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Post by endfeed on Jul 11, 2019 19:44:20 GMT
What did they use on rad tail. I couldn't shift one today looks like a brown paste dried rock hard....
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Post by dickpuller on Jul 11, 2019 20:46:03 GMT
Hemp & Boss White.
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Post by tomplum on Jul 11, 2019 20:51:26 GMT
could be red hermatite, when that shit hardens its like concrete, or sometimes a plumber might use boss white mixed with putty, it fills the threads and sets hard,  |
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Post by woodbine66 on Jul 13, 2019 20:49:20 GMT
Think they used to use something evil on tap threads in the old days too. Some old taps are a nightmare to undo.  |
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Post by endfeed on Jul 14, 2019 6:55:32 GMT
could be red hermatite, when that shit hardens its like concrete, or sometimes a plumber might use boss white mixed with putty, it fills the threads and sets hard, is it best to leave tails that are set in so hard alone, or give um some hammer to remove? |
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Post by cylinderfella on Jul 16, 2019 20:23:34 GMT
Had pump valve nuts that wouldn't move one time. I gave the nut a couple of smacks with a hammer and cold chisel. Works a dream for stubborn nuts. Make sure you hit the correct side!!
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Post by tomplum on Jul 16, 2019 21:43:22 GMT
I've had pump valves that i could't shift, stillies, heat, and like cinders says hammer and chisel. I've ended up draining and replacing the pump and valves a few times, sometimes the metals weld themselves together, a pump change can go, easy half hour, or half day traumer