"Broadback" wrote in message
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I had to cut through a cast iron pipe recently,

Wished you hadnt said that I have the job in a few days of cutting through
a cast iron soil pipe cant wait now ) may leave it till after xmas,
incidently what type of mask did you use? i have a P3 mask which is for fine
hazadous dust alos how hard was it to cut through the pipe was it like a
knife through butter or did it take some time, also I take it there were
alot of sparks, the only reason I say this is because I have to cut the pipe
in a small loft area with a very old type of rockwool and I can see the
whole lot going up in flames. And if you connected a plastic soil pipe to it
(as i want to do) where did you get he connectors

masked everything, made
a polythene tent, wore a mask, cut it with a cutting disk. Ugh, the fine
black dust got everywhere, including up my nose and in my mouth, the taste
was awful, as it was a toilet pipe I'm sure I could taste the sh1t, not
that I had ever tasted it before. Worse of all the iron in my mouth
reacted with my filling, it was like chewing silver paper.
By far my most unpleasant job what's yours?
I think if I had to do it again I'd buy a reciprocating saw, whatever the
expense.