Replacing a section of cast iron pipe is easier than you think. Step 1: Cast-iron pipe is very heavy. Before cutting out a section of pipe, secure the plumbing stack or run in place. Wrap rebar tie ...

Q: A plumber came by recently to look at a problem in our kitchen but when we showed him our garage with our 1936 overhead drainpipes he gasped at our old bell-style cast-iron pipes and said they were ...

Q. What’s the best way to repair and maintain the cast-iron pipes in my 134-year-old house? We have had multiple waste water pipe leaks and are dealing with one now. Most of the plumbers we have ...

Classic truck restoration often means fixing old parts. Keeping the vehicle original or doing an actual "matching numbers" kind of buildup, there are times when you must restore an existing casting or ...

You may not have noticed, but we've had a war of words going on over the issue of imported Chinese cast iron soil pipe. In our May issue, we ran a letter from an importer of Chinese cast iron pipe ...

When Darryle Brown woke up in the dark hours of an early December morning, he heard an explosion. Suddenly, Brown was on fire and trapped underneath an eight-inch-thick concrete slab – the floor of ...