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[newcastle phill]

Well crappin my pants haha.
On 22mm 15 to 20 mins. Was well frozen on the clamps and 50mm either side frosty as Mr frosty the snowman !!!

Froze the FnR and whipped old boiler off then stuck the flush straight on without draining down. Cleaned the system and added inhibitor through flush.
Froze again and added new FnR runs across room.
Minimal system bleeding needed and not a drop of water anywhere.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Well crappin my pants haha.
On 22mm 15 to 20 mins. Was well frozen on the clamps and 50mm either side frosty as Mr frosty the snowman !!!

Froze the FnR and whipped old boiler off then stuck the flush straight on without draining down. Cleaned the system and added inhibitor through flush.
Froze again and added new FnR runs across room.
Minimal system bleeding needed and not a drop of water anywhere.

good lad its always the same you think as your slicing through f has it froze all the way

 

[newcastle phill]

Thanks for your help in making me decide to go electric shaun

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Thanks for your help in making me decide to go electric shaun

not a problem glad to help

remember if you ever freeze iron pipe leave it half again longer as will need more time

 

[SmokeyJ]

not a problem glad to help

remember if you ever freeze iron pipe leave it half again longer as will need more time

Had a new plumber join the firm and he had to tee in to a 1.5" galv hot supply, for a new cleaner sink. School wanted freeze as old system runs like orange soup for days after refilling once drained. Froze pipe with 2 freeze machines, cut pipe and he went and sat in van and had lunch.. Wtf! Obviously lost the ice plugand came back to one all mighty leak (cold tanks on roof of 5 storey block) had to drain down, there's your soup. Flooded various classrooms, new carpets text books etc nightmare
Think he learned a lesson that day never cut a frozen pipe and leave unattended. Valve off or get the job done

 

[SmokeyJ]

Job done
Made 10 12 15 22 28 35mm

Impressive, nice job

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Had a new plumber join the firm and he had to tee in to a 1.5" galv hot supply, for a new cleaner sink. School wanted freeze as old system runs like orange soup for days after refilling once drained. Froze pipe with 2 freeze machines, cut pipe and he went and sat in van and had lunch.. Wtf! Obviously lost the ice plugand came back to one all mighty leak (cold tanks on roof of 5 storey block) had to drain down, there's your soup. Flooded various classrooms, new carpets text books etc nightmare
Think he learned a lesson that day never cut a frozen pipe and leave unattended. Valve off or get the job done

did he turn the secondary pumps off as seen that before (domestic plumber) went to a call out in a school he had to t into the line was inch so turned all the Andrews off and put freeze cans on and started to freeze 5 mins later it was frozen opened tap further down the line to confirm,

All good there so he starts cutting his piece out first cut ok second cut ok, poped the piece out and then heard a grumble, thinks nothing of it 30 seconds later the ice plug comes shooting out the cut end of the pipe and landed on a Window and cracked it, and hot water starts coming out like a fountain so what does he do crushes the end of the pipe and legs it,

To be never heard of again

So moral of the story domestic plumbers, don't try and do commercial plumbing unattended

 

[newcastle phill]

Personally i woundt have bothered to crush the pipe. But I would have been found easily enough by the trail of crap pouring out my R'send

 

[SmokeyJ]

All was isolated by the other plumbers changing all the iron trvs on the cast rads all over school. I was an apprentice then and working on trv's. Remember coming down the hall to see a waterfall. When the pipes cut open ambient tempreature comes in to play (summer holidays). I don't like freezing. Had a firm come in to do a liquid nitrogen freeze at a job once. Welder missed a big gap round the back of a 5" flange and 'pee'd' out. Nitrogen still froze it again under flow really impressive

 

[stevetheplumber]

phil you name is in my book for the next bit of turning i need