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To: Think4Yourself who wrote (48641)	2/17/2006 10:42:31 AM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

I have a client who hired both an electrician and a plumber to fix up a rental. The electrician came in first and when he rewired the house he re-attached the ground to the galvanized cold water supply. This is against the local code but a lot of older houses are grounded exactly this way because otherwise the guy has to drive a metal pole down into the ground beneath. Then along comes the plumber to switch out the aging pipes with PVC. The plumber very carefully replaces the electrical ground wires to the new plastic pipes. The tenant moves in and within a day loses every single electronic device in the house. It was a classic case of dumb and dumber.

To: Think4Yourself who wrote (48641)	2/17/2006 5:30:12 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 306849

I do all my own electrical, plumbing, roofing, glazing, tilework and carpentry. I'm not bonded at anything! <g> You're behind the curve in plumbing. No one uses copper anymore - it's all PEX plastic now, which is ridiculously easy to work with - check it out at at your local Home Depot, and you'll have sweated your last joint. The only downside is the special compression pliers for the different sized pipe bands are pretty expensive. It's kind of a shame really, I'd gotten very professional at sweating copper joints. The problems with the old PEX have been solved, and they tell me it won't start leaking in 10 years..