Dan, There is something I don't understand here. The water pipe goes under the beam now doesn't it?
What changes besides raising it tighter under the joists to continue it's way to feed the rest of the building? ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Rossi To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] perforating an I beam. Well, the whole idea of perforating the i beam is now moot. I did some more detailed groping of the i beam. Remember, I often go off on mental paths without fully investigating reality first. I know some of you won't understand, or possibly believe my explanation here. Well, it turns out that the front side of the i beam is essentially inaccessible. The cement slab of my porch floor, sits on the front side flange of the i beam. Actually, imagine the slab of the porch floor to look something like a box lid. It is a few inches thick although around the edges it is a couple of inches thicker than that. The edge of this box lid affair sits in the gap between the flanges of the i beam. In order to perforate the web of the i beam, I would have to go through several inches of concrete first, then the steel of the i beam. Screw that! I guess I will go under and around. Not sure if I will use pex or reuse the Copper that is there, but try out Shark Bight or ProPress fittings. I am not sure I want to try sweating pipes yet. I may put a dirt leg in at the bottom of the U that goes under the i beam, with a drain in it so I can bleed water out if I believe the U is getting clogged with debris. Again, my fantasy world may differ vastly from reality, so this project may never happen. Although, I am putting in some real hard hours in my head. *GRIN* -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [email protected] Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
