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hi all, as the title says, im wondering if anyones bought or even made a gadget for the job at hand.
 
funnily enough im making one today , got a few big jobs coming up so am going to get a pressure reducing valve connect 2 flexis one on each end and connect up to the filling loop save me running back to the boiler to top the pressure up as my lackie is on holiday for a few week
 
yeah but did you go around doing your police man catching speeding driver impression ?

i didnt ( much ) lol
 
are they accurate ? do they need calibrated alot ? seen one used on site before and wasnt accurate at all.
 
porcelin tile diamond hole cutter 35mm £20 for condensate into cast old spray bottle and spray on while coring through it like butter enjoy
 
i got a cordless hammer and mini rip saw which doubles as a mini jig saw battery operated awesome toy i mainly use the cordless hammer to knock clips in between joists high level
 
I got a spanner for 15mm and 22mm nuts it has a cutout to get over pipes brilliant lots of torque and good for tight spaces. Toolstation about £7.
 
kimbo said:
I got a spanner for 15mm and 22mm nuts it has a cutout to get over pipes brilliant lots of torque and good for tight spaces. Toolstation about £7.
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is it like this 15mm one end 22mm the other ? if so i have the same tool its great no chance of slipping at all
 
heres some cheap gadgets for making up rads plug and vent 22mm socket on a 3/8 ratchet trv or 1/2 inch tails 16mm spaner
 
I recently bought a Bosch PMF 180 E. The electrician showed me about his and I borrowed it the next day. Day after I bought it and within a couple of weeks I'd used it twice. Great piece of kit and doesn't create much dust either.
 
dontknowitall said:
I recently bought a Bosch PMF 180 E. The electrician showed me about his and I borrowed it the next day. Day after I bought it and within a couple of weeks I'd used it twice. Great piece of kit and doesn't create much dust either.
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where do you get your blades from?
 
I bought mine off Amazon and a spare blade or two with it.
 
have a look on ebay company called speciality diamond from the states pretty good prices.
 
Bought a diamond file for resharpening my SDS bits.
 
bod said:
i also got this , this week . used it Tuesday. with a laminated spreadsheet to show before and after reading in a hotel we power flushed. worth every penny

Non-Contact IR Infrared Digital Thermometer with Laser on eBay (end time 24-Apr-11 19:42:33 BST)
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I got one of those a while back... brilliant bit of kit.. I think Fluke do one for @£150.. anyway I was called out to a heating system failure, stood on the landing pointing it at all of the bedroom rads. Established they were all 35c. Last engineer forgot to turn up the BBU stat!! took all of 3 minutes to 'repair'
 
dontknowitall said:
I recently bought a Bosch PMF 180 E. The electrician showed me about his and I borrowed it the next day. Day after I bought it and within a couple of weeks I'd used it twice. Great piece of kit and doesn't create much dust either.
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I've got the Fein version....my mate broke 3 blades in one day by bending it. £60 to replace.!
One of my replacement blades broke in the post!.. they're a bit fragile... I should've got the Bosch!

http://www.gleave.co.uk/why_gleave_news.htm?news_id=3
I think these were designed for BG,water pressure & flow in one tool

http://www.youtube.com/user/nailjack

Paslode Eagle Claw or the Nail Jack Pro.. not available in UK yet. I'm still waiting for mine to arrive from the US

http://www.toolguru.co.uk/shop/product.asp?p=4126
I like this one, ratchet spanner.
 
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Got a digital tyre pressure gauge on offer from Screwfix. Perfect for testing expansion vessel pressures.
 
Def, my Evolution Mitre Saw. It cuts wood, plastic and metal and has a diamond blade too that allows it to be used as a sliding mitre saw for tiling. Just cut up bathroom timber surrounds then scrap copper on the same blade and it's still sharp.
 
i found myself a new but second hand set of pipe expanders and tee extractors. had a set years ago that went walkabout. cracking bits of kit.
 
