Vince Pitelka on mon 5 oct 98
>Bit of variety here - posting from a potter's partner. Poor potter hasn't
>yet got proper workshop so has filled corner of mutual bedroom with potting
>setup including particularly sexy black dustbin full of clay. Problem is
>she's mixing slip in the bath, which seems to be bringing about our steady
>disconnection from mains drainage... she assures me it just DOESN'T clog the
>pipes!
Phil -
My appologies in advance to your partner, but she better quit putting any
slip down the drain, or you definitely will encounter plumbing problems. It
slowly builds up in the traps and the horizontal runs, and will eventually
shut off the flow. If your plumbing is hooked up to a septic system, the
damage can be much more rapid and much more severe, as the clay particles
will clog the pores in the soil in the leach-field. This makes for an
extremely expensive fix.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka - vpitelka@DeKalb.net
Home 615/597-5376, work 615/597-6801, fax 615/597-6803
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
Edouard Bastarache on tue 6 oct 98
Hello Vince,
you are absolutely right.One of my friends in Quebec City had to spend
$7,000.00
in the 70s to have his sewer system redone because his students got rid of
the throwing
slip in the sinks of his private school.
Edouard Bastarache
edouardb@sorel-tracy.qc.ca
http://www.sorel-tracy.qc.ca/~edouardb/
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> De : Vince Pitelka
> A : CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
> Objet : Re: Slips down the plumbing
> Date : 5 octobre, 1998 10:41
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >Bit of variety here - posting from a potter's partner. Poor potter
hasn't
> >yet got proper workshop so has filled corner of mutual bedroom with
potting
> >setup including particularly sexy black dustbin full of clay. Problem is
> >she's mixing slip in the bath, which seems to be bringing about our
steady
> >disconnection from mains drainage... she assures me it just DOESN'T clog
the
> >pipes!
>
> Phil -
> My appologies in advance to your partner, but she better quit putting any
> slip down the drain, or you definitely will encounter plumbing problems.
It
> slowly builds up in the traps and the horizontal runs, and will
eventually
> shut off the flow. If your plumbing is hooked up to a septic system, the
> damage can be much more rapid and much more severe, as the clay particles
> will clog the pores in the soil in the leach-field. This makes for an
> extremely expensive fix.
> - Vince
>
> Vince Pitelka - vpitelka@DeKalb.net
> Home 615/597-5376, work 615/597-6801, fax 615/597-6803
> Appalachian Center for Crafts
> Tennessee Technological University
> 1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
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