The worst plumbing invention ever.....

[Guest123]

My keypad is locked on that subject, Fili Mou!
The Mods and Administrators have infiltrated my operating system so that my dictionary only allow me to post nice stuff.
Little do they know how they will suffer when I am crowned Emperor...
AAAH HAHAHAHAHAHA Etc..

Has someone rattled your cage? This is the OPEN forum and anyone can read this. If you don't like another forum member or the forum itself, why not vent this in the Arms mate and not here.

 

[mountainman]

Not at all Sys, only trying to lighten the topic.

 

[Guest123]

Okies. It's difficult to gauge someones post sometimes as, well your not face to face with them to see them smiling when writing it.

If you want to lighten a post, go and try the suicide one in the Arms! LOL

 

[chris watkins]

Don't know why you lot have such a downer on the poor old gate valve. Never had a problem with the green head Hattersleys or Crane & even at a push Peglar if you buy & fit rubbish what do you expect. LOL As for installing on the mains what do you think all em ones in the road are ???
My vote goes to a tool as well, this little baby
The Sheteck spanner, I think it is Sheteck it may have been spelt with an I (not the first E) Thought I would get one an it was a lot less than a monument adjustable, that was lesson one "don't buy cheap tools".

 

[mountainman]

Point taken Sys, I am a cynical bar person. But what the heck!
Already contributed to the Suicide Thread, but I think they are all hanging about elsewhere.

 

[Guest123]

Chris, I'm talking about the cheap and nasty red handled ones already installed in homes.

The ones used on water mains are designed for it, not like the red handled domestic use ones, which quickly sieze.

I agree about that spanner, it's cack and makes a better hammer than a wrench.

 

[mountainman]

I agree with the sheetec spanner Chris, I don't remember the thing ever fitting a nut properly.

 

[mountainman]

How about a slight change of tack.
I nominate the Honeywell motorised valve as both the best and the worst.

Best, because it it just is.

Worst, because the original valves had two microscopic non-magnetic screws holding the synchron motor in place and the later incarnation only had one such screw.

The miracle of these screws was their uncanny ability to drop out of the valve and follow an impossible trajectory leading to a gap between the floorboards beneath the HW cylinder.

Such joy, especially on a Friday afternoon.

 

[Mike Jackson]

I agree with the sheetec spanner Chris, I don't remember the thing ever fitting a nut properly.

They used to fit the older style nuts years ago. When I first started they were all you could get for taps. It was quite a revelation when I bought my first Rothenberger tap wrench.

 

[stevetheplumber]

i dont know how old you are mike but monument always did the adjustable tapwrench when i was an apprentice i lost the 1/2 inch jaw of a plumbers wrench it fell down a duct and was never seen again the plumber got the firm to buy him a new one and they stopped it out of my wages that was pre 74 at least ,got to agree about the shetack they fitted nothing my nomination would be those water softner that went under combis that had the balls inside that needed topping up sil phos was it ?

 

[Mike Jackson]

I turned 50 this year but back then with no Internet you were stuck with what was available locally. We only had 2 merchants in Hastings and a 3rd in Bexhill. None of them had anything apart from the shetack. We had two different sizes, one for metric and one for imperial.


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[Dannypipe]

I'll put forward this little beauty.

To my shame I bought one, and have never used it.

(Its for toilet seat fixings.....no really).

 

[LegionellaSlave]

Agree about gate valves. The green top ones aren't gate valves and are expensive. They're more like stop taps inside.

And that tap spanner. Useless, we used to call them a 'crows foot spanner'.

Open outlet taps are a bugger to work on so that's my vote.....

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[nicro3]

I nominate the old F type ajustable spanner

 

[hasbean]

best reply yet

 

[TBServices]

I nominate the old F type ajustable spanner

If you are referring to what I think you are, you're wrong! Brilliant for holding rad valves while tightening nuts on the tails!


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[Guest123]

Here's another cheap abomination to our industry......

Franke wastes for double sinks.

 

[Phil]

I'll put forward this little beauty.

To my shame I bought one, and have never used it.

(Its for toilet seat fixings.....no really).

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Lol Danny, thats exactly the sort of rubbish I'd buy! I once had one in my basket but put it back and I'm glad I did.

 

[tamz]

I agree with the sheetec spanner Chris, I don't remember the thing ever fitting a nut properly.

Give it a tap with a hammer to bend it in a bit. If you are lucky it will break and you can throw it away. If you are unlucky it will fit a 3/4" jambnut and you will throw it in the bottom of your bag just in case you need it :smile:

 

[Dotty]

Here's another cheap abomination to our industry......

Franke wastes for double sinks.

Anything by Franke to be honest.

 

[villa_tom]

Anything by Franke to be honest.

Whos this franke bloke? Let's do him. :tounge_smile:

 

[Dannypipe]

Give it a tap with a hammer to bend it in a bit. If you are lucky it will break and you can throw it away. If you are unlucky it will fit a 3/4" jambnut and you will throw it in the bottom of your bag just in case you need it :smile:

That is so true!! ha.

 

[Dotty]

Whos this franke bloke? Let's do him. :tounge_smile:

Hahahahahaha!

 

[DirksPlumbing]

Think I can beat you all. I know something far worse: plumbing apprentices. :tounge_smile:

 

[Dotty]

You've met The Gimp too?