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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 16:51:18 GMT
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Post by woodbine66 on Jan 30, 2019 17:16:50 GMT
'KERCHING!!!'
Nice one. Not had any in Bristol yet. Freeze ups have gone out of fashion in recent years. Hopefully people have got complacent and the urgent, big money weekend callouts of yesteryear will be back.  |
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Jan 30, 2019 19:26:16 GMT
Beautiful
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Post by jcplumb on Jan 30, 2019 19:38:43 GMT
That's a fair old backplate on that first pic  Pushfit fittings outside? more people should be encouraged to use them outside, nice easy repair jobs when it gets cold |
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Post by battle1066 on Jan 30, 2019 20:01:07 GMT
I've never seen a tap fail like that it's always the pipework I find gives up the ghost first.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 20:52:54 GMT
That's a fair old backplate on that first pic Pushfit fittings outside? more people should be encouraged to use them outside, nice easy repair jobs when it gets cold It was a cheapo fitting at that ! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 20:54:33 GMT
I've never seen a tap fail like that it's always the pipework I find gives up the ghost first. The pipe work was insulated but the tap wasn't,  |
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Post by tomplum on Jan 30, 2019 21:21:14 GMT
the worst one I ever seen was in the christmas break of 1965/66, we came back to work on an industrial installation I was on and a 2 inch brass gate valve was split in half, the water was still frozen so no water damage was done, the power of ice is Eminence,  Edit, the above date should be 1995/96, I was't even working in 1965/6  |
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Post by DIYDafty on Jan 30, 2019 21:30:39 GMT
Bloody hell I forgot to shut the water to my outside tap (and I usually insulate with an old rag). On the plus side, at least I can call on Daftys Bathrooms & Kitchens if I need to.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 30, 2019 21:45:38 GMT
Bloody hell I forgot to shut the water to my outside tap (and I usually insulate with an old rag). On the plus side, at least I can call on Daftys Bathrooms & Kitchens if I need to. Go and do it dafty ! |
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Post by crowsfoot on Jan 30, 2019 22:31:34 GMT
Not had any bursts (as of yet) or snow even over here. It's very cold so plenty of signs that this years "plumbers harvest" is on it's way!! 4% is the volume that water increases by when it freezes - It moves mountains and shapes continents.. A 15mm push fit or a 2" gate valve stands no chance of surviving ! |
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Post by dickpuller on Feb 2, 2019 20:21:38 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2019 20:28:41 GMT
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Post by woodbine66 on Feb 3, 2019 14:56:40 GMT
We know that's not a picture of anywhere in Scotland, Dick................................ 'cos there's some fit birds in it. 
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Post by dickpuller on Feb 3, 2019 18:27:50 GMT
We know that's not a picture of anywhere in Scotland, Dick................................ 'cos there's some fit birds in it. 
C’mon!! I was working in -6C the other day, you southern softies lock yourselves indoors at the first snowflake!! As one famous Scotsman once said; there’s no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes!! |
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