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Cracked cast iron bathroom vent stack
Posted on 8/28/23 at 10:55 pm
Posted on 8/28/23 at 10:55 pm
Noticed wet sheet rock along the baseboard as I was about to install a new vanity. Cut open the wall and found the cracked vent stack. House is older so it’s just aged and worn down. Interior water pipes are also galvanized steel. Going to have a plumber replace the stack and the pipes with PEX. Bathroom is small, maybe 10-15 feet of pipe total.
Any idea of what I’m looking at? Can’t really do any of this on my own. Worried that the stack has to be replaced in ground and I’ll be having someone jackhammer slab to expose
It
Any idea of what I’m looking at? Can’t really do any of this on my own. Worried that the stack has to be replaced in ground and I’ll be having someone jackhammer slab to expose
It
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Posted on 8/28/23 at 11:28 pm to Geauxld Finger
Start with opening the wall where it’s leaking and asses situation. Just cut from stud to stud, watch out for electical wires when doing this. You could replace the pipe starting from the break upwards, penetrating the roof line. It’s not a ton of work but figure $2k labor & materials) or so for the venting work, add $750 labor per fixture (sink) and maybe another 7 or 8 hundo for the galvanized demo and pex runs. They’d basically either clean cut above the break and add a furnco to transition to PVC. This is all assuming there are no fixtures ties in above the break and a clean run to the attic. Lots of assumptions here and every job is different. Just ballparking per prior experience.
Now if you are removing the entire wet wall to replace the galvanized, you’ll still have galvanized tied into the pex…so that’s still a dilemma. Maybe if they ran the galvanized in attic or under house (raised) you can take out more galvanized further back up the lines to water heater.
Pex is quite easy to run with a couple online to tutorials if you want to save some money.
Also, a
Good plumber can run a camera from roofline to see if the cast iron is in good shape going into ground. If so, it’d leave alone.
Now if you are removing the entire wet wall to replace the galvanized, you’ll still have galvanized tied into the pex…so that’s still a dilemma. Maybe if they ran the galvanized in attic or under house (raised) you can take out more galvanized further back up the lines to water heater.
Pex is quite easy to run with a couple online to tutorials if you want to save some money.
Also, a
Good plumber can run a camera from roofline to see if the cast iron is in good shape going into ground. If so, it’d leave alone.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 5:53 am to Geauxld Finger
I had some plumbing work involving an upstairs toilet drain that was 4 in. cast iron that also picked up my bathroom sink and the drain for the washing machine earlier this year. In total, they cut out and removed about 15 ft. of 4 in. cast iron pipe and replaced that with PVC and the heavy rubber connectors.
I had removed the toilet and opened the necessary walls prior to the plumbers arriving so they had open access to do their work.
Total was an even $1000 by days end between time and materials. It was a licensed plumber who was in and out while his 2 helpers basically worked the job. Worked out to $250 an hour.
I had removed the toilet and opened the necessary walls prior to the plumbers arriving so they had open access to do their work.
Total was an even $1000 by days end between time and materials. It was a licensed plumber who was in and out while his 2 helpers basically worked the job. Worked out to $250 an hour.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 12:31 pm to PaBon
Wall is already opened up. Did all that.
Got my First estimate back at $3700. Got sticker shock on that one. Have two more companies coming out to price it as well.
Got my First estimate back at $3700. Got sticker shock on that one. Have two more companies coming out to price it as well.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 12:35 pm to Geauxld Finger
Yeah, the insured plumbers are not cheap. Where are you located? I might have a reference for you.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 3:04 pm to PaBon
Metairie
Posted on 8/29/23 at 3:23 pm to Geauxld Finger
Where all is it cracked? They are probably going to want to replace the entire stack which is going to determine your home layout and what not in regards to price.
Replacing with pex is pretty easy fwiw. They can run new pex from wherever it comes into your house to your fixtures, which may be what they are quoting. They just run it through the ceilings in the attic or from the crawlspace.
Replacing with pex is pretty easy fwiw. They can run new pex from wherever it comes into your house to your fixtures, which may be what they are quoting. They just run it through the ceilings in the attic or from the crawlspace.
Posted on 8/29/23 at 3:29 pm to baldona
Stack is crack a little above the ground connection. Vent through the attic looks to be fine. Almost all the water service coming into this area from slab is copper into galvanized. Kitchen sink line is copper. Can’t be sure on the rest without looking in the attic to see where lines run. But the main areas here can be replaced with pex easily and it’s not more than 20 LF total
Posted on 8/29/23 at 9:02 pm to Geauxld Finger
Give Aj ‘s a ring. Good guy. 1 (504) 255-7324
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