back boiler fittings

[SimonG]

You're wanting to install a solid fuel heating system and you can't even get three old fittings off the stove...............

I'm off to harass somebody else.

 

[spycatcher]

thank god for that

 

[tamz]

all i am asking is what nut could it be that are on the 3 other brass fittings

Conex, Kuterlite, Lamontite, Flowflex, Comap, Jevco, Securex etc etc etc. It could be anything.

 

[spycatcher]

thanks tamz

it looks like i'll take the advice and try and remove the three odd brass fittings

 

[Best]

Fine threads are very likely to be the old Kuterlite. A plumber may have some lying about somewhere, but he may live too far away....

 

[spycatcher]

i'll try your suggestion of putting a bit heat on them

i could find a haggis quicker than a plumber out here

 

[Best]

i'll try your suggestion of putting a bit heat on them

i could find a haggis quicker than a plumber out here

A sniff of a bundle of £20 notes will surely attract plenty of those tight Scottish plumbers any distance?

 

[tamz]

There are mainly only 2 types of thread. Fine thread and course thread. Kuterlite, Jevco and a couple of others are fine all the rest are course. They are interchangable.
There are a couple of other different threads and but if it is less than 15 years old it won't be them.
There will be someone round about who could help you with this. There always is.
Jump on yer quad and ask your neighbours who they get to do their work.

 

[spycatcher]

there was a guy on the mainland but he wasnt keen on me picking him up on ma wee boat

 

[spycatcher]

I've bought most of the 28mm compression fittings and as i say the nuts on them fit one of the brass fittings on the back of the stove but the other 3 are much finer threads

 

[Best]

there was a guy on the mainland but he wasnt keen on me picking him up on ma wee boat

Get a plumber who owns his own helicopter to come over. There will loads of them with the massive wages they earn. Lol!

 

[Dotty]

This IS a wind up isn't it?

Famous last words by candidates for the Darwin Awards....

"Hey y'all, watch this!" And "It's hardly rocket science!"

Do you honestly and truly have any idea what you're doing? And never mind the patter that tradesmen are too far away. You screw this installation up and you and yours won't be around to vote in the referendum. Try these words on for size.

Duty of Care!

 

[spycatcher]

Aye yer right there Best, they must be making so much money they cant be bothered with the likes of me

there is an awful lot of people on this forum make some absolutely outrageous assumptions

i just hope they are not like that when it comes to their professional capacities

 

[Best]

Aye yer right there Best, they must be making so much money they cant be bothered with the likes of me

there is an awful lot of people on this forum make some absolutely outrageous assumptions

i just hope they are not like that when it comes to their professional capacities

Tbh those solid fuel stoves are a hard job to fit, especially if it is not just a replacement. The 28mm pipework is a job for a really skilled plumber. A decent plumber may not necessarily be expensive to do the skilled part for you. It is a myth that most plumbers are ripping people off. £500 or £600 is worth paying out to someone to help you. What's the point of doing the work all yourself if it is dangerous or not working 100% or is shoddy work that needs taken out again, hence a waste of materials. My opinion about doing DIY is do the easy jobs if you think you can, but leave the very skilled jobs to someone that works at the job.
Plumbers will make the assumption that you haven't a clue when you ask basic questions.

 

[on31ll]

give me 10 days i will sail upto you. all you lads can fight it out in the urban towns and citys. im going to the rural places that need accessed by helicopter and boat. im not having it that your soooo far away there isnt a plumber locally that will be doing this type of work day in day out. i assume you have a boiler ? maybe ring the GSR that fitted that and ask if he can or knows who works with solid fuel stoves.

 

[tamz]

maybe ring the GSR that fitted that and ask if he can or knows who works with solid fuel stoves.

No gas up that way. Everyone burns anything that burns (or smoulders)

 

[on31ll]

not even lpg ?

 

[stevetheplumber]

when people choose to live in the back of beyond surely they realise the cost of living is going to be higher
when the op says there are no plumbers he obviously means there are no free plumbers for £600 a day plus traveling costs id be there like a shot just a case of finding one closer and cheaper now

 

[erpkid]

Probably too late now but a little heat with your Mapp torch will help no end. If really stubborn alternate heat and WD40 but make sure you have covered everything and the area is well ventilated. It can all get a bit Live and Let die if not careful !

 

[PlumbBobBob]

It can all get a bit Live and Let die if not careful !

love it lol