Removing & Re-Building The Water System at the Abandoned Bank of Johnston

[@Kitestop]

I recognize that towel at the 8:00 mark. :) Also, seeing Sarah learning and doing plumbing work is amazing!

[@DraysWorld]

She is very good at it and fast!

[@karensmith1158]

Great job on tackling the water plumbing situation. And very educational as well. Really enjoy your videos and look forward to each new one.

[@MoviemaniaNick]

Just when you thought you were almost done. Hopefully your water company can get you the new parts quick.

[@DraysWorld]

Keeping all nine fingers crossed

[@agileanalyst214]

Great high-stakes plumbing video. I'm glad I subscribed

[@StaceNyourFace]

It's great that you have a competent water dept. there. I was really impressed that they contacted you guys when they noticed how much water you were using prior to discovering the leak. 👍

[@DraysWorld]

They’re awesome

[@toobusy63]

🙌

[@fknsl1]

The pace of this segment and the instructional quality reminds me of 1980's thru 90's "This Old House", from PBS. (the current iterations are un-watchable). Thank you!!

[@DraysWorld]

This is one of the nicest comments I have ever received. Thank you so much.

[@jorgerobertodealmeida]

Direct water distribution scheme from the street entrance. Different from Brazil. From the street entrance it goes to an elevated water tank and from there it is distributed to the house's dependencies.

[@DraysWorld]

Very interesting. I’m sure there’s a similar operation in many places around the world.

[@gfaithowens1790]

I was told that the expected life of a meter like that is 25 years but that most water departments won't/can't/don't replace them until the property owner has a valid complaint for the water leak. My city attempted to say it was my responsibility, until the inspector came out and proved it was their meter that had failed all along.

[@DraysWorld]

Fortunately, our water department is awesome. They took care of it before I had to ask.

[@TooberTuba]

If it isn't one thing it's two. You have such patience and a great attitude: both of you! Thank you for posting. Looking forward to your next vid.

[@pitsnipe5559]

Water, sewage, now get so electricity! 😊

[@DraysWorld]

I’m installing our temporary electric panel today in fact. Thanks for watching!

[@DanHottenroth]

When I was 16 I worked summers for the local water district, way back when you could that at a young age. I helped them in a couple projects to clean out ditches that the backhoes had just dug. They fixed and repaired main water lines and I was always surprised and all the algae and other gunk was inside the large main lines. They told me the chlorine in the water made it all safe. I feel for you having to replace what you just fixed, but you have a great attitude. My mom lives in a house built in 1946 and I get to do the maintenance. She told me the toilet water was starting to always leak and fill up every half hour. I had replaced the flapper a month ago and figured I would just replace the entire flush mechanism. The toilet was so old I couldn't get the tank part off the toilet because the screws had rusted together and I figured lets just get her a new toilet. I went to take the toilet off and the bolts in the concrete floor were rusted out and broke off. So my 15 minute flapper job now consisted of replace the floor bolts with sleeves going into concrete and replacing the toilet. She only has one bathroom in her house. At least I told her to use it before I started and joked that she could just use the mop bucket in the meantime. Mom does have a great sense of humor so thought that was funny. In the end she's super happy to get a new toilet and I'm happy to be able to help out. I only had a little over $100 into it, I can't imagine what it would have cost to get a plumber to do it.

[@DraysWorld]

Happened to me in the past. Never know what you’re gonna get into with plumbing or anything else really. Glad you got it all taken care of and pretty cheap. Thanks for watching!

[@alpenglow4243]

Great job! Even though you need to re-do some of it. The important thing is you have water.

[@ronbunker5778]

Nice work!

[@DraysWorld]

Thanks!

[@specialservicesequipment393]

BTW, if you cannot get the water to stop trickling when soldering or gluing, stuff some bread up into the pipe, solder or glue, then put a bucket over the end and turn the meter on to blow the bread out the end before you install a valve

[@DraysWorld]

The bread trick would work on a smaller pipe. I was right next to the meter and the pipe is big enough, I’d probably have to shove a whole loaf in there to make it stop. Thanks for the suggestion and thanks for watching!

