tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post3370455939694678655..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: It's Funny, But 'Increasingly Gargantuan Tranches' Is the Name of My Ellery Bop Tribute Band. But I DigressSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-4021385989408159192016-03-18T18:38:46.575-04:002016-03-18T18:38:46.575-04:00I call them music boxes and enjoy the looks I get....I call them music boxes and enjoy the looks I get. <br />The plumbers I used to work with called Ferncoes "no-hub couplings". And then I moved back here and the milking system guys call them Ferncoes and I learned something new.timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-46816438688956091242016-03-16T17:04:00.509-04:002016-03-16T17:04:00.509-04:00Well, I'll be darned! Some years ago, a scant...Well, I'll be darned! Some years ago, a scant hour or so before My-Better-Two-Thirds and I were due to leave for the airport for a trip, she discovered that there was an odiferous drip coming from the copper waste pipe that ran from the hallway half-bath, through the crawlspace underneath, and into the sewer pipe. Or, rather, she discovered something odiferous and tasked me with narrowing down the origin.<br /><br />Lickety-split I discovered a flexible black coupling at the nearby Channel, or was it Rickles - impossible to recall for sure as it was some years ago - . I hacksawed a bit out of that copper pipe, installed that coupling, and that fixed it right up in time to make our flight. I figured if we were lucky it would last until we returned from our trip. Its still there working like a charm. <br /><br />Never knew it was a Fernco until now. Live and learn.<br />Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09245646229814895145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-87594045276896930282016-03-15T12:18:39.543-04:002016-03-15T12:18:39.543-04:00According to Amazon the people who buy the devils ...According to Amazon the people who buy the devils in the cows also perform their own home dentistry. <br /><br />Love your writing. <br />Steve in KYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-6335758771265064292016-03-15T11:19:28.885-04:002016-03-15T11:19:28.885-04:00It was a great day for me some years ago when the ...It was a great day for me some years ago when the local plumbing inspector told me that Ferncos had become legal for concealed installation, including burial. iOpenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059950887197561123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-44588397202504465072016-03-15T10:40:42.145-04:002016-03-15T10:40:42.145-04:00There is a house in the southwest desert whose sep...There is a house in the southwest desert whose septic tank shares the ridgetop but whose leach field is in a mud flat sixty feet below. I wish to hastily state that I did not build this house or this system.<br /><br />But last Spring I hung from a rope to repair a break in the exposed 4" PVC pipe that connected the two, over a near-vertical cliff - with a Fernco. Though before this morning I just called it a flexible coupling. All hail Fernco.Joelhttp://joelsgulch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-72013131170992002732016-03-15T07:00:23.553-04:002016-03-15T07:00:23.553-04:00Moved into a new to us house, and not terribly lon...Moved into a new to us house, and not terribly long afterwards had to cut the lead pipe shower drain to remove a Shetland pony sized hair ball. Fixed the cut with this rubber and hose clamp thingie and figured it would hold up for a while. So far still good after thirty years.<br /><br />And when you are cutting cast iron pipe to remove a section to use the snake, make slightly angled cuts so the piece comes out and goes in easily. (like a keystone)John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-83739619648997344312016-03-14T22:35:49.614-04:002016-03-14T22:35:49.614-04:00Okay, now I'm noticing Ferncos all over my hou...Okay, now I'm noticing Ferncos all over my house.Jonathan Cooknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-51919615516992831582016-03-14T21:03:04.156-04:002016-03-14T21:03:04.156-04:00Funny about building your house on sand. Its actua...Funny about building your house on sand. Its actually a good idea to build the slab on sand/gravel instead of clay or rock as those move and will tear your house up while sand/gravel allows the house to stay put as the earth moves under itpkerothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00127397953188340327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-69040150759917590012016-03-14T19:12:40.429-04:002016-03-14T19:12:40.429-04:00Yup,no doubt a very funny man.Yup,no doubt a very funny man.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-83409972841669056372016-03-14T19:10:34.424-04:002016-03-14T19:10:34.424-04:00Will they work on wooden pipes?
ba-da bing!
Will they work on wooden pipes? <br /><br />ba-da bing! <br /><br />Casey Klahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020906666248399435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-50723211234386395942016-03-14T18:58:12.401-04:002016-03-14T18:58:12.401-04:00This is probably a weird thing to say, but judging...This is probably a weird thing to say, but judging by their site they make beautiful stuff. Some of those couplings are as sleek and appealing as any smartphone, and far more functional.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-35333199245082921172016-03-14T16:05:44.879-04:002016-03-14T16:05:44.879-04:00Alack and alas, everything is in or under the slab...Alack and alas, everything is in or under the slab. In Matthew 7:26 it says, "But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand." Of course, if no one built his house upon the sand then no one would build a house here. So I suppose Ferncos wouldn't be needed much here. Maybe in a multi-storey commercial building?<br /><br />But we do have PVC sewer drains, which are generally pretty slippery, and we can often blow the clogs right out into the septic tank. Generally. I'm really glad that things are draining and the pipe is making a comforting, soothing sound. Maybe UH can give us tribute band song in honor of the drainage. With graphics (or not...)Larry Geigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13158449612437822789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-21976410231777356652016-03-14T15:38:03.082-04:002016-03-14T15:38:03.082-04:00YES! Spread the word. FERNCO!
And for pressure ...YES! Spread the word. FERNCO!<br /><br />And for pressure side, COMPRESSION COUPLINGS!JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02448124833598565813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-56889747770326457142016-03-14T15:19:42.910-04:002016-03-14T15:19:42.910-04:00Njal's Sewer SagaNjal's Sewer SagaLesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284936021406079076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-77185861479713441942016-03-14T15:05:37.945-04:002016-03-14T15:05:37.945-04:00I'm glad this Icelandic saga is headed for a h...I'm glad this Icelandic saga is headed for a happy ending for the Sippican ends.... for awhile I was afraid something really shitty was going to happen at the end.vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-39189375661089973792016-03-14T14:38:12.764-04:002016-03-14T14:38:12.764-04:00I decided to click on your link-thingie and check ...I decided to click on your link-thingie and check out the Fernco site, and there's a link to "Hot Products". What is the first one listed? Well, a "urinal seal" of course.<br /><br />The jokes practically write themselves. But I'm fairly certain I saw Urinal Seal open for Increasingly Gargantuan Tranches back in the '70s.benjaminthomasnoreply@blogger.com