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

[Carl86]

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

What i tend to do with solvent weld fittings (say 2 45's at a certain angle) is place them on the desired length of pipe with out glue that you join the two with then mark a line across both of them with a felt tip, or pencil.

Then glue up the pipe and fittings and twist the fittings to marry the line up on both fittings and pipe. Leave to set.

This piece can then be incorporated into the pipe work at the correct angle.

 

[tamz]

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 !

Especially the industrial dancing pumps

 

[lewisplumber]

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

Always hit your apprentice once a day, but never with the same object twice!

 

[WHPES]

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

I have found targetting properties with for sale signs outside has been very worthwhile this year. I ask the people there to leave my flier for the new people, and also I have had quite a bit of work from the people there when they move to their new houses.

One couple actually asked me to come with them when they were viewing prospective houses and give them an idea of costs for a new heating system and bathroom for a couple of places they had narrowed their choice down to. They bought the house and I got the job to do all the plumbing, and I also got the kitchen refit and joinery work for my joiner friend, the decorating for my decorator friend and all the electrics for my electrician friend all from one knock at one door.

 

[REDSAW]

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

I have found targetting properties with for sale signs outside has been very worthwhile this year. I ask the people there to leave my flier for the new people, and also I have had quite a bit of work from the people there when they move to their new houses.

One couple actually asked me to come with them when they were viewing prospective houses and give them an idea of costs for a new heating system and bathroom for a couple of places they had narrowed their choice down to. They bought the house and I got the job to do all the plumbing, and I also got the kitchen refit and joinery work for my joiner friend, the decorating for my decorator friend and all the electrics for my electrician friend all from one knock at one door.

pity you dont have an 'solicitor' friend you could have got a 1% skim of the top.lol.

 

[fuzzy]

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

top tip..... Never stop learning

 

[Cumbria Handyma]

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

Had a call out late one evening to an overflowing loft tank. Hole in ball-valve, did not have one in the motor and shops closed.

Removed ball valve emptied it, put it back on arm, covered with plastic bag and used cable ties to secure open end to arm.

Not a drop of water in the bag when I returned the next afternoon.

 

[putneyplumbing]

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

Really helpful tips and hits which makes plumbing safe and easy, Sydney plumbers are experienced to suggest more tips.

 

[Cumbria Handyma]

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

Really helpful tips and hits which makes plumbing safe and easy, Sydney plumbers are experienced to suggest more tips.

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[Howsie]

Amused and bemused also.

 

[kay-jay]

Amused and bemused also.

+1

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[WHPES]

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

Trade adverts in local newspapers are a waste of money.

 

[Plum Bob 66]

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Trade adverts in local newspapers are a waste of money.

Couldnt agree more !!

 

[kay-jay]

I get 200-300 a week from local rag which only costs 8 quid so it works for me.

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[WHPES]

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A topic raised a few weeks ago - located a supplier for replacement clicker waste washers:

Gush Bathrooms High Quality-Taps-Radiators-Showers-Wastes-Seats

 

[kay-jay]

Buy brand new brass and copper fittings from the scrappy. All the contract lads will weigh them in at the end of a job rather than return them to their firms stores dept.

Mine sells end feed at 6quid per kilo. Works out about a third of the price.

Brass fittings 4quid a kilo. Here's what i got for 8quid yesterday.

Absolute bargain.🙂
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[WHPES]

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A local company summarily dismissed two contract plumbers last year for doing exactly that. You have been warned!

 

[kay-jay]

Yep but as long as they continue to do it, it would be cherish of me not to take advantage. After all reuse is better than recycle 🙂

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[acecharly]

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GasSafe Only#

On a tightness test if you ever get a rise in pressure on your gauge during the letby test, check the test point isnt partially blocked with grease allowing the system standing pressure time to slowly make your gauge rise.

This will save a call to the gas transporter and making yourself look like a right turnip....:blush5:

 

[mcniven]

You would always check the ECV anyway by removing anaconda and spraying LDF into it