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Weird situation solved
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| Mike Grooms 2005-11-04, 11:21 am |
| OK Guys,
The apartment was finally rented out, so I had to solve the "hot through
the cold" dilemma and this is what I found once I took apart the ceiling in
the apartment below.
The previous owner decided to hook up the lower apartment's hot water to
the beauty shop's system (he did this when he remodeled things). When he
did this, he decided to try to hook up the now unused water heater, which
was marked for that lower apartment, into the upper apartment's hot water.
He did this, I assume, to give extra capacity to the upper apartment's hot
water. Now, knowing this, you all can guess what he actually did. The moron
tied the hot from the lower into the cold of the upper.
The reason I was confused was that this was in the ceiling which was
concealed till a few days ago. I knew something was stupidly wrong, but the
mis-marked WH threw me for a loop. For you philosophy/plumbers out there,
these things always prove Ockham's Razor.
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| Red Jacket The Laughing Indian ! 2005-11-04, 11:21 am |
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"Mike Grooms" <ironmike@fuse.net> wrote in message
news:430fc$436b74bf$42a1a631$28862@FUSE.NET...
> OK Guys,
>
> The apartment was finally rented out, so I had to solve the "hot
through
> the cold" dilemma and this is what I found once I took apart the ceiling
in
> the apartment below.
>
> The previous owner decided to hook up the lower apartment's hot water
to
> the beauty shop's system (he did this when he remodeled things). When he
> did this, he decided to try to hook up the now unused water heater, which
> was marked for that lower apartment, into the upper apartment's hot water.
> He did this, I assume, to give extra capacity to the upper apartment's hot
> water. Now, knowing this, you all can guess what he actually did. The
moron
> tied the hot from the lower into the cold of the upper.
>
> The reason I was confused was that this was in the ceiling which was
> concealed till a few days ago. I knew something was stupidly wrong, but
the
> mis-marked WH threw me for a loop. For you philosophy/plumbers out there,
> these things always prove Ockham's Razor.
>
>
I dunno about philosophy, but my Dad would just say you fucked up, fix it.
Cross connections nailed us all a few times.
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| Ned Flanders 2005-11-04, 10:21 pm |
| homeowner strikes agian.
So in the long run once agian this proved to be the most expensive way to do
your plumbing.
"Mike Grooms" <ironmike@fuse.net> wrote in message
news:430fc$436b74bf$42a1a631$28862@FUSE.NET...
> OK Guys,
>
> The apartment was finally rented out, so I had to solve the "hot through
> the cold" dilemma and this is what I found once I took apart the ceiling
> in
> the apartment below.
>
> The previous owner decided to hook up the lower apartment's hot water to
> the beauty shop's system (he did this when he remodeled things). When he
> did this, he decided to try to hook up the now unused water heater, which
> was marked for that lower apartment, into the upper apartment's hot water.
> He did this, I assume, to give extra capacity to the upper apartment's hot
> water. Now, knowing this, you all can guess what he actually did. The
> moron
> tied the hot from the lower into the cold of the upper.
>
> The reason I was confused was that this was in the ceiling which was
> concealed till a few days ago. I knew something was stupidly wrong, but
> the
> mis-marked WH threw me for a loop. For you philosophy/plumbers out there,
> these things always prove Ockham's Razor.
>
>
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| Red Jacket The Laughing Indian ! 2005-11-07, 11:21 am |
| I think he is a dirty terrorist. He likes some guy named Okmid !
"Ned Flanders" <mrstinky@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> homeowner strikes agian.
> So in the long run once agian this proved to be the most expensive way to
do
> your plumbing.
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> "Mike Grooms" <ironmike@fuse.net> wrote in message
> news:430fc$436b74bf$42a1a631$28862@FUSE.NET...
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