Reminds me of a toilet at my infant school in the sick room, I must have been 5 or 6 and had never seen a high level cistern before and I was scared of it!
Don't ask me why.
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Reminds me of a toilet at my infant school in the sick room, I must have been 5 or 6 and had never seen a high level cistern before and I was scared of it!
Don't ask me why.
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Dotty
The daft things when you're a kid! My mum used to have a Santa head she hung in the living room when I was very very young. I had to hug the opposite wall to go through to the kitchen, and I would never stay in the room on my own. This one thing scared the bejaysus out of me. Only told her a few year ago. She called me a stupid sod and laughed like a drain!
Came across this in Wiltshire. Sellotape used to repair a spilling View attachment 9028flue.View attachment 9029
And these: The custard said he'd bought the house from a guy who said he was once an apprentice plumber, but left the trade for moral reasons. Didn't want to put his name to what he regarded was poor workmanship!!!
He'd moved the cold water tank & FE tank (more on that later) to the other side of the loft, re-piped the central heating and left this. Note the bends on the microbore at the manifold (nicely creased). He capped off the open ends with isolating valves and left them open ended. The new owner was concerned and added the cap-ends himself.
This is the pipework leading to the FE tank, which is actually a plastic kitchen swing bin!!!
Finally, a section of 15mm pipe running neatly along the roof joist, not terminating anywhere. That would be the vent pipe then!
And these: The custard said he'd bought the house from a guy who said he was once an apprentice plumber, but left the trade for moral reasons. Didn't want to put his name to what he regarded was poor workmanship!!!
He'd moved the cold water tank & FE tank (more on that later) to the other side of the loft, re-piped the central heating and left this. Note the bends on the microbore at the manifold (nicely creased). He capped off the open ends with isolating valves and left them open ended. The new owner was concerned and added the cap-ends himself.
This is the pipework leading to the FE tank, which is actually a plastic kitchen swing bin!!!
Finally, a section of 15mm pipe running neatly along the roof joist, not terminating anywhere. That would be the vent pipe then!
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tamz
That flue is off a glow worm.
They came with sellotape for the flue
They came with sellotape for the flue
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Barry98
Great use of a shower hose
Right until it split and brought the living room ceiling in at 1 am Wednesday night
Easy money
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Barry98
First one for me according to tenant it's been in since they moved in two year ago lol
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tamz
Pity it wasn't run through a soap dispenser.
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Sorry love I can't take that off for you to decorate 
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DirksPlumbing
Does someone spot a problem with this 30kW Boiler? As a hint: 6-8mbar working pressure :cowboy: (my personal new record). According to the commissioning sheet there were last year at installation time 18mbar measured. Customer had to help me back up after a glance at the commissioning sheet. This installer could definitely go as a comedian.And he told the customer that this boiler is definitely capable to be run off a 15mm gas pipe (estimated 10-12m + minimum 9 fittings excl. straights).
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Kev the gas
Sorry its on its side bloody ipad. Installed by Eaga on a grant, customer claims it has never frozen :crazy:
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I think the soldiering & electrics tell the story Dirk !
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plum ber
and these people are GSR??
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cos it was done in the summer
I went to a job yesterday to try and get the heating back on for a customer who has not had heating for 2 weeks whilst having a new conservatory built and other work being done. Conservatory company have fallen out with heating company who were employed to move the boiler and pipe in new rads in new large conservatory. Loads of stuff wrong, when filling water poured onto conservatory roof, went up and found two 15mm pipes sticking out the side of the house that used to feed the old rad in previous lean to. Then I noticed the pic below. That is actually the lead flashing from where the conservatory meets the house
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PTFE on the outside of the compression fitting, always a sign of a quality installation !!
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DirksPlumbing
There must be a DIYers Guide available showing it this way. Impossibly so many can be wrong without being advised to do it this way.
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I just googled "wrap ptfe tape around thread diy" and this is second place on the page:
So, confirmed - you wrap it round the thread.
Just realised I forgot to add 'compression fittings' to the search, so that search result is null and void sorry. :thinking:
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R1CKY
What amazes me, is that people can be so dull as not to understand what forms the seal on a compression fitting!
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plum ber
My boss makes me do it this way he say's it's belt and braces.....
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wheeto
Belt & skyhooks, more like.
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