Nice work! Lenny ----- Original Message ----- From: "RJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "handyman" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:53 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Latest project
Sunday I was digging along side of the neighbors house, laying drain pipes to get the water to run away from the house. As I was moving the dirt, I started to smell natural gas. Called the gas company for a check and they couldn't detect any leaks. AS I continue to dig with a small hand shovel and found the gas line about 4 inches to the left of where I was digging, the smell got stronger. Called the gas company back. After a little discussion, they agreed to send a man back out to the site. This time his pressure gauge was showing a leak. Needless to say, the meter was shut off and a lock was installed. He said call when the line was repaired. On Monday it was off to purchase the parts to replace 75 feet of gas line, from the meter to the house. Years ago, the flexible pipe was orange in color and about 10 cents a foot. Now it is a bright lime/lemon color and 53 cents a foot. I had to remove a couple boards from the patio decking and as the neighbors were digging the holes, I began to tear the old piping apart, after hack sawing under the decking, and where it entered the house. I had the neighbors buy all new fittings from the meter and a piece of 38 inch black pipe, 100 feet of plastic 1 inch gas pipe and a couple of nipples, plus a couple of couplings. plus a bottle of the pipe dope. Instead of hearing the gas company complaining about a blind fellow doing the installation, I just told the girls to tell the gas man they installed the pipe their selves. The gas meter was turned back on and all is well. RJ ------------------------------------ Send any questions regarding list management to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To listen to the show archives go to link http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 Or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Groups Links __________ NOD32 3292 (20080723) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
