I like to think the "bones" of ProjectHillside are the pipes .. They seem to be at the end of their lives, old brittle "bones". You can't have too much pressure go through them, you can't knock them too hard by accident, or you'll break something. All the pipes in kitchen are replaced, the pipes in the bathroom were previously replaced, and we did a lot of work downstairs. However, a the large sewage pipe had about 12 feet of old cast iron pipe, the rest being PVC that was previously replaced. Every bit of water/sewage would exit this pipe and the age of it was at least 60 years. We also had two flexible tubing iron pipes in the basement. Once the new pipes were hooked up for the upstairs sink and dishwasher, we went ahead and had the large 12 foot section replaced with PVC. The water was turned back on and later in the night I hit the upstairs shower. I forgot to get the air out of the pipes, since the water was cut off. It shuttered a little bit and water flowed out. The following morning, we had 2 leaks in the basement from the old flexible hot/cold water pipes in the basement that weren't replaced. Needless to say, 5 foot sections were replaced with new copper. Nearly everything is replaced now and our old bones are fresh and new, ready to serve 80 years like the others.
