Oliver didnt have a single sip of oakum.
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Not enough packing or not tamped in enough. Possibly cracked pipe.
Hello I found this answer to the question... "How much oakum is required in 6 inch cast iron pipe before lead is poured into it?" From the Cast Iron Soil Pipe Association http://www.cispi.org/handbook/chapter4.pdf http://www.cispi.org/ Hope,this helps...
Cut out the old piping and caulk a new cast iron bell and spigot with lead and oakum and test
Oakum Picking, Stone and Bone Breaking, Gardening, Sewing, Cooking...
Thomas Jefferson
1- Cast Iron cutter2- Open the No Hub coupling3- Loosen the MJ coupling4- burn out the lead and pick out the oakum joint
It seems pretty self explanatory. Brevity means brief or short, and wit means intelligence. It's kind of like Oakum's Razor. The simplest is the best.