Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

[Dannypipe]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

Black disc. Will probably be the offcut from a hole put in the tank above. For instance a 1/2 hole cut in the tank for the mains feed, I suppose could find it's way down a 22mm feed to the cylinder. More likely a 28mm feed to cylinder. Would be more than rare though, would be down right weird!!

 

[Danstace20]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

The disk is about 3 inches in diameter , I have been plumber for 6 years and this is the third time I've come across it , there is no possible way it can travel down the 22 or 28mm cold feed to the cylinder . I shown severall plumbers and they have no clue .....

 

[Danstace20]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

I took the immersion out and had to gently shake the cylinder until the disk was visible from immersion . I do have a photo but am on iPhone is there any way I can upload it ?

 

[tamz]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

Probably some bored boy in the local merchants sticking stuff in the immersion boss.

I one bought once from B&Q as the merchants didn't have the size in stock and i needed it straight away. Told the boy to dress the new cylinder while i got the old one drained and out. 20 minutes later and i'm ready but no sign of him. Went out to the garden and he was shaking the cyl upside down fishing stuff out from inside. Screwdrivers, grips, fittings, and even a tape measure. Someone planning on using it as a toolbox :smile:
I suppose this belongs in the hints and tips bit but maybe not :lol:

 

[Danstace20]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

Trying to drain a heating system but some idiot hasn't installed a drain off ? . Select a rad ( downstairs of course ) isolate both ends , disconnect the lockshield or trv from the rad tail . Bung the rad tail with tissue. Turn the valve 90 degrees so it's facing you . Push a bit of 15mm pipe with nut and olive and tighten onto valve . Connect your hose , open valve and away you go

 

[PlumbBobBob]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

instead of a bit of copper nut and olive, just use a hose tap connector clip your hose on and away you go.

 

[Cumbria Handyma]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

If your silly or unlucky enough to have to fit a bath with the taps at the back against the wall, please dont use tap conns & fibres, I might get called to fix the leaks 12 months after you've gone. Better to buy taps recessed for a plain nut & olive and a nice bit of copper tube not plastic.

A rair earth magnet, works every time.

 

[Guest123]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

Agree with the use of copper, but nothing wrong with correctly installed tap adapters with fibre washers, they've been around and lasted in installations for years. On a btw set of taps, you can buy a kit that allows removal of the taps for servicing. I don,t see the advantage of a nut and cone over a dedicated tap adaptor?

 

[Orry Clayton]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

Don't listen to anything that comes out of the mouth of Tommy Walsh, saw a programme other day with him fitting a DIY outside tap... Biggest cowboy builder ever!!

 

[zzzjim]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

Tommy Walsh, fitting a DIY outside tap... Biggest cowboy builder ever!!

Probably said due to promoting stuff , times are hard !

Don't believe adverts , ( plenty of programs have become giant ones )

 

[lewisplumber]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

Always advise your apprentice to rub everflux in to his cuts as it stops them bleeding. Oh that's right it just hurts a lot . That serves him right for breaking 3 back nuts on the bath taps!!

 

[leelister6]

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Always swap the crappy plastic backnuts for brass ones and find another excuse to batter the tea biatch!

 

[sh7295]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

when draining a hot water cylinder and want to know how much water is left get the other end of hose pipe start from top and slowly lower down side of cylinder water will rise up hose pipe and come out at same height of water in cylinder

 

[GQuigley67]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

when draining a hot water cylinder and want to know how much water is left get the other end of hose pipe start from top and slowly lower down side of cylinder water will rise up hose pipe and come out at same height of water in cylinder

or give it a rattle and judge it yourself, if its light enough to carry that's good enough for me use some speed fit caps to cap outlets to prevent spills

 

[Dannypipe]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

Or stick a hammer through the bottom and drain it into the room below. Works for me, and no complaints (as long as I'm still holding the hammer). 🙂 🙂 🙂 LOL.

 

[sh7295]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

video camera with light on your phone in the hard areas you cant get your head in

 

[REDSAW]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

next one to post a non hint or tip collects 3 point and gets deleted any way.
start your own thread.....
i'm in a mood.

thank you.

 

[lewisplumber]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

Always take your boots off when going in to the clients house. Small things make a big impact. Make sure your socks don't have holes in! Bloody apprentice !

 

[Dannypipe]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

I worked for my father for years. So I was used to pricing jobs up and dealing with clients.

Eventually I just go someone to design a logo (I'd chosen a name) and put a few ads in the paper. I had a few of my own clients allready by that point.

Business has been steadilly growing. I'm not about to become a millionaire and I don't want to get off the tools. I'd be happier if I could afford to pay someone to do the paper work and for me to stay on the tools!

Biggest attribute of mine is I can talk to the clients and build trust. Trust is everything. Imagine you letting a stranger in your house to fit a boiler or a fire. You'd want to know you could trust them.

 

[Dannypipe]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

next one to post a non hint or tip collects 3 point and gets deleted any way.
start your own thread.....
i'm in a mood.

thank you.

Fair enough!!

Hint - If your concerned a solvent weld fitting may take a while to get in the correct posistion (for example you have two akward joints to make and they have to be done in tandem) then apply much more solvent cement than you would normally do. This will buy you a bit more time but we're only talking seconds, not minutes.