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

[PlumbBobBob]

wrap it in cling film first? lol

 

[woodytheplumber]

one just popped to me today (im sure others will have used it plenty like as its so obvious but hey) when replacing a towel rad or standered rad upstairs and you cant find a drain off without lifting a trap or 2, find a downstairs rad has modern bleed valves you can drain straight into a large flexy tub through the bleed valve nice and easy allthough this wont allways work if all rads have been dropped from above

 

[Gas]

one just popped to me today (im sure others will have used it plenty like as its so obvious but hey) when replacing a towel rad or standered rad upstairs and you cant find a drain off without lifting a trap or 2, find a downstairs rad has modern bleed valves you can drain straight into a large flexy tub through the bleed valve nice and easy allthough this wont allways work if all rads have been dropped from above

That would take all day and is not the best way to achieve what you did.

 

[kay-jay]

one just popped to me today (im sure others will have used it plenty like as its so obvious but hey) when replacing a towel rad or standered rad upstairs and you cant find a drain off without lifting a trap or 2, find a downstairs rad has modern bleed valves you can drain straight into a large flexy tub through the bleed valve nice and easy allthough this wont allways work if all rads have been dropped from above

Far better to isolate valves and remove vent plug and replace with a compression coupler with a bit of pipe on it then open valves and fill a bucket or stick hose on pipe.

 

[Bunker]

Far better to isolate valves and remove vent plug and replace with a compression coupler with a bit of pipe on it then open valves and fill a bucket or stick hose on pipe.

Isn't that pretty much what the OP is saying?

 

[kay-jay]

Isn't that pretty much what the OP is saying?

Possibly. But it reads to me as though he is trying to 'bleed' the whole upstairs which would take forever

 

[Ermintrude]

Keep some Vicks vapour rub in van. When your in a nice fragrant dwelling a small amount of Vicks under you nose will help u feel less dirty.

 

[PlumbBobBob]

Keep some Vicks vapour rub in van. When your in a nice fragrant dwelling a small amount of Vicks under you nose will help u feel less dirty.

also would be handy when you have a "nice" blocked toilet or drains

 

[Mickyplumb]

When fitting push fit to chrome, i literally do one rotation of an old, blunt pipeslice around the end of the pipe about 10mm in. The grab ring will sit in this score and the push fit fitting will never come off !

 

[Chalked]

Keep some Vicks vapour rub in van. When your in a nice fragrant dwelling a small amount of Vicks under you nose will help u feel less dirty.

Souds like a description from the Viz profanasourus!

 

[ggman]

dont put pushfit on chrome pipe.......ever

YORKSHIRE FITTING, DO CHROME PUSHFIT, VERY NICE AND NEAT
HERE THE LINK FOR A TRAINING VIDEO container

 

[Chalked]

Souds like a description from the Viz profanasourus!

Sorry I didn't see the no banter on the title.!!

back to topic

 

[sputnick]

Never trust that the apprentice has turned draincock off on a rad before filling system, check to make sure they haven't turned it fully on!

 

[oily face]

when our pipe slices get less effective at cutting copper put some flux over night it stiffens them up and they will work better

 

[Gas]

Physics doesn't even correlate to that making sense oily face, heat activated flux, acid based?

Explain if you would, thanks

 

[Kyle87]

when our pipe slices get less effective at cutting copper put some flux over night it stiffens them up and they will work better

When my pipe slice gets less effective I put a new wheel in it!!

 

[CXR100]

or just book a new one out to the next job, and give the crap ones to the apprenticce !!

 

[Phil]

As cold weather is here never leave any batteries in your van or the cold wont do them any good...even things like digital thermometer...inspection cameras..AA's etc. Also things like silicone in the really freezing nights should be brought it.

 

[swsv1]

when working in a cramped space and you can't find that screwdriver/spanner/tape you were just using, your usually sitting on it.

 

[Bunker]

If you've had a curry the night before and are carrying excess wind, take your hoover into work and boff into that. Dilutes the exhaust a treat.