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I've been looking at this. Has anyone got one?

Milwaukee 12v Hacksaw Hackzall Reciprocating Saw 3.0AH! on eBay (end time 12-Apr-11 14:15:36 BST)

Yep I've got one of these too' very nice, use it more and more, would recommend.
 
bod said:
funnily enough im making one today , got a few big jobs coming up so am going to get a pressure reducing valve connect 2 flexis one on each end and connect up to the filling loop save me running back to the boiler to top the pressure up as my lackie is on holiday for a few week
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Now thats a great idea, why didnt I think of that...
 
Or like my mate, crack the filling loop valves just open so it fills very slowly and potter round bleeding all the rads. You'll occasionally have to wait a few seconds for the pressure to climb but once you're all done you've time to pop back to the boiler and turn off final pressure. So simple and saves faffing around with a pressure reducing valves and the like....
 
capitanpugwash said:
Or like my mate, crack the filling loop valves just open so it fills very slowly and potter round bleeding all the rads. You'll occasionally have to wait a few seconds for the pressure to climb but once you're all done you've time to pop back to the boiler and turn off final pressure. So simple and saves faffing around with a pressure reducing valves and the like....
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Not a bad idea either!!
 
capitanpugwash said:
Or like my mate, crack the filling loop valves just open so it fills very slowly and potter round bleeding all the rads. You'll occasionally have to wait a few seconds for the pressure to climb but once you're all done you've time to pop back to the boiler and turn off final pressure. So simple and saves faffing around with a pressure reducing valves and the like....
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thats what i have always done, thought everyone did that to be honest. :)
 
you have bought a rat boy???????????????:D:D:D be handy for the drains
 
just bought a new keyring torch ..energiser by ever ready bright l.e.d beam good quality metal body only about a fiver from Wilkinsons already paid for its self and small enough to go in your pocket:)regards turnpin
 
A darn-great box spanner. well 1.5, inch which fits just nicely onto hot water cylinder unions. I found the insulation is so thick now that getting a spanner on meant cutting out a great swathe of material and still not fitting a wrench on squarely. So the new spanner means a good tight fit and a good tight leak-free connection.
TerryH.

PS a nice interesting thread!
 
bod said:
funnily enough im making one today , got a few big jobs coming up so am going to get a pressure reducing valve connect 2 flexis one on each end and connect up to the filling loop save me running back to the boiler to top the pressure up as my lackie is on holiday for a few week
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Hi mate

Any chance of explaining how this works or what I have to do? Got a combi boiler system to refil and like you say if your by yourself you're up and down the stairs like a yo yo for each rad?!!

Cheers

Mart
 
Marty32 said:
Hi mate

Any chance of explaining how this works or what I have to do? Got a combi boiler system to refil and like you say if your by yourself you're up and down the stairs like a yo yo for each rad?!!

Cheers

Mart
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Mart

Why not top up to, say, 1 bar and then leave the filling loop cracked very slightly open with a slow filling rate. This allows you to amble around bleeding the rads on the system one by one with it topping up slowly behind you. Seems to work well for me!
 
Bought a garmin nuvi sat nav and bluetooth handsfree kit all in one should've done it a few years ago .
 
just had my tom tom live 1000 replaced on saturday ! must have for every one in London gives live updates on traffic saved me lots of time and money for diesel
 
Having posted on a couple of threads concerning Baxi Bermudas I suspect that gas man will be throwing away his CO2 analyser and be grabbing the nearest pooch to do it for him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
when the co is to high the dog just flakes out not as annoying as the anton that kicks off
 
not new but one thing i wouldnt be without is a small pen knife on my van keys everything seems to be wrapped or worse bubble wrapped and even going to the van to get a length of tube can cut the plastic end of a bundle
 
Don't want to be without my makeup, frilly knickers and manicure set. Scares the hell out of any rats in basements of Glasgow Tenements.
 
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