tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796029456208178476.post7916853774749762148..comments2023-08-20T02:23:33.962-07:00Comments on Shaker Heights <strike>Restoration</strike>: Should this worry me?Christopher Busta-Peckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15428701548572867797noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796029456208178476.post-72624669494701140642008-12-23T13:33:00.000-08:002008-12-23T13:33:00.000-08:00If you can reach up there I'd screw and glue a pie...If you can reach up there I'd screw and glue a piece of 1/2" thick plywood to the sides of the cracked joist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796029456208178476.post-79275762152529648692008-12-23T11:08:00.000-08:002008-12-23T11:08:00.000-08:00Mary Beth, that's comforting to hear. I think I've...Mary Beth, that's comforting to hear. I think I've spent too much time reading another Tudor Revival house blog where every single light fixture involved a notched joist.... <BR/><BR/>I like the idea of trying to touch the pipe. I can't reach far enough to do so, alas. If only there was a tool for plumbing like those for electrical wires, to tell if they are currently live without actually touching them.Christopher Busta-Peckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428701548572867797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796029456208178476.post-87015937635094688832008-12-23T10:54:00.000-08:002008-12-23T10:54:00.000-08:00Ok, this is a little bizarre, but you might be abl...Ok, this is a little bizarre, but you might be able to figure out if there is water that actually runs through those pipes by turning on faucets and then touching the pipes. (Hot water is easiest, but cold water may give a temperature drop and/or be detectable as a vibration).<BR/><BR/>I don't think the crack is anything to worry about - we have quite a few, and those beams aren't going anywhere!Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00307982865691562970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796029456208178476.post-71211786225445329362008-12-23T09:55:00.000-08:002008-12-23T09:55:00.000-08:00Jenny, we too have some pipes in the basement that...Jenny, we too have some pipes in the basement that go nowhere - but they're interesting looking and go through the basement floor, so I don't have any real inclination to tear them out. <BR/><BR/>There's a full (or 3/4, depending on how you want to call it) bathroom up there already, in a much more logical place (one that coincides handlily with the plumbing stack), so I don't think that that is is. I'm slightly more inclined to think that it had something to do with the hot water return tank, a concept I do not fully grasp.Christopher Busta-Peckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428701548572867797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6796029456208178476.post-62735646289184614752008-12-23T09:44:00.000-08:002008-12-23T09:44:00.000-08:00We have pipes in our basement that go no where, ol...We have pipes in our basement that go no where, old heating oil pipes I guess for whatever the original boiler ran off of (our inspector said) is it possible they were going to run water up there and never finished it? What else runs in copper pipes? Always fun to have a little mystery!Lotta Dahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10110429900653881113noreply@blogger.com