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Post by jcplumb on Mar 7, 2019 19:01:33 GMT
Does anyone else do this? With 2 part syphons it makes fixing them a 5 minute job. I usually have a piece of DPM with me and cut one if there's no local merchants that stock them. Can get the 4 hole Dudley turbo almost everywhere but can't get the 3 hole version from the turbo 88r. Changed one today for £50 and I was in the building a total of 12 minutes including cutting the new one. So I had an idea, get the kids to earn their pocket money, they're currently sat at the kitchen table with a dremmel and a pair of scissors cutting me a few turbo 88r diaphragms at 50p a pop. here's the template if anyone needs it. Attachment Deleted |
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Post by jcplumb on Mar 7, 2019 23:50:37 GMT
Went to my brothers for a brew, then a bit of shopping. Got back about an hour ago and the little shits have done 40 diaphragms. That's me £20 out of pocket and half of them are shit  |
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Post by crowsfoot on Mar 8, 2019 7:03:42 GMT
They've got a nice little cottage industry going there JC  Every time that they need a bit of extra pocket money they'll simply cut you another 50!! NB. They're some oddball shaped cisterns out there that a Dudley won't always fit into so you have to make a diaphragm washer. The last one I did I ended up cutting out the rubber from inside an old expansion vessel to make one (that should put quite a few future plumbers out of a job)!! |
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Post by jcplumb on Mar 8, 2019 21:18:43 GMT
Yeah, there's loads of different ones, but Dudley Turbos have to be the easiest to change and I see a lot of them, definitely more than any other type, had 2 of these this week.
Most awkward ripped diaphragm I'v had was on a dudley(Macdee), must have been 30-40 years old in a dauntless elite toilet cistern, pink plastic thing. Wasn't a 2 part so syphon needed to come out to do it, unusual shape too, thinner than more modern ones and a hole where the cantilever for the button goes.
That cantilever set up is quite clever but means you can't change the syphon unless you have an exact replacement which they don't make any more, newer dudleys still have the hole there for it to attach to, not many people know what it's for.
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Post by tomplum on Mar 8, 2019 21:26:48 GMT
Went to my brothers for a brew, then a bit of shopping. Got back about an hour ago and the little shits have done 40 diaphragms. That's me £20 out of pocket and half of them are shit sell them on ebay, give it some marketing hype Bullshit,,,,,,, don't pay plumbers rates,buy these easy to fit diaphrams to fettle a not working toilet small print, check with your appliance first as sizes vary,, |
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Post by crowsfoot on Mar 9, 2019 8:23:13 GMT
Remember those old pot syphon's in two parts held together by three specialist size bolts (syphon bolts) ? One of them would eventually break off causing the water to drip straight through into the pan - what a delight they was to fix  . NB. I kept a spare old used "pot" syphon on my van for years and years and eventually used the bolts out of it to repair one of them at an old dears house (who hadn't had any new plumbing done for over 40 years). It was a orange coloured suit! That itself must be over twenty years ago now! |
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