Couldn't do this if I tried. Spot the violation...

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KentAT

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I was remodeling my lower level bathroom. This is the other side of the wall with the sink and toilet. The black pipe is the vent pipe going up through the upper level and to the roof.

The romex to the left was a circuit the last HO had installed by an electrician for a roof mounted ventilator.

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I always had a sewer odor coming from this bathroom when my powerful whole-house fan was on. I must have changed the toilet wax ring 2-3 times trying to correct it.

I found this when I removed the custom plaster ceiling in the bathroom to install a drop ceiling. Problem found! At least he missed the nail...

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I wonder what the electrician thought as the black chips were falling out of the hole he was drilling. He couldn't have looked from the bathroom ceiling, as it was solid plaster. :rolleyes:

I'm guessing it wouldn't be a violation if he didn't know this had occurred?
 
Dennis Alwon

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I'm guessing it wouldn't be a violation if he didn't know this had occurred?[/quote]

If he did know I am sure he would have bushed the holes. :smile:
 
al hildenbrand

al hildenbrand

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Priceless!!

The electrician centered the hole hole nicely.

Very workmanlike.
 
mdshunk

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It could have just as easily been me that drilled that hole. When you drill through knots, you'll often have black shavings. When a remodel is happening, you have all manner of flotsam and jetsam all over the floor. It's just an accident that could have happened to anyone. It is funny to look at, though.
 
e57

e57

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Marc, I'll actually agree with you - once.....:roll:

Who knows may have been drilled from above? Or one of them evil flexi-/versi-bits?
 
iaov

iaov

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Dennis Alwon said:
I'm guessing it wouldn't be a violation if he didn't know this had occurred?
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If he did know I am sure he would have bushed the holes. :smile:[/QUOTE] I almost hurt myself laughing when I read this Dennis!!:grin:
 
iaov

iaov

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mdshunk said:
It could have just as easily been me that drilled that hole. When you drill through knots, you'll often have black shavings. When a remodel is happening, you have all manner of flotsam and jetsam all over the floor. It's just an accident that could have happened to anyone. It is funny to look at, though.
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You're right Mark. It could happen to any of us. Its why I bought that See-Snake viewer that you told me about a few weeks ago.:smile:
 
acrwc10

acrwc10

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mdshunk said:
It could have just as easily been me that drilled that hole. When you drill through knots, you'll often have black shavings. When a remodel is happening, you have all manner of flotsam and jetsam all over the floor. It's just an accident that could have happened to anyone. It is funny to look at, though.
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You have ventured out into plumbing? Don't lick your finger when you turn the page in the UPC. :smile:
 
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wireman71

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I drilled a plumbing drain one time. But I fixed it instead of running through it. Whoever ran that romex through that pipe did it intentionally. Has hack written all over it.
 
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