Home Improvement Today?

He just had to OK the laminating screws , wasn't too major

 

Thumbs up for posting this.
May I suggest you a vent cover ?
Just tell people it's for circulation.

 

I agree. Vent cover.
Also, hollow core doors are really cheap, so easy fix later on if you want to.

 

Still nobody knows how to keep a whirlibird roof vent from leaking? I bought the most expensive ones.


On a another note ,I used my chlorinated water from shocking cistern and all piping,to clean all decks,porches and the house. Looks amazing. Should've got a before pic. Looked like someone spilled tar on deck.

 

Is the water coming in thru the vent or around it? Link to vent?

 

Is it a consistent problem? You mentioned you had a crazy amount of rain when you noticed the leaking. In crazy storms like that you could get some water in from wind driven rain created by the microbursts and downdrafts. Otherwise as long as it's installed correctly, they are pretty water resistant. I've had them on all the houses I've lived in with no problems.

 

That's what I've read. Had them for 2 years now better than turtle static vents here in central Texas. It was a turd floater. I thought about hanging the old turtle vents upside down in attic under the vents. Whatever it catches will evaporate.

 

http://www.lomanco.com/vents/whirlybirds

 

I don't usually hang out in here, but I'm in need of some assistance I think you guys could really help.

I'm just a lowly DIYer redoing my roof with asphalt shingles, moderate slope, nothing out of the ordinary. After stripping it I found a bit of a puzzle. My vent stack is 3" cast iron pipe with the hub sticking out just above the roof line, and it previously had a 3" ABS pipe joined to that hub.

The problem is that the last genius placed the ABS in the cast iron hub, duct taped around it, and called it a day. I'm fairly certain that's not "best practice" and I'd like to do it properly, but I can't find a good way to connect the ABS to the cast iron hub. I've looked everywhere for one of the compression fittings in the pic below, but I can't seem to find one. Any other ideas? I'm kind of in a hurry as there's some rain the forecast...

 

Plumbing supply house or epoxy sticks

 

DIY-er or not, should hang out here more often. Can't help with your problem but we like seeing all projects, not just OZ's masterpieces

 

Don't overthink it lol it's just a vent
I would cut the cast off in the attic then shove a piece of pvc thru the roof and connect them with a fernco coupling in the attic. That way you can get a flashing boot on the pvc where it comes thru the roof

U might could use the existing union and some hydraulic cement to hold the pvc in there but I'm not sure how you'd flash that beast and it would look bad lol

 

Yea if rain was coming I'd put it back and epoxy the spigot. It'd fit under a decktite.
But if he has enough time then yea cut it off .

 

Make sure that boot isn't inverted either. Builders left one inverted (thinking they shoved exhaust pipe up too far and yanked it back down) and we ended up having a leak. Fortunately the first few rainstorms I went up in the attic just for my piece of mind and caught it.

 

Thanks for the help guys. I couldn't even find a 3" fernco fitting locally (small town problems), but they're easy to source online. Might just order one and cut the cast iron in the attic as suggested. I wrapped that side of the roof in poly in case it rains tonight (40-60% chance depending on which forecast you read), then it's supposed to be sunny again for a few days so I can probably wait for pieces in the mail.

I thought about using some sort of adhesive/epoxy to stick the ABS in the hub, but I don't think the flashing available locally is tall enough to clear it anyway. I'd be trying to source a flashing online and/or doing something really ugly.

Preferred method of cutting the iron pipe in a tight space?

 

You'll have to use a grinder. Don't fall for the sawzall blades that say they cut ci. It's a ripoff. Glad to hear you can wait out the rain and fix it right.

 

Home improvement? I guess. But more like wallet devastation

Sure hope I can get another couple of years out of the other unit (one on the right).

 

@TheNatural check your local tool rental place for a chain pipe cutter. It's well worth the money... http://www.homedepot.com/tool-truck-rental/mobile/Ratchet-Soil-Pipe-Cutter-6/69982/

 

Even plumbing supply houses rent them.
Get a ratchet chain cutter.