Okay i NEED attention right now and mental supportv

[Dove]

Because I was just traumatized lol.

Okay so you guys have probably seen me talk about how my stupid pipes fucking freeze on a regular basis ever since the main water connect bursted.

Well they froze again. Then....a few hours ago, the toilet came back. As the washing machine and the kitchen sink.

Well....I took Squish to the toilet(she refuses to go to the bathroom alone. And I dont blame her. I have the whole back of the house tore up. It's down to old ass nasty subfloor back there. The bathroom is left alone....its the hallway. The carpet was all nasty as fuck....it had to GO. Anyway

So I take her to the bathroom and behind my shower I hear water POURING. And I KNOW it's a pipe.....so i run back into the back bedroom(no one uses it, and access to pipes is behind the wall in that closet) and water is spraying out of the wall fucking everywhere.

So I went out side to under the trailor into the well and shut off my water. Dropped my fucking phone into the well.... prayed as i stuck my fucking HAND into this dark, cold monster zone hoping i could reach my phone(i did....and I'm miraculously posting this from the phone that i dropped into that nasty well thing) and shut off my water

So was able to find the problem.

Its supposed to look like this

But that one pipe completely blew outta the bigger pipe

And water was spraying out of the one in my hand. It just blew right out.

So tonight....I sand this bitch. And tomorrow.....i solder. I have torch this thing and I've never done this before. But my friend....a bad ass old lady who redid the trailor she lives in just pep talked me and is coming over here tomorrow morning to give me proper instruction.

I guess I should tear out all that soaked carpet? It's just gonna start to stink and rot the subfloor.

 

[Levon]

The important thing when you're torch soldering (besides flux and solder) is being careful where the flame goes after it flows around your target area. I can't tell from yer pics but it's real easy to set shit on fire that ya weren't planning to heat up. I keep a piece of asbestos siding around just to slide in behind pipes I'm soldering on.

 

[Dove]

The important thing when you're torch soldering (besides flux and solder) is being careful where the flame goes after it flows around your target area. I can't tell from yer pics but it's real easy to set shit on fire that ya weren't planning to heat up. I keep a piece of asbestos siding around just to slide in behind pipes I'm soldering on.

Same thing Lessa was saying. She said shes bringing something over to prevent burning the house down.

And we will no doubt pop the wall out. It's still that shitty old 80s wood paneling.

And back in that cubby where the pipes are? Is a mystery box sitting back there. You cant see it in the picture and I couldnt get a clear pic with how dark it is. But it's like a cubby area and its surprisingly clean considering how old the place is.

That green thing is the back of the horrible tub/shower.

 

[TheHaze]

PS - Keep a bucket of water and turkey baseter close by just in case - - - - -

 

[Oerdin]

Tear everything out which is removable including soggy dry wall and wet carpets, mop up everything you can, then bring in as many large fans as you possible fit to dry everything as thoroughly as possible. Your next worry is going to be mold and that can get expensive. We went through something like this at one of our rental houses last year.

 

[Dove]

Tear everything out which is removable including soggy dry wall and wet carpets, mop up everything you can, then bring in as many large fans as you possible fly can to dry everything as thoroughly as possible. Your next worry is going to be mold and that can get expensive. We went through something like this at one of our rental houses last year.

The pipe is fixed. It was a fast fix. And now I know how to solder!

Okay so I'm currently ripping the carpet out. Just taking a break because there is so much wet crap. I stuffed a bunch of insulation behind that wall to protect the pipe. It has a lot of exposer to the cold outside.

We are definately replacing the subfloor and walls back there this spring. So if mold does start growing .....which I hope not and I'm getting it dried as fast as possible....I'm tearing it all out anyway.