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Danascot

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4. It's probably cast iron
Wed Dec 13, 2017, 05:30 PM
Dec 2017

and the usual way of removing them is, as you surmised, to break it up with a sledgehammer and take it out in pieces. Wear protection, especially eyewear because the chips of porcelain that will fly off are like glass.

If there is a route out, you might be able to hire a few large strong people to remove it but it would probably cost more than you want to spend.

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