Leaking bath... help needed.....

[Jim Goodenough]

Sorry all couldn't resist it...!

 

[Harvest Fields]

Steel?

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Aye

 

[Welder]

Steel?

If he leaves it outside it will be (steelen!)

 

[Jim Goodenough]

It's been in a 4yrd skip for the last 3 nights.... and believe it or not today I heard the the cries of "any scrap metal...many times over" (must've been to lazy to have a look in the skip in the drive).
Mixer tap had been removed for the client's granddaughter.

 

[Jim Goodenough]

The old cry was "rag n bone"....

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Steel?

Yep Harvest,
Started with mini grinder with slitting disc, ended up using recipro saw... mind you had to go buy ear-defenders.....
Noise reminded me of smashing up cast-iron bath with a "mash" hammer (Geordie name for "club" hammer)

 

[Harvest Fields]

If he leaves it outside it will be (steelen!)

I’m laughing but that is still terrible

 

[Phil]

Talking of baths get a load of this, I was speaking to the guy who re enamels old baths and he said one of his customers has a bath like the one he's doing for me and he said she has still got the receipt of purchase bought the day Kennedy was shot and it was £650!
Its a cast iron art decco revival pink jobby.

 

[SimonG]

Most of my baths fixed on three sides come out in halves.

cast comes out in 5 bits.

 

[Jim Goodenough]

View attachment 35799 Talking of baths get a load of this, I was speaking to the guy who re enamels old baths and he said one of his customers has a bath like the one he's doing for me and he said she has still got the receipt of purchase bought the day Kennedy was shot and it was £650!
Its a cast iron art decco revival pink jobby.

Wow what's that in today's money, £6.5k?

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Most of my baths fixed on three sides come out in halves.

cast comes out in 5 bits.

Got a cast one fixed on 3 sides to replace next week, gonna have a smashing time with mash hammer!

 

[Phil]

Wow what's that in today's money, £6.5k?

£12,935 I've just looked online..

 

[Welder]

£12,935 I've just looked online..

Shocking isn't it how inflation has impacted.

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Finished job

 

[Deleted member 96286]

Sorry all couldn't resist it...!View attachment 35792

That's a Scottish bath. We cut them in half so we can get two out of it.

 

[Jim Goodenough]

That's a Scottish bath. We cut them in half so we can get two out of it.

Guess you have fun sealing up the end's Cailean...

 

[Deleted member 96286]

Guess you have fun sealing up the end's Cailean...

No mate, we're so tight that we don't even use water and bath in a length of Marley Deepflow with a big stop end to keep the rainwater in.

 

[Jim Goodenough]

How's the press-fitting going Cailean?

 

[Deleted member 96286]

How's the press-fitting going Cailean?

I did a wee review of it last week mate. It's great but has it's limitations, mainly involving access, but I'll use it as and when I'm able to. I'm also a big fan of Yorkshire Tectite Sprint copper pushfits. These are very similar in appearance to press fit fittings and require the same preparation before jointing with a de-burring tool. They also don't need pressed. These compliment the press fit fittings in areas with restricted access, such as under kitchen base units. Just be careful what pressing machine you buy off Ebay, as you can easily end up with someone elses junk.

 

[Jim Goodenough]

I'm still into soldering and compression as a last resort, I generally use push fit when pipework is out of site unless flow rate is abso critical e.g. hot and cold services. Always use copper for hot service with secondary circuit.

 

[Deleted member 96286]

I'm still into soldering and compression as a last resort, I generally use push fit when pipework is out of site unless flow rate is abso critical e.g. hot and cold services. Always use copper for hot service with secondary circuit.

I'm not a big fan of plastic pushfit systems, but the Yorkshire Tectite fittings are made of copper and non demountable. Once fitted they aren't coming off again. They are a perfect alternative to end feed and no flame is required.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Just need to plan ahead with press rems do some cool 45 degree jaws that fit both novos

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Just need to plan ahead with press rems do some cool 45 degree jaws that fit both novos

Tell us more Shaun, pics please.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Tell us more Shaun, pics please.