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  1. Stigster

    After a long hiatus, I'm back.

    Hi Oz, I like island life, love the sea and the beaches we have, everything is nearby. There's also a heck of a lot of work available here. Lots of people in a very small place. The winter and stormy/wet weather drags on for what feels like forever it seems and that's the only thing I don't...
  2. Stigster

    After a long hiatus, I'm back.

    I'm looking at a petrol or diesel Nissan NV200 or Toyota Proace City. I like the idea of electric but I have on-street parking and nowhere easy to charge. Same goes for in Europe. I go right out in the sticks and also make some seriously long journeys and the infrastructure just isn't really...
  3. Stigster

    After a long hiatus, I'm back.

    Thanks for the welcome. I'm really enjoying it. I've taken on a few small jobs at the start of this year and I'm currently working on a bathroom for one of my old colleagues (he's a carpenter, not a plumber), a full install from scratch and it's going well. I really need a van though as I'm...
  4. Stigster

    After a long hiatus, I'm back.

    Hi folks, old and new. I'm back on the tools, back on the forums. I'm working for myself since the start of this year and just know I will be needing your help and advice sooner or later, probably sooner. This place is too good of a resource to miss out on, especially flying solo, so here I am...
  5. Stigster

    pipe freezing machine??

    I have used one of the same for several years now. Excellent bit of kit and I wouldn't be without it but as WC1 says, damn she's a heavy piece of equipment. I put mine on my fold up sack truck if I've got to take it more then a few dozen yards.
  6. Stigster

    Loading unit flow rate Vs simultaneous use flow rate

    I believe it's because they assume you will rarely if ever have all the outlets running at full blast all at the same time. A bit like how sparkies can sometimes get away with using a smaller cable for a given number of socket because they don't need to account for a 3 bar electric fire running...
  7. Stigster

    What we all working on this week ?

    I like the fact that despite his suggestion being a bit extreme, it would also have actually worked! Pour some petrol on it and set fire to it (I think those were the exact words LOL!) If it melts and reveals cable or starts arcing, electricity. If it melts, goes PFFT sprays water everywhere...
  8. Stigster

    What we all working on this week ?

    Yep, don't know what a service is? Set it on fire and see what happens. He actually basically said that. One of my favourite posts of all time that. Someone found a black pipe in their garden and didn't know what it was and he was just like "Set fire to it" 😂 Where is he though?
  9. Stigster

    What we all working on this week ?

    @Rob Foster Are you okay mate? Haven't seen you in ages. (hope this works!)
  10. Stigster

    Am I being taken for a ride?

    Shaun is absolutely correct that is your next move. You don't need to worry too much what happens next yet (easy for me to say I know) just ask for that breakdown in costs first. You don't even need to go into any detail or start making complaints yet. You are perfectly within your rights to...
  11. Stigster

    Happy Birthday, king of pipes

    Happy birthday KOP. You always give good advice. All the best to you.
  12. Stigster

    BSPP / BSPT - What am i missing!?

    With regard to precision, engineers work to the thousandth of an inch. Plumbers work to spot on. (bet you never heard that one before 🤔)
  13. Stigster

    BSPP / BSPT - What am i missing!?

    Male to female parts are only natural whatever the respective taper. We are experts in such matters. :cool:
  14. Stigster

    BSPP / BSPT - What am i missing!?

    If the nut fits the thread, we make it seal one way or another, that's the bottom line.
  15. Stigster

    Can't get rid of the smell of gas sewerage leak, under my kitchen sink.

    The bottom line is that under normal pressures encountered within waste pipes and fittings, they are essentially gas tight. If you can smell gasses they are also normally leaking water during use. You would surely notice water escapes no matter how small during your investigations. It's not...
  16. Stigster

    Pipe freeze machine - new toy!

    Well that's that particular aspect of my theory trashed! I can only think that despite being frozen in a single jacket the pipe froze in two places separated by liquid water and the ice plug was not one continuous piece. It's an unusual one that's for sure mate.
  17. Stigster

    Details on fitting a remote oil delivery pipe.

    Also, with regard to drilling through the property, I was the diamond drilling guy for the last company I worked at. I could drill a hole up to 8" in diameter through any common building material to a depth of 5 feet and could go longer with another extension piece. I regularly drilled through...
  18. Stigster

    Pipe freeze machine - new toy!

    The ice plug compressed the water up against whatever was on that nut on the pipe, had nowhere else to go and burst through the thinnest part of the pipe wall. Thinner either from bending or just manufacturing variances. Even in a beautifully made piece of pipe, one place will be the thinnest...
  19. Stigster

    Details on fitting a remote oil delivery pipe.

    I have done precisely one of these to those specs. Our regs on oil are very strict and follow OFTEC guidelines and some local ordinances that go above and beyond as the whole island is classed as a water catchment area. No galvanised steel is one reg also in the OFTEC books too, just in case...
  20. Stigster

    Could you take a look at pics and advice

    Nice install KOP! Nicely done.

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