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Ch4 plumbing
Worst tool.....rotten burger pressure gauge that has the rubber end and jubilee clip, always leaked then when it reached 4 bar the gauge popped off the end and broke!!! Piece of carp!
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Ch4 plumbing
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I have had two problems with rothenberger tools before, each time I have emailed rothenberger & they have sent replacement parts in the post free of charge! Excellent company to deal with! I also got a free goodie bag of flux, permanent pens, laco heat repair epoxy sticks & barrier heat spray!!
Nerrad sent me two new bloody wheels for my pipe slices & both still spiralled!!! Grr
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Ermintrude
Best - estwing hammer . Worst - cheap pencil that the lead is always broken in
Screwfix pencils!
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Masood
Ha ha, we were just talking yesterday about how rubbish they are. Just as you get a decent point on it the lead drops out!
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woodytheplumber
best- granddads old footprints 2 sizes
worst- a cheep step ladder was caught short on a job with massively high cellings I felt drunk when I used it usually use youngmans fiberglass and the are solid!
worst- a cheep step ladder was caught short on a job with massively high cellings I felt drunk when I used it usually use youngmans fiberglass and the are solid!
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MULTIMASTER !!!!!!!! just the dogs
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best tool - makita cordless SDS after today nothing but chasing out.
worst tool - 98p b&q screwdrivers and also makita 10.8 recip saw its a great tool just keeps on breaking.
worst tool - 98p b&q screwdrivers and also makita 10.8 recip saw its a great tool just keeps on breaking.
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Billy Bob Bob
best knipex alligators,worse the bacho ,ratcheting equivalent,utter crap,even though i like bacho kit the pliers is tat
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i buy staedler hb pencils in boxes of 50 from ebay about 12 quid leads dont fall out
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Mickyplumb
Apparently Gas, you replaced your Nerrad wheels with Monument ones. Wrong width buddy. Buy the right ones next time and you'll be fine.....you'll see.
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Mickyplumb
Rothenberger probably sent you all that gear thinking that this guy needs all the help he can get ;-)
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tamz
Same here Steve. Its hard to get a decent pencil these days which just reminded me to lay a couple out for the morning
Put pressure on the tip and it comes out the back.
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Get a screw & screw it in the back of the pencil a few threads to stop the lead pushing up inside the pencil. Seen a builder do that.
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My best tool I feel is the one that does the impossible - my Fein multi tool. Great for floorboards on top of joists or up to skirtings, or solid backs of kitchen units, plywooded stud walls, etc. Nothing else can do the same.
Worst tool was probably a Nutool rotary hammer drill. Piece of junk that stopped hammering.
Worst tool was probably a Nutool rotary hammer drill. Piece of junk that stopped hammering.
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kay-jay
i love my knipex cobras.
i also love my recip saw, its like a awesome saw/light saber combination.good fun.
i detest pointless tools (i dont own any) such as silicone cartridge openers, olive removers etc.
worst tool i own, normal channel lock grips, wera screwdrivers (great quality but somehow always seem either too big or too small for the screw.
i also love my recip saw, its like a awesome saw/light saber combination.good fun.
i detest pointless tools (i dont own any) such as silicone cartridge openers, olive removers etc.
worst tool i own, normal channel lock grips, wera screwdrivers (great quality but somehow always seem either too big or too small for the screw.
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Ermintrude
They the black and yellow ones? Normally buy from supermarket
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kay-jay
Yellow and black are the paler h type and red and black are the darker b type iirc
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Masood
Got to disagree on that - now. Never had any until a few months ago when I had a few jobs replacing rad valves in houses. SO much quicker!
A definite yay for olive removers!
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Ermintrude
I've got the monument olive cutters 8,10,15,22 but still used adjustable to rattle a 22mm olive and nut of this morning
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kay-jay
Complete rhubarb.
Only useful about ten percent of time. Usually the nuts are overtightened and the pipe is strangled by the olive. They will only come off a straight pipe and I can use my grips for that just as quickly
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Rickster123
Best would be my Record pipe benders that my dad bought me when I started my apprenticeship. Still going strong.
Worst would be cheap hacksaw blades.
Worst would be cheap hacksaw blades.
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T & H Plumbing
Best tool is my girlfriends rabbit
Worst is the cheap asda battery's she puts in it
Worst is the cheap asda battery's she puts in it
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newcastle phill
You can outlast a set of batteries.....
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R.Oak
Best Tool - Bahco Wide Jaw Spanner
Favourite Tool - Lenox Hacksaw - its a beast
Worst Tool - Stanley Pliers - came free with something else, cant even grip hard enough to hurt your hand, i tried!
Favourite Tool - Lenox Hacksaw - its a beast
Worst Tool - Stanley Pliers - came free with something else, cant even grip hard enough to hurt your hand, i tried!
Best tool: Milwaukee m18 sds. So handy to just pull out and whack out a hole. Saving time setting up leads and will drill pretty much anything considering its weight.
Favourite: love the newer rothenberger waste slices. Fly through in one turn leaving a perfectly cut end.
Worst tool: anything from hold on! AVOID
Favourite: love the newer rothenberger waste slices. Fly through in one turn leaving a perfectly cut end.
Worst tool: anything from hold on! AVOID
You can get 20 good pencils from Wilkinson for £1
I've got 15 and 22 slices by hold on and they have lasted longer than my rothenberger.
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billybongo
Just been reading thread , and would like to add bahco wooden handle junior hacksaw as best junior you can buy , little difficult to get hold of these days , howy.
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Badboy plumber
I've got to disagree, I've never found a better pipe slice that the Nerrad versions, they give an almost square cut with little burring, and I don't know what area your from gas safe but in my 20 years experience rothenberger haven't given me what I would call customer service at all, and you've only ever had 2 problems with their tools and both times they've been a pleasure to deal with handing out goodie bags of other peoples products?..... What's your secret buddy? How come you get great service? Who you sleeping with!? do they have a sister?
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With the pencils, ikea do me cheap. (Free) just fill your pockets. Although the missus buys £100 worth of tat every time I walk in there
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alan h m
me too.
I don't use them too much myself . I li a good pencil. they are great for when someone borrows 'steels ' one
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FoRiS HeAtInG
Best tool: AM TEC (12") spanner, had it ever since I was an apprentice, comfortable rubber grip and got me out a lot of trouble.
Worst tool: cheap tape measures. Will get you through half a week but not long after. I would put that being as bad as cheap pencils
Worst tool: cheap tape measures. Will get you through half a week but not long after. I would put that being as bad as cheap pencils
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Badboy plumber
Gotta disagree, I hate disagreeing with guys with trusted and pub member next to their name but I find olive cutters kick bum. I only use them on over tightened olives, a skilled hand and a set of grips can remove any olive but if it's strangled.... Out come the olive cutters and bang, off in seconds.
Yay!!
Yay!!
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Gotta disagree, I hate disagreeing with guys with trusted and pub member next to their name but I find olive cutters kick bum. I only use them on over tightened olives, a skilled hand and a set of grips can remove any olive but if it's strangled.... Out come the olive cutters and bang, off in seconds.
Yay!!
Disagreeing is fine as long as it is backed up with something, it what makes us human.
Everyone disagrees, my and my stomach often disagree with each other after one too many sherbets
I always nick about 50 of those , great things they are
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