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Post by rocketmanbkk on Feb 26, 2018 13:18:51 GMT
Just swapped one in a F&E tank
Took no time at all
Wish I could get a few of them a day!
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Post by jcplumb on Feb 26, 2018 14:33:11 GMT
I think I got the easier one today - washer swap in a part 1 ballcock in a cistern. Like you say though, wouldn't mind 10 a day  |
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Post by tomplum on Feb 26, 2018 15:41:52 GMT
I can't be arsed with washer swapping, I put a new valve in, its quicker than stripping down the old one and for £6 a pop no one minds, the old one goes in the scrap bag,  |
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Post by endfeed on Feb 26, 2018 17:29:45 GMT
I agree there tom,I always replace never repairs 😎 I hate call backs
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2018 18:49:42 GMT
I just put a new one in too i can't be arsed being in a shitty loft trying to strip it down they are a disposable item in my eyes, taps are the same if they don't give in easy for a washer repair I ain't pissing about with them.
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Post by endfeed on Feb 26, 2018 19:33:38 GMT
Do you open the nut inside the cwst and connect to old shank,or do open the half inch tap connector and Change the hole thing? Just being 👃 nosey😮
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2018 19:41:43 GMT
Do you open the nut inside the cwst and connect to old shank,or do open the half inch tap connector and Change the hole thing? Just being 👃 nosey😮 Which ever is easiest to undo mate  sometimes the larger nut can be a twat to come loose. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2018 19:57:36 GMT
Remember the Moto........WORK SMARTER NOT HARDER |
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Post by endfeed on Feb 26, 2018 20:00:43 GMT
Said it to someone the other day😎
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Post by dickpuller on Feb 26, 2018 20:16:47 GMT
Remember the Moto........WORK SMARTER NOT HARDER  That’s what I do PB!!! thats why I change the washer, file the lever & charge the OAPs £60 + the price of a new valve |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2018 20:26:03 GMT
Remember the Moto........WORK SMARTER NOT HARDER That’s what I do PB!!! thats why I change the washer, file the lever & charge the OAPs £60 + the price of a new valve laughing-dog-smiley-emoticon |
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Post by jcplumb on Feb 26, 2018 22:24:51 GMT
To be fair I do usually change the whole valve, but this was in an easy access toilet cistern, the arm was already nicely bent round the syphon and it was in Radcliffe (I don't know the area) and I didn't have a part 1 with me. And (here's the killer) I didn't have a washer with me either, so my washer change was actually a ''turn it round and hope the back side of the old washer is still in good nick''  |
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Post by crowsfoot on Feb 27, 2018 7:00:22 GMT
Done that one a few times myself JC!
Gaffer, "You've not booked any materials to that job Tappy"? 
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Post by woodbine66 on Feb 27, 2018 14:50:47 GMT
I usually fit new, but sometimes I'm forced to rebuild instead. Last time I did it was a loft tank with nightmare access. Big 30s house with tall roof. Tanks were on a platform on stilts in corner of roof right up under the tiles. Was originally put in my the elderly owner himself decades ago and he had insulated the tanks and boxed them in. Fookin 'mare for access when standing on a step ladder balanced on joists.
No way I could reach the back of the tank in corner where supply pipe joined tap connector on outside of tank. Had to lean across the tank at arms length and undo the very tight nut on the inside of tank, Whilst trying to stop the whole valve spinning. Managed to get the valve out and rebuilt it.
Who's be a plumber??
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Post by dickpuller on Feb 27, 2018 19:33:21 GMT
I usually fit new, but sometimes I'm forced to rebuild instead. Last time I did it was a loft tank with nightmare access. Big 30s house with tall roof. Tanks were on a platform on stilts in corner of roof right up under the tiles. Was originally put in my the elderly owner himself decades ago and he had insulated the tanks and boxed them in. Fookin 'mare for access when standing on a step ladder balanced on joists.
No way I could reach the back of the tank in corner where supply pipe joined tap connector on outside of tank. Had to lean across the tank at arms length and undo the very tight nut on the inside of tank, Whilst trying to stop the whole valve spinning. Managed to get the valve out and rebuilt it.
Who's be a plumber??
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sometimes the larger nut can be a twat to come loose.
