Always a crap shoot, i have drilled a couple holes took a tapered punch or screw driver or my favorite a narrow wood chisel and put it in the hole and pried it out like opening a can of tuna all in one piece. Then there are the others you have to do what you did.

Why not cut out the iron tee and replace with a $30 fernco tee?

so is that a 4 sch 40 rubber ? also is the drill bit just like a regular none metal drill bit ? also is that glue?

Great video. Couldn’t really hear what toy were saying about drilling though

Like everything in life proper lubrication is essential lol

Why put PvC into an old rusty cast iron pipe.? Why not change to hold pipe to PVC?

Great video. Very intelligent way to work. Congrats

I just did this today but I just used a flath and screw driver and wiggled it out

Are fernco donuts up to code

TRY USING A TORCH

They don't even teach the kids that in school anymore

My grandpa always used cooking lard and a mini torch to heat up the lead for it to come out faster

Use a carbon toothed hole saw bit next time. It will shred right through the lead. Diablo, lennox and Spyder make good ones

There are way easier options to this idiotic video

Just Curious, Can you just heat the lead solder joint up real hot and twist the old piece out? I can do it on copper joints.

Get a torch and melt the lead out. Much quicker.

How did you remove all the leftover lead in the pipe after removing the old section?? Grind? Heat? Video was cut right at that part lol! Please let us know.

Scary this dude sounds exactly like me “weird”😧

Screw that drill, picking screwdriver,ballpeen and a big tip on acytaline torch. Philly style

Are they speaking English? Quit mumbling

It is such a tremendous kindness to help people figure out how to fix things like this! What a weight off to have the hydrant fixed and not be carrying buckets, wondering if my husband would ever have time to look at it. Did it myself and said, 'Bam!' when it worked. 😁

What kind shit is this man ???????

I'm glad I came to the comments before I watched the whole video just to get disappointed. Also, have you heard of a mission band?

Get yourself an old electric charcoal starter like what the kid put on the door knob in home alone works great only take like 5 minutes.

How is it that the cast iron is so rust free ???? Does the age of the pipe when made make a difference Sir ??

I use a hole saw slightly larger than the pipe. Takes maybe a minute and it comes right out

So it is safe to use after a flood?

What’s wrong with cutting the hub off and attaching a 4 inch rubber coupling?

I absolutely hate these donut gaskets, pain in my ass, I would rather stub the cast if the lead is still good and then use a proflex/mission band or a no hub depending on what I'm coming off with. But I've used those gaskets... And usually I find myself building a bracket or finding some other way to be able to pry it into place depending on my position.

I thought rubber gaskets are only for underground use .

As a plumber that's a wrap

Or use a hole saw and be done in 30 sec

if its held together with lead why not just heat it up with map gas torch?

finally a real plumber.

Can’t you just cut the inside but not to the threads then chisel it out using the saw saw … you should watch some New York plumbers I think it’s called hydronyc (I could be wrong that your doing similar things though I know nothing about plumbing )

That a really slappy job.👎👎👎👎

Next time get a hole saw larger than the pipe and smaller than the hub, and use the hole saw to remove the lead. It takes about 2 minutes and you will have it done...

What is the name of this rubber?????ci joint rubber? Plz reply

Use your four and three-quarter inch hole saw and cut the lead right out., you’re welcome

Love these dudes that go through the trouble to film and upload a procedure and then skip the hardest part of the procedure. Hello!!! That's the part we struggle with! LOL

Uuuu terminas el otr año

Will this help when it’s seeping water under ground

Cut that iron pipe flush to the bell and put a 4” x 5” ferncoe on that bitch. Put the 5 on the bell and attach the 4 to your pipe

Thank you. This will be helpful to me

Thank you so much. This works!!!

This is a real plumbing, ladies and gents. No shinny tools, no clean shirts - all just dirt, dust, rust, and heavy work - all in 16" of space under the house. Thank you for showing it how it is.

I do it the same way I just keep the holes a little closer than you can kind of pry it out with a screwdriver but its the only way

I usually cut a 1" section out of the pipe going into hub towards the top of the fitting and then another cut to remove half the pipe in hub. Then I take a hammer and break out the cast pipe that is remaining. Then with a flat screw driver and hammer collapse the lead ring and remove the oakum. Lead is saved to either repour or save for another job.

Save your drill bits by setting your screw gun torque to 3 to 4 steps under drill on the chuck. Lead is soft it will still drill it but if you bind the bit that will save it rather than have it snap

what size drill bit is best?