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Post by dickpuller on Dec 16, 2020 19:07:55 GMT
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Post by battle1066 on Dec 16, 2020 20:56:24 GMT
I'm the same as the lads but I see why and how your way allows a easy drain point which is simpler to replace than many of the drain valves fitted to the boilers for that purpose. |
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Post by dickpuller on Jan 7, 2021 15:59:07 GMT
Another good tip I picked up recently; If you remove a Radiator for the wall behind to be re-plastered, don’t leave the bracket screws in the wall plugs. That’ll just piss-off the Plasterer, he’ll remove the screws & throw them to fuck!!
Take a little Butter, Marg, ever Silicunt lube - anything greasy & cover the wall plugs with it. This will then show through the dry plaster, when you refit the radiator👍👍👍😉
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Post by endfeed on Jan 7, 2021 18:51:17 GMT
Great tip dick👍👍
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Post by endfeed on Jan 16, 2021 18:53:05 GMT
Attachment Deleted.... no magnetic screw driver. Piece of paper,push screw through it makes it well easy in those hard to reach places. Dropped so many of these small screw down the back of this vanity unit, straight in with this method!!!
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Post by tomplum on Jan 16, 2021 19:06:51 GMT
nice one endfeed.  |
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Post by woodbine66 on Jan 19, 2021 21:53:24 GMT
Good one, EF. Small blob of Plumbers Mait or Blu Tak on end of screwdriver works well too.
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Post by cathoderay on Jul 10, 2021 21:25:20 GMT
Might be common knowledge but stop your core bit binding on to the Arbor by putting something between the two. Rubber band, o ring, bit of leccy tape. Comes apart easy peasy
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Post by dickpuller on Jul 11, 2021 10:57:39 GMT
Might be common knowledge but stop your core bit binding on to the Arbor by putting something between the two. Rubber band, o ring, bit of leccy tape. Comes apart easy peasy Some PTFE on the thread makes it easier to separate. Same with Holesaws👍 |
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Post by battle1066 on Jul 12, 2021 16:17:25 GMT
Might be common knowledge but stop your core bit binding on to the Arbor by putting something between the two. Rubber band, o ring, bit of leccy tape. Comes apart easy peasy It's not a tip I've seen mentioned on here so good on you Ray for bring it up for others to read and use. |
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Post by glowbug on Jul 12, 2021 21:24:00 GMT
www.screwfix.com/p/vitrex-half-round-tile-file-6-150mm/1975dI was doing some work in my own house, had to take few years of paint off copper pipe. Couldn’t be bothered going to van, and just grabbed a ceramic tile file that was too hand. Worked a treat with no effort😀will always use this method from now on , instead of blowtorch, Stanley blade, and wire strips, or even metal file ,they all work, but make life easy I say.
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Post by tomplum on Jul 13, 2021 20:33:00 GMT
nice one glowbug, I'll try that and do a video,  |
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Post by dickpuller on Aug 1, 2021 8:04:21 GMT
Marking pipe or tube.....even wood; This is something I’ve done for years without thinking & colleges go ‘Eh.....what’s that all about’?! Its called a ‘Crows Foot’ Mark. So you take your Tape & pencil Mark the pipe at the correct measurement, make a straight mark, then a sweeping line on the off-cut part of the pipe. Simple as that! You now know that the tip of the Crows Foot is where the cut is to be made, what is the off-cut/cutting/waste bit of pipe, plus the Mark is easier to see in poorly lit areas. Also, if you leave the pipe or your Apprentice is cutting for you, they’ll know what bit of pipe to hand you back for fitting.  |
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Post by tomplum on Aug 1, 2021 9:58:19 GMT
great stuff Dick, I too was taught the a similar thing but, It was't given a name, Like you say its something we do without thinking because its like breathing, we don't know we're doing it, There must be many such likewise involutery actions we do ( or in my case DID )
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Post by cathoderay on Aug 1, 2021 13:14:53 GMT
Nice one dick. On subject of marking out - more of a useless fact than a tip - carpenters pencil is 1/2 inch on the larger width and 1/4 inch on the smaller width.
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