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Well , I won’t be doing anything with guitars for awhile.
Last night I went into the Laundry room to put some dirty clothes in the hamper………water everywhere….coming up from a a broken supply pipe. flowing under wall into guest bath.
In Florida in the 80s ,when our house was built, they ran copper pipes under the slab. The hard water, lightning strikes and time cause the pipes to fail. Epic repair or Re-pipe only options.
Plumber here sometime this A.M……Lots of $$$$$ ……S**t
1993 Martin HD-28 IR/Sitka
2001 SCGC F Cutaway Maple/German
2008 SCGC OT Madi/Italian
2015 SCGC OM “The Tree” Hog/ European
2016 SCGC 1934 D45 Braz/ Adi
2016 Taylor K62 CE Limited Edition 12 string all Koa
2019 SCGC FTC Granadillo/Redwood
Life is a journey…not a guided tour,
The Bay,The Gulf Stream , The Open Ocean are particular about who they share their secrets with. -
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Sounds like you need to order a couple rolls of PEX and spend some time watching YouTube!
’course, if you do decide to hire a pro, and need to sell that nice mahog OM – just sayin’ –
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Lots o’ SCGC guitars! But never ask which is my fav
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I love Det cord , but a bit of over kill. I’ve elected to go for the re-pipe. I had to laugh when he told me there was a 25 year guarantee on parts….. I’m 74.
No Tad, the Ramuda is paid for and I came too close to breaking the Karmic structure with the F travels.
My Gas is complete with the addition of the FTC…… I am a HAPPY Guitar playing old fart.
1993 Martin HD-28 IR/Sitka
2001 SCGC F Cutaway Maple/German
2008 SCGC OT Madi/Italian
2015 SCGC OM “The Tree” Hog/ European
2016 SCGC 1934 D45 Braz/ Adi
2016 Taylor K62 CE Limited Edition 12 string all Koa
2019 SCGC FTC Granadillo/Redwood
Life is a journey…not a guided tour,
The Bay,The Gulf Stream , The Open Ocean are particular about who they share their secrets with.
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That’s a bummer Hank. Sorry to hear this. Is there anyway you can tap into the supply where it enters the house and keep all the new piping distribution (PEX as suggested by Tad) above the slab inside the house by building raceways against walls with an innovated baseboard trim arrangement? I did this on my last home I built when the copper failed after 30 years. Good luck.
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Paul,
Thanks so much for your thoughts.
Florida Hurricane codes are real strict about re-pipes. I’ll follow the requirements and live with them . I think our state has learned from many years of history and I have lived here for over 1/2 my life. We now will run PEX with copper connections through the attic and down the walls . ALL New valves , and ALL new connections to appliances.
About 10 Grand….but I do receive a discount on my Homeowners Ins. for the next 10 years.
I do have to say that their is a lot of common sense in this state… only because their was so much fraud here years ago.
AND…. the Governor is a guitar player…. a Taylor… but still a picker.
1993 Martin HD-28 IR/Sitka
2001 SCGC F Cutaway Maple/German
2008 SCGC OT Madi/Italian
2015 SCGC OM “The Tree” Hog/ European
2016 SCGC 1934 D45 Braz/ Adi
2016 Taylor K62 CE Limited Edition 12 string all Koa
2019 SCGC FTC Granadillo/Redwood
Life is a journey…not a guided tour,
The Bay,The Gulf Stream , The Open Ocean are particular about who they share their secrets with. -
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I remember selling my 1999 SCGC OM to pay for engine rebuild in my truck, FireFly for my son’s tuition,, John Kinnaird L00 to put a new floor in my bathroom, and the Franklin OM 28 to pay the IRS. I have a guitar for sale. The prospective buyer pulled out because his refrigerator died.
There’s always something.
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So sorry this happened. Is the new repipe going to be above ground, at least?
in 2009 I was headed for a new SCGC but a tweaker in a Mitsubishi decided my car needed a trunk-shortening, and that guitar got put off to 2012.
Always something.
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