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TMC_61 t1_ixww8vj wrote

Reply to comment by dravik in TIL In 1930, to make way for a new building, the Indiana Bell Building, weighing 11,000 tons, was moved 16 meters and rotated 90°. The work took a month to finish and did not disrupt the building's essential services, nor its gas, water, and electricity supply. No one inside felt the building move. by LPercepts

Pex

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Salt_MasterX t1_ixxofmx wrote

Nah, you don’t do gas in pex, it’s always steel

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cain071546 t1_ixxs9es wrote

Yep, I lived in a house that had a 1911 furnace that had been converted from coal to sawdust to gas, it was plumbed with steel pipes that were only for "structural tubing" use, they weren't even legal for plumbing/water much less gas!

The look on the face of the HVAC guy who installed the new gas/electric furnace in ~2009 was hilarious, he was like "I have never seen this kind of pipe, it's not legally rated for water or gas...."

I loved that old house, lathe and plaster walls with knob and tube wiring, no grounds, The oven was from the 1950's and if you touched certain parts it would shock you.

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Complete_Entry t1_ixytqzw wrote

Holy shit, my grandma's stove would always shock me and everyone called me a liar!

Thank you for vindicating me... 30 years after the house was demolished.

The replacement house was very nice, and the new stove never shocked me.

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machoo02 t1_ixyr48e wrote

PEX wasn't in use in the US until the 1980s

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