The "other" industrial layout...

[wazzou]

Good thing you didn't have any nicely constructed laser cut or wood craftsman kits on the layout.

[Philip H]

And Chris wins the Internet for the day by hang another a$$hats name as a verb! Glad the damage wasn't too bad.

[sizemore]

I'm sorry Chris, but those rain drops are not scale at all.


The S.

Ps. Sorry about the pipe, at least it was a roof!

[Dave V]

Aw, jeez man, I'm sorry.  It does suck. I was very fortunate that my flood stayed below the layout.  It took out my DCC power supply, but that's about it.  I shudder to think what could have happened if it'd been worse.

[Baronjutter]

Only just discovered this thread, amazing compact little industrial scene!  Dry it out and keep working!

[basementcalling]

It's all done, just saving photos for a rainy day 

I went down there and kicked a can around for a while. I dunno sometimes I can't stay away and sometimes I can't even force myself to work on it.

Glad you didn't need those rainy day photos today.

[eric220]

That sucks, but it could be worse. At least it was clean water. My flood was from a fish tank.



I got lucky in that the damage was all cosmetic, at least to the layout. Many thousands of dollars worth of damage done to the room itself.

[Chris333]

Good thing you didn't have any nicely constructed laser cut or wood craftsman kits on the layout.

What about nicely never started:




And here is what the outside of the house looked like at the spot:

Figures I sealed the whole rim joist except for behind where the shower used to be.

So looks like I lost about 30-40 old mags and some thin books. Also had a detailed survey map of the Kennebec Central RR (2' gauge) I ain't gonna do the math, but it was scaled 1" = 50' and the railroad  was just over 5 miles long. But worst of all was a poster of PRR sharks passing a blast furnace in Youngstown. 


Home Depot opens in a few, off to buy pipe fittings. Gonna move all the pipes at least 6" from the wall and add insulation in-between.

[Chris333]

That sucks, but it could be worse. At least it was clean water. My flood was from a fish tank.



I got lucky in that the damage was all cosmetic, at least to the layout. Many thousands of dollars worth of damage done to the room itself.

I have a 55 gal tank right above my "big" layout 

[Chris333]

BTW anyone ever mess with CPVC piping? Why do the valves suck so bad? I can never get them to shut all the way off. When I replace them I use ball valves.

[Ian MacMillan]

Man that sucks majorly Chris. I know you will be able to bounce back from it though.

I've never seen CPVC used in household plumbing other than soil return around here, so it being used for water supply is new to me. Must be a more warmer area thing? Other than copper, most around here is now using PEX.

[Scottl]

I have not seen CPVC for pressure uses either.  If you are replacing, you might want to consider more conventional materials like copper or PEX.  Moving it from the sill will help against a freeze again too.

[Chris333]

Ah well it's all back together now with water to my kitchen sink and I can even go take a shower    Somehow I'm still in a decent mood.

Need to go oil my lathe down.

What amazes me is not how cold -13 is, but how warm +5 now feels.

[mcjaco]

^ Feel your pain.  I installed a new bathroom faucet before Christmas in our 1/2 bath on the first floor.  The angle stops were a pain to get closed, but after some aggresive discussions, I got them to close up.  That was the beginning of the end.  I unleashed the beast, and two days after Christmas I came down stairs to find a puddle of water in the hall, and it flowing out of the vanity.  It took down part of our basement ceiling as well.  I've since had all the angle stops in the house replaced, since all the faucets are in need of replacement, and I have a easier to access main shut off put in, so I can just shut it all down instead of messing with the stops.  I hate plumbing.

[Bsklarski]

We have a forced hot water system for heating. A few years ago we has some below 0 temps and one of the pipes burst on the 2nd floor that was not in an insulated area. I know the heating system was installed later on this house. Anyway, it was repaired and wrapped, but when they filled the system back up they used some type of anti freeze in the water that is in the pipes, so we have not had any issues yet with this latest deep freeze. Something to think about for those who have forced hot water for heating.