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Post by endfeed on Nov 2, 2016 18:33:42 GMT
Attachment DeletedNot doing any work on this but got me thinking how nice cast work is! its handing from the ceiling in the bog im working in like a chandelier! The 1 1/4 waist, were they bossed in with lead? Or did they cement them?☺
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Post by tomplum on Nov 2, 2016 18:48:24 GMT
depends how old it is endfeed, if its realy old it would have been made in with molten lead, that would have been realy dangerous up there, but even the old plumbers knew a few cheats, they stuff it with asbestos rope then pack that in with lead strips and melt it in situ using paraffin blow lamps and mole skin wiping cloths to form a neat seal,
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cast😊
Nov 2, 2016 18:58:23 GMT
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Post by endfeed on Nov 2, 2016 18:58:23 GMT
Didt realise it had all those concoctions mixed in!!☺cheers tom☺
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Post by dickpuller on Nov 3, 2016 22:26:37 GMT
You could even get 'Lead wool' which was rapped around the joints & 'staved' into the joint. This could be used in locations where molten lead was hard to use.
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Post by endfeed on Nov 4, 2016 8:50:32 GMT
It must have been fooking hard graft years ago installing cast,looks so nice when painted..dont know im born using plastic😀cast iron pipe always catches my eye...think i need to get out more dick!!!!!
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Post by tomplum on Nov 4, 2016 14:36:27 GMT
Ha Ha, you've got it endfeed, there's no cure, I do the same whenever I'm out and about I look at the pipework,Even on holiday I'm looking behind pedisals,under sinks, Wife thinks i'm crazy,  |
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Post by endfeed on Nov 4, 2016 16:03:06 GMT
1787034013 yippee Im always doing that as well tom!im not a weirdo after all.. yaaay!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2016 18:30:22 GMT
It means you care about what things look like endfeed and is symbol that you put a lot of effort into your own work mate.  Tom's just fucking nosey though.  |
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Post by endfeed on Nov 4, 2016 19:04:05 GMT
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Post by dickpuller on Nov 4, 2016 23:19:23 GMT
It must have been fooking hard graft years ago installing cast,looks so nice when painted..dont know im born using plastic😀cast iron pipe always catches my eye...think i need to get out more dick!!!!! .......or I need to get my dick out more!!!! |
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Post by endfeed on Nov 4, 2016 23:24:32 GMT
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Post by jcplumb on Nov 5, 2016 13:51:40 GMT
Ha Ha, you've got it endfeed, there's no cure, I do the same whenever I'm out and about I look at the pipework,Even on holiday I'm looking behind pedisals,under sinks, Wife thinks i'm crazy, I used to be in awe of the craftmanship on urinal chrome piping until I found out the buggers were pre-formed when you buy them, I'd stand in the gents admiring the pipe bending skills of the plumber who installed it.  |
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Post by battle1066 on Nov 5, 2016 15:03:40 GMT
Ha Ha, you've got it endfeed, there's no cure, I do the same whenever I'm out and about I look at the pipework,Even on holiday I'm looking behind pedisals,under sinks, Wife thinks i'm crazy, I used to be in awe of the craftmanship on urinal chrome piping until I found out the buggers were pre-formed when you buy them, I'd stand in the gents admiring the pipe bending skills of the plumber who installed it. Yes but years ago time to do the job had no value and the materials were the expensive part of the job. You could take pride in your work and know others would also admire it and appreciate its complexity and skill involved and even compete with you to achieve or beat your standard, now all I see is people looking at their watch wondering if you've finished yet. |
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Post by dickpuller on Nov 5, 2016 17:13:27 GMT
Ha Ha, you've got it endfeed, there's no cure, I do the same whenever I'm out and about I look at the pipework,Even on holiday I'm looking behind pedisals,under sinks, Wife thinks i'm crazy, I used to be in awe of the craftmanship on urinal chrome piping until I found out the buggers were pre-formed when you buy them, I'd stand in the gents admiring the pipe bending skills of the plumber who installed it. I wouldn't stand at a urinal in a Glasgow Gents Toilets going: 'Oh, Ah, oh it's lovely that'!! They'd think you were a Willy Watcher having a wank, you could end up with a sore face!! |
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