric water heater runs for less than the cost of gas and I could use a 500 dollar electric heater instead of 2g for a gas one after install. It should save the same on gas usage.
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