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

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

Explain if you would, thanks
 
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.
 
when working in a cramped space and you can't find that screwdriver/spanner/tape you were just using, your usually sitting on it.
 
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.
 
What on the soil ? Or are the houses really posh? I would say empty all your pockets and get a bucket cut down to move tools around?
 
A good way to crawl below floorboards is get some good thick cardboard - like what comes with shower doors & boilers. Lay it down on the subfloors (which tend to be covered in rubble often) & you can just slide yourself on it very easily & it can be very comfortable & warm also.
Don't let a blow lamp near it though!
 
No on the oversite

U must strike it lucky. Normally old houses with decent voids have no over site or loads of rubbish under there or new ones har a 200mm void. No trolley will help me in an 200mm void as my middle engine is a little bigger than that!
 
Keep an old cast wheel head from a gate valve (not the pressed tin ones) in the toolbox. They fit most lock shields aswell as gate valves. Makes rad-work easy 🙂
 
Old radiator brackets can be used to strengthen boxing or cupboards if you've pulled them apart, ugly but effective. Also they can be used to support floorboards of you've cut them a touch too short
 
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Sentinel bottles make great drip trays. And look better than Ones with aldi chicken thighs written on them
 
If you don't know what your doing leave it alone, or if the urge is too strong, at least talk to somebody who does 1st.
 
Pair of Moles to help set up your soldering
(Please excuse the coupling, just got that length wrong and didn't have another length within reach 🙂 )
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