Recent Work
Real Jobs Around Barre and Central Vermont
These are photographs from John's own jobs, none of them stock. Some are not pretty. A fair number are diagnostic shots taken so the customer could see what we were looking at before anything got decided.
Pump station panel
Breakers, contactors and the alarm light. When a station stops, the panel is the first place to look.
Wet well
Floats and cables down in the basin. A float hung up on its own cord is one of the most common failures.
Discharge piping
Two pumps, their check valves and the rails they ride on.
New line in the basement
A new PVC line run along the wall, old section out.
Cleanout found
Located and uncovered. The right access point is half of doing this job well.
Dug to the lid
Sod rolled back and dug down to the lid, so the next visit starts here instead of with a shovel.
Split fitting
What came out of the ground. Damage like this is why a dig starts with finding the exact spot.
Ceiling access, commercial job
Running a cable up through a ceiling access on a commercial job in Montpelier.
The drum machine
Set up outside. Most household blockages open up on a cable like this one.
Tank open
Inlet baffle visible. Half of an indoor backup diagnosis happens out here.
Commercial restroom sink
Grit around the strainer is usually a sign of what is further down.
Cast iron under a floor
Original cast iron and copper. Cast iron scales from the inside until the opening is a fraction of what it was.
New PVC in
Couplings on, floor cavity ready to close up.
Drop ceiling opened
Access is often the hard part rather than the blockage.
Coupling replaced
Corroded section replaced in the joist bay. The kind of thing you find once a drain is open.
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