Message from @John O -

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2017-12-04 19:44:56 UTC  

You'll work a few days then have class time a few days. @Deleted User can tell you all about it

2017-12-04 19:46:27 UTC  

I'm still in the process of getting started/accepted, but yeah. I was told class every Wednesday and the first (?) Saturday of every month.

2017-12-04 19:46:49 UTC  

Other than that, you're working 40 hour weeks and most likely overtime!

2017-12-04 19:47:58 UTC  

I think they start you off at $14 an hour and you get a 25% raise every year, as an apprentice. Might depend on the company that you get set up with.

2017-12-04 19:48:33 UTC  

@Deleted User thanks for the information bro. Good luck on your journey.

2017-12-04 19:48:44 UTC  

@wolfwood you too

2017-12-04 19:48:58 UTC  

Local 369 in Louisville they have a five-year apprenticeship program. You will work steady for 5 years with no layoffs and less work is super slow and at the end of your 5th Year you will turn out as a journeyman and go sign the book. These guys usually work through the day and we'll go to school one or two evenings a week

2017-12-04 19:49:49 UTC  

@Deleted User is that separate from IBEW?

2017-12-04 19:50:10 UTC  

Naw.

2017-12-04 19:50:51 UTC  

No it is IBEW Local 369. The local chapter here in Louisville. I was in for a while although I did my apprenticeship through the independent contractors here in town. But the union does have a five-year apprenticeship program

2017-12-04 19:51:34 UTC  

Word, I didn't go through the union. Self made man. Haha

2017-12-04 19:52:18 UTC  

I've always worked for guys 20-30 years older

2017-12-04 20:47:03 UTC  

@wolfwood What state?

2017-12-04 21:07:53 UTC  

CA but hoping to move to MT

2017-12-04 21:10:21 UTC  

Does MT have a big union culture? If not might not be worth it

2017-12-04 21:12:20 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712495108128779/387350434387329034/Capture.PNG

2017-12-04 21:12:51 UTC  

Florida has a union too, but no one's in it

2017-12-04 21:22:45 UTC  

First I need to decide which one to contact 👀

2017-12-04 22:12:34 UTC  

If you're moving, go to a company and ask the guys there is they're in or not

2017-12-05 01:58:54 UTC  

Go apply for a job. If they're union they won't hire you and may bring up apprenticeship program

2017-12-05 01:59:13 UTC  

^^^

2017-12-06 22:44:21 UTC  

I'm working on doing a little remodel work for a gentleman getting ready to sell off old house. He's doing a little bit of cosmetic work in the bathrooms. Here are a few pictures showing removal of the old wax ring boating the toilet down and putting the tank back on the lower portion

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712495108128779/388098368099844096/20171205_103713.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712495108128779/388098368099844098/20171205_104907.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712495108128779/388098368704086018/20171205_110034.jpg

2017-12-06 22:45:05 UTC  

When you put the tank on you want to make sure that the gasket is in place. This toilet took a foam rubber gasket

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712495108128779/388098550887874560/20171205_110114.jpg

2017-12-06 22:45:56 UTC  

Once you put the bolts through the tank using the provided rubber washers you tighten it evenly so as not to crack the tank

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712495108128779/388098765518667776/20171205_110732.jpg

2017-12-06 22:46:09 UTC  

Hook up your supply line and turn the water on and you're ready to go

2017-12-06 22:46:29 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712495108128779/388098902861283331/20171205_111407.jpg

2017-12-06 22:47:33 UTC  

Since the house was built in the 50s the waste lines penetrate the floor in a lead elbow. They attach a brass flange to the floor and fold the lead out and over the flange. The half bath at this location had a damaged flange and had to be replaced

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712495108128779/388099174886801408/20171206_111813.jpg

2017-12-06 22:48:45 UTC  

To replace it you take a screwdriver and pair of pliers in gently pry the lead upward away from the flange until you can remove the old flange. When properly installed the lead is soldered to the flange but you can get it squared up and screw it to the floor and then fold the lid back down. This is where the wax ring will sit for the new toilet

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712495108128779/388099476172177408/20171206_113009.jpg

2017-12-06 22:49:14 UTC  

You'll notice that part of the lead has broken away. It becomes brittle over time. As long as there is enough lead to fold back against the inner throat of the flange you will be okay

2017-12-06 22:53:36 UTC  

In the full bath I am adding a pedestal sink. Since you don't have a vanity it gives you a little bit more room in a tight bathroom. Here are the water lines with a new valves attached and the drain that i will be using

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712495108128779/388100696236621824/20171205_112644.jpg

2017-12-06 22:54:36 UTC  

Do they still sell that lead boot?

2017-12-06 22:55:42 UTC  

No. The entire elbow is lead. Where this one penetrates the floor it is about 2 foot long and plugs directly into the black Iron. Nowadays they rip that out and replace it with PVC back to the black Iron. I know a carpenter friend that when he tears those out he makes musket balls out of them for his black powder rifle

2017-12-06 22:56:12 UTC  

Looks exactly like the lead boot I use for box gutters

2017-12-06 22:56:22 UTC  

Haha that's funny

2017-12-06 22:56:52 UTC  

But the gutter boot is like 18 inches or so

2017-12-06 22:57:10 UTC  

Yes I was talking to a plumber today and Home Depot about it and he said the proper way to do it this is to Solder that ring to the lead. I did not realize you could solder lead like that

2017-12-06 23:00:06 UTC  

Next you take the upper portion of the sink and put your fixtures on and installthe tailpipe for the drain

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712495108128779/388102330668679168/20171205_120337.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712495108128779/388102330668679169/20171205_120349.jpg

2017-12-06 23:00:27 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/322712495108128779/388102420665991182/20171205_121422.jpg

2017-12-06 23:01:03 UTC  

This is the pop-up or some call it the tailpipe which sticks down and will connect to your drain. You'll notice the nut that's facing you which will be where the diverter handle is installed that raises and lowers the stopper

2017-12-06 23:01:35 UTC  

Yeah, I didn't know either. I'll have to figure that out now.

2017-12-06 23:01:40 UTC  

The Chrome ring that you see in the base of the sink prior to installing it you put a bead of plumbers caulk so as to seal the bowl