Here are the fittings you're most likely to need when assembling or repairing water lines: Cast iron was a common material for drain pipes in the first part of the 20th century. They're usually ...

Q: A plumber came by recently to look at a problem in our kitchen but when we showed him our garage with our 1936 overhead drainpipes he gasped at our old bell-style cast-iron pipes and said they ...

Cast-iron fittings are still static-cast ... Use cast iron for all of the drainage pipes that handle water wastes, and use plastic piping for all of the fixture vent pipes. Cast iron is also ...

American Cast ... Pipe was founded in 1905 by John J. Eagan. It is one of the world's largest manufacturers of ductile iron pipe. Other products include high-pressure steel pipes, ductile iron ...

the contractors chose Charlotte Pipe and Foundry’s cast iron pipe and fittings for the plumbing. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When the home improvement series “This Old House” tackled its first-ever New York ...

Q: Tim, I was visiting my son’s new home and someone upstairs flushed a toilet. It sounded like Niagara Falls across the ceiling and in the walls. I thought there had to be a leak. Did the ...

Q. I have a problem with the main drain pipe in my basement. It's a five-inch diameter cast iron pipe that the other drain pipes connect to. It extends from the basement ceiling to the floor.