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I usually try file my solder a bit smoother than that, especially if I have run out of them olive things.
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You have to admire the ingenuity
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They are Prestex fine threads, they lost the old nuts & would not be able to find replacements, the new 1/2" BSP will not fit.
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Ermintrude
I've soldered onto compression for hose leads. 3/4 rad nut on to 15mm
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Toxic Ted
WTF is that all about?
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Boiler reproduction in action?
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5mb drop. Called out to one of my regulars who were smelling gas in the hallway last night. This was at least 10m from the hallway. Cooker fitted on thursday by the kitchen fitters plumber (gas safe). Either they didn't do a tightness test or they left a 5mb drop, either way I'm going to have to RIDDOR. You can actually see the holes in the mass of solder he used on the other side of the snot.Attachments
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5mb your just being fussy. Isn't the regs 3 or 6mb with a bit of a smell just not a huge cloud of gas? That's how I read it.
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I just wrapped it in ptfe and moved on
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I always read it that the regs could be ignored if you had something more important to do. Or were late for your tea
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Kev the gas
Obviously the staff in the office are more important than the plebs on the counter and the customers
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Kev the gas
a very cautious approach to overheating cables underneath insulation
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happyflyer
If cables are sized correctly they won't get hot under insulation, but hell I have seen much worse in a roof space, nice photo, I like the insulation not fibres
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happyflyer
A bit of insulation might be better, stop the condensing
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love the cable holders on the far beam made from 2.5, someone has actually put a lot of effort and thought into it, perhaps misguidedly
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happyflyer
Obviously the staff in the office are more important than the plebs on the counter and the customers
A bit of insulation might be better, stop the condensing
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One genuine reason for raising cables would be to keep them hopefully away from mice. I would personally rather have a 100mm board screwed down on joist near the eaves & clip wires to it or use trunking. Nowadays this 300 deep insulation is making attics ridiculous.
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It can be a real problem if cables were installed correctly above the insulation & then a top-up layer of insulation is added.
It is where the cable is encapsulated in insulation so the heat cannot disperse & then maybe runs along side others or is twisted /coiled that overheating becomes a problem.
It is where the cable is encapsulated in insulation so the heat cannot disperse & then maybe runs along side others or is twisted /coiled that overheating becomes a problem.
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didnt have any bricks left! And it's an eco job anyway!
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the worst part of this flue is whats hidden in the loft and probably 50 more houses like it on the estate.. non are clipped apart from a select few..
the worst part of this flue is whats hidden in the loft and probably 50 more houses like it on the estate.. non are clipped apart from a select few..
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link doesnt work m8
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Nice job
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Keeping it dry!
Came across this one a while back in a very nice villa in Dorset. Two b/f oil boilers, one on top of the other, pipework and pumps installed by the plumber's guide dog and woefully undersized heating pipes to the far wing. To service the top boiler you had to stand on the bottom one! Now replaced with couple of decent LPG boilers around the corner but still running on cylinders after a year because the groundwater was too high to bury an LPG tank. Still, they can afford it!
Came across this one a while back in a very nice villa in Dorset. Two b/f oil boilers, one on top of the other, pipework and pumps installed by the plumber's guide dog and woefully undersized heating pipes to the far wing. To service the top boiler you had to stand on the bottom one! Now replaced with couple of decent LPG boilers around the corner but still running on cylinders after a year because the groundwater was too high to bury an LPG tank. Still, they can afford it!
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Re: Keeping it dry!
this is an advert on gumtree you thinkk they would show a instal that complies with regs
GAS SAFE ENGINEER- BOILER REPAIR/SERVICE/SWAP, LANLORD SAFETY CERTFICATES 24/7 | United Kingdom | Gumtree
in fairness his work does seem rather good when you scroll through his images
this is an advert on gumtree you thinkk they would show a instal that complies with regs
GAS SAFE ENGINEER- BOILER REPAIR/SERVICE/SWAP, LANLORD SAFETY CERTFICATES 24/7 | United Kingdom | Gumtree
in fairness his work does seem rather good when you scroll through his images
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Ok own up who is it ??? Lol
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Re: Keeping it dry!
Clearly hasn't got his G3...........d2 on first pic will just fill the floor up.
Clearly hasn't got his G3...........d2 on first pic will just fill the floor up.
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At least when it does go the customer will do something about it as it will be all over the floor. Round here people seem to leave them dripping for years on end.
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At least it's copper!
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a very cautious approach to overheating cables underneath insulation
On a serious note with foil insulation. I know a guy who got zapped from it.
Insulation laid over an open junction box and had gone live. One to watch for.
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is that two flues in the cage behind?
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tamz
Empty house upstairs or know £100 off the rent :lol:
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tamz
Zoomed it up and yes, 2 flues in the one cage. A pair of love birds choking each other
Why wouldnt you put a single screw center board........ morons.
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Thought the same, but there was a screw hole or some hole right in the middle of the board. I guess pipework went it after the hole has been made. It could be a gas pipe… Some people have no fear…
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i no its not plumbing but how do people get away with this, they left the poor woman like this and also got paid half of the money. ??:32:
Some "bathroom fitter/tiler" from near me what a disgrace to say the least.
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Paulplumb
Just bleeping WOW!
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lame plumber
case for small claims process, just need your pics to win
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they are supposed to be coming back on Monday to fix it, good look to them. guess they wanted an early dart on Friday.
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Rickster123
That's beyond saving. Did they stand in the doorway and throw it at the wall?
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Toxic Ted
No words can describe that properly........looks like the site of a dirty protest.......i dont think the youngens will know what that is.
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kay-jay
Simply appalling. Poor customer.
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hope you don't mind if I post this on the tilers forum. Worst I've ever seen!
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PlumbBobBob
jeez it will take longer to clean off than it took in the first place! that's really really bad.
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tamz
We love the course cowboys. Don't tell me that went hard :lol:
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