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

[tamz]

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

Like keep out the bookies and there is no such thing as a certainty :wink:

 

[b.lynch plum]

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Don't eat yellow snow!
5p and washer in a nut makes a 15 cap end

 

[Orry Clayton]

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Don't eat yellow snow!
5p and washer in a nut makes a 15 cap end

Try that one on a gas pipe?

 

[b.lynch plum]

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Wot eating yellow snow lol

 

[Wotevaz]

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why what happened lol

 

[WHPES]

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Might have been mentioned before but different makes have slightly different size of 22mm overflow pipe. If you find your pipe won't go into a fitting, warm it up slightly with your torch and push it in. Likewise if you find it a bit slack for the fitting, warm it up and stretch it over a 22mm bending spring.

 

[REDSAW]

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buy a land rover for the snow

 

[erpkid]

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buy a land rover for the snow

Don't buy a Caddy Maxi !

 

[Whn1]

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Here's one, Been doing it for years.
Stupid sized chrome waste pipe, wrap insulation tape around the end until you build. It upto 1"1/4 and then you can solvent weld it. Saves messing about with mcalpine fittings in walls etc.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

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every one plumber should have a land rover to be able to go out when all others can not

i know it has been said before but just found out my self ,so

 

[kay-jay]

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every one plumber should have a land rover to be able to go out when all others can not

i know it has been said before but just found out my self ,so

I think bod has a landrover 🙂

 

[SafeGasInstall]

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Does he ??? Pmsl

 

[Dannypipe]

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Here's one, Been doing it for years.
Stupid sized chrome waste pipe, wrap insulation tape around the end until you build. It upto 1"1/4 and then you can solvent weld it. Saves messing about with mcalpine fittings in walls etc.

This is a new one to me.....so what you're saying is the insulation tape will melt with the solvent glue and you get a decent watertight joint with it? How on earth this you discover this? Does it really work, I take it you've had no problems with it?

This may come in handy, and I'm gonna have to try it myself.

 

[Terry_the_piper]

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Always ptfe your olives.

 

[Mike Jackson]

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Not necessary. There's been loads of discussions about it on here, have a search.

 

[Best]

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Always ptfe your olives.

Better to paste the olives every time IMO. Fine sealant & no leaks, even very slight microscopic weeps. Some say you shouldn't, some say you should....

 

[GasMark1]

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dont use boss white etc when installing an Ultracom cxi.... it jams the pump very easily

 

[kay-jay]

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dont use boss white etc when installing an Ultracom cxi.... it jams the pump very easily

bitter experience?

 

[Whn1]

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This is a new one to me.....so what you're saying is the insulation tape will melt with the solvent glue and you get a decent watertight joint with it? How on earth this you discover this? Does it really work, I take it you've had no problems with it?

This may come in handy, and I'm gonna have to try it myself.

Hats exactly how it works, Done hundreds, never had a problem, not once, ever.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

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always flip up the float valve when filling up CWST or F&E , just to make sure that it does not get stuck in open position and also always check that OVER FLOW pipe !!!!

have removed few tanks with loose overflow pipes