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Discuss What are people using to fix lead mains... in the UK Plumbing Forum | Plumbing Advice area at PlumbersForums.net
That's what I was thinkingPhilmac utc
Never tried wiping a joint to be honestCan you not wipe a joint with Grade D Solder?
Providing they're DZR and connecting piece is suitable for underground. Obviously not much of a problem for above ground and internal.You can use lead locks then.
Not sure I understand some of this message as parts of it name a user on here from yrs back. Turnpin.I'm old enough to have wiped many lead joints mostly to put new stop on.
Solder was grade D turnpin to make flange clamps to hold it together wiping cloth tallow as flux.
Thank goodness now long gone!
A turnpin is a conical device for flaring pipes.Not sure I understand some of this message as parts of it name a user on here from yrs back. Turnpin.
Here is one I prepared earlier!Wheres Turnpin when you need him?
Yeah, need the leadlocks to go from lead to mdpeProviding they're DZR and connecting piece is suitable for underground. Obviously not much of a problem for above ground and internal.
@mutley racers - for me it would be utc or similar, I’ve never wiped a joint.
Wrap it in denso if it suits.Providing they're DZR and connecting piece is suitable for underground. Obviously not much of a problem for above ground and internal.
@mutley racers - for me it would be utc or similar, I’ve never wiped a joint.
Apparentl, when I sat my NVQ level 3, we were told then that they were no longer teaching lead-work in college, I asked what it was being replaced with, the answer was “renewable technology“.Last time I spoke to a college tutor for Plumbing he told me they don't teach any lead work anymore!!
How can the new guys be Plumbers?
Times change!
How does renewable tech replace a lead pipe or lead flashings? Or did they mean new materials?Apparentl, when I sat my NVQ level 3, we were told then that they were no longer teaching lead-work in college, I asked what it was being replaced with, the answer was “renewable technology“.
How does renewable tech replace a lead pipe or lead flashings? Or did they mean new materials?
It doesn’t. I took it to mean, that instead of teaching lead as a subject as part of the curriculum, it would be replaced with renewable tech.How does renewable tech replace a lead pipe or lead flashings? Or did they mean new materials?
Ah! Like air source heat pumps that have been available for over 70 years and nobody wanted one?It doesn’t. I took it to mean, that instead of teaching lead as a subject as part of the curriculum, it would be replaced with renewable tech.
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