[@CeeTee64]

Good job brother!! Great video, thank you for sharing!

[@pennycopperhatch9315]

Vardy Awesome episode!.....Learned something new about plumbing stuff!

[@DraysWorld]

Excellent!

[@buckeyeguy82]

Nice job on the pipe work! Glad to hear you have running water now & good luck with the water meter issue.

[@DraysWorld]

Thank you!

[@Risu1177]

Very nice your one step closer to having running water.

[@SchemingSkelly]

Dude I HATE doing plumbing work... I'd rather do ANYTHING home improvement related rather than plumbing. Looks like you both are doing a great job though!

[@wurly164]

Love the multiple videos

[@AllenPaulTrego]

Hello up in Johnson. I live in Aiken area found your channel I subscribed. I’m a retired carpenter superintendent. Always love shows like yours. Never know I may ride up one day to see how you’re doing. Thanks. Allen

[@DraysWorld]

Maybe we’ll cross paths one day Allen. Feel free to drop by the building and hand off some advice. . Thanks for watching!

[@AllenPaulTrego]

@@DraysWorld I’ll do that. Thanks for the invite

[@theresaguilmino8351]

Nice work!!!

[@islandnightowl]

Very much enjoy watching your videos! Guaranteed to learn something or consider other viable options! Thanks for sharing!! 😊❤

[@DraysWorld]

Thanks for watching!

[@empressvogt]

What a headache!

[@riverview9320]

"Just as simple as that..." 😅

[@specialservicesequipment393]

A better choice for pipe thread sealant is RECTOSEAL TRU-BLU. Best thread sealant, goes on thick and stiffens like bubblegum in about 20 minutes, vibration resistant.

[@DraysWorld]

Excellent. Good to know thank you for the suggestion.

[@MrKnotWright]

all you need to do is just get a male reducer from 1 1/2" down to 1" easy peasy

[@turnerdan53]

Are you going to install a pex manifold for individual shutoffs.

[@DraysWorld]

I’ll be using copper mostly. I’ll explain the system in one of the next videos. Thanks for watching!

[@Danny.._]

can you leave your 1.5" pipe going into the wall as it is and run your new 1" pipe inside it as a sleeve? you'd still have to change things on the inside, but it would save you time/effort making the new sleeve for it.

[@DraysWorld]

I will use the one and a half inch pipe for a sleeve, but unfortunately, I will have to remove all of that to assemble the new pipe. Not all is gone to waste though thanks for watching.!

[@brtaylor9503]

I would just insert a 1" inside the 1.5" Pipe

[@DraysWorld]

Not a bad idea. It’s the 90° turn going upward that is the problem so unfortunately, I’ll have to take it out, but I will likely use the one and a half inch as a sleeve.

[@Cat3rgrl]

First thing, you do you. I don't know what the price difference is. I do know that if you run a 2 inch pipe, then reduce it to 1 1/2 , it will increase the amount of water pressure that reaches your 2nd floor. I know what I would choose.

[@xray606]

Living in L.A… It’s beyond my comprehension to hear about any utility showing up in an hour.

[@DraysWorld]

They were faster than that actually. I left a message and without even returning my call, someone showed up. I said under an hour, but it was more like 30 minutes.

[@AndyKos]

Why not cover the trench on the sidewalk with a piece of plywood until you are done with your project. Just to make it safer.

[@DraysWorld]

I took your suggestion. I don’t know why I didn’t do it on day one . Thank you.

[@cbrown9555]

I love to see a man using power tools while standing in water……

[@Tmlong333]

A question for you; I only know enough about plumbing to make me a danger to society, so this isn't criticism, I really don't know the full answer... It looked like you threaded a copper male fitting into a threaded pvc fitting. On a more basic project than yours, it was suggested to me that copper male into pvc female is a vulnerable combination; a stronger choice is male pvc into female copper. That sounds like it makes sense, but I don't know the definitive answer or specific manufacturer recommendation, so if you or someone listening knows for sure, it would be good to have that clarified.

[@DraysWorld]

I’m telling you for certain, copper against PVC is no problem at all.

[@warroad]

Yawn...