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Post by rocketmanbkk on May 18, 2018 19:21:59 GMT
Ive been away from plumbing a long time( just Been on gas only) however I’m now doing both, All the tips on here have been great by all 👍my tip I’ve just started doing ,is when refitting a close coupled cistern, a nice blob of grease on the metal/rubber washer , will hold it in place on the thread handsfree . and make it a lot easier to get wing nut on when in a tight spot, the beauty of this is , it will prevent rusting up aswell for when you swap the syphon again in couple of years, win win Good one that |
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Post by jcplumb on May 19, 2018 1:53:27 GMT
Ive been away from plumbing a long time( just Been on gas only) however I’m now doing both, All the tips on here have been great by all 👍my tip I’ve just started doing ,is when refitting a close coupled cistern, a nice blob of grease on the metal/rubber washer , will hold it in place on the thread handsfree . and make it a lot easier to get wing nut on when in a tight spot, the beauty of this is , it will prevent rusting up aswell for when you swap the syphon again in couple of years, win win I usually use a blob up plumbers mait. Used to use rubber bands when I was new to plumbing, bet some plumbers were scratching their heads when they took them off after me  |
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Post by dickpuller on Jun 15, 2018 8:19:19 GMT
Ive been away from plumbing a long time( just Been on gas only) however I’m now doing both, All the tips on here have been great by all 👍my tip I’ve just started doing ,is when refitting a close coupled cistern, a nice blob of grease on the metal/rubber washer , will hold it in place on the thread handsfree . and make it a lot easier to get wing nut on when in a tight spot, the beauty of this is , it will prevent rusting up aswell for when you swap the syphon again in couple of years, win win I usually use a blob up plumbers mait. Used to use rubber bands when I was new to plumbing, bet some plumbers were scratching their heads when they took them off after me I also use Plumbers Mait on the CC doughnut washer JC, if it’s old & a bit knackered looking, never fails👍 Another wee tip on new close couple cisterns; there’s lots now with the bolds & nuts are fixed directly to the cistern. It’s wise to put some silicone on these washers & tighten up the nut/bolt. It’ll never be a problem for maintenance, they are never removed again. |
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Post by endfeed on Sept 30, 2018 16:52:19 GMT
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Post by tomplum on Sept 30, 2018 16:59:06 GMT
hey, thats a fucking good tip endfeed, I never thunked of that, gotta be worth a video that foto
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Post by endfeed on Sept 30, 2018 17:02:35 GMT
Be good on towel rad pipes coming out of the wall,  tom |
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Post by battle1066 on Sept 30, 2018 19:37:55 GMT
much easier to expand the chrome pipe rather than scratch the chrome off ready for soldering 👍🏼 The best tips are simple but easily missed so well spotted Endfeed. |
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Post by woodbine66 on Oct 1, 2018 8:46:18 GMT
much easier to expand the chrome pipe rather than scratch the chrome off ready for soldering 👍🏼 Good tip that, Endfeed. I've got one of those swaging tools that you hammer. Suppose that would work too on chrome? |
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Post by tomplum on Oct 4, 2018 14:24:33 GMT
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Post by endfeed on Oct 4, 2018 17:45:54 GMT
Great vid tom,cheers pal👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Post by wetfinger on Oct 18, 2018 20:08:22 GMT
I've got one, when fitting a bar mixer fast fix kit and you are using the nasty threaded male irons you can barely get your spanner on, first tighten a normal 15mm comp nut on to properly seat the olive (obviously while holding the backplate with grips) then jointing compound and then you can fit male iron. Sometimes they are not strong enough to seal the olive and can seep back into the wall.
Chuck the hard red fibre washers and use the thicker 3/4 filter washers from BES.
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Post by tomplum on Oct 18, 2018 20:17:34 GMT
hello and welcome wetfinger, thats a good tip, those stupid fittings are hard to get a purchase on the slotted nuts/adaptors, I've struggled a few times especially it the pipes not coming through the wall square,
good tip mate thanks,
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Post by wetfinger on Oct 18, 2018 20:19:36 GMT
Thanks Tom! Miss the banter on the Screwfix forums so I'm on here now!
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Post by tomplum on Oct 18, 2018 20:21:47 GMT
you're most welcome and to give you a flying start and introduce you, I'll do a video on your tip, foto
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Post by wetfinger on Oct 18, 2018 20:33:34 GMT
I'm honoured thanks Tom, i fit them all the time but a few years ago on a shower I could get behind the stud wall and saw a drip from the back and thought WTF, the nut was as tight as it would go but the olive could easily be rotated with grips.
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