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packy (MA)
i installed a shower valve in a new tile shower for a customer 2 weeks ago. finished the trim tuesday, all appeared well.
got a call that water was dripping out of the ceiling below. yikes, what did i do.
well the homeowner is a carpenter who did all his own carpentry. the copper tubing running to the shower went thru the floor joists but was down almost 2 inches from the top. no chance for a nail to hit the tubing.. WRONG..
the carpenter ran out of 8 penny nails so he used 16 penny to nain the plywood down. BULLSEYE.. thru the tubing in 2 places. what a mess...
yeah, things were tested pryor to the floor going down but the customer turned the water off..
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hj (AZ)
I did a job once and about 2 months after they moved in water was leaking in a closet. I removed the baseboard and found a 12 penny finish nail through the copper tubing running 6" above the floor. They used 8" baseboard and nailed it to the drywall.
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Wheelchair (IL)
I hate when that happens. Glad to read that you resolved it.
Best Wishes
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packy (MA)
i actually resolved it twice.
fixed the first nail hole by cutting open the wall on an adjacent stairway. the homeowner opted for that rather than rip up the tile floor. when we turned the water back on we found the second nail hole. the wall looks like swiss cheese but the nail holes are repaired and the new tile is intact.
sometimes we have to take off our plumbers hat and put on our magicians hat.
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m & m (MD)
"...sometimes we have to take off our plumbers hat and put on our magicians hat..."
I often tell H/O's that the one tool I don't have on the truck but wish I did is a magic wand.
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Don411 (IN)
I stopped using 2" nails on baseboard molding and now use much shorter 1-1/4" nails after hitting pipes on two occasions, one cold water and one hydronic heating, both 1/2" copper. The nails from the nail gun seal up quite well as they enter the copper pipe, so it doesn't start leaking for weeks or even months, once galvanic corrosion between the steel nail and copper pipe starts to kick in.
"Gee I didn't think there was a stud there, but there must be, that nail is in there nice and tight..." LOL live and learn.
Although in my defense the heating pipe was only 1/2" from the face of the sill plate and the plumber that installed it when the house was new didn't put any of those steel nail-guard plates in.
Re-Modeling homes for 35 years.
I am NOT a licensed plumber.
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hj (AZ)
I once installed a 2" ABS vent line next to a stud. When they installed the exterior plywood, they nailed it to my pipe instead of the stud. It's amazing how many nails they can use when they have a nail gun.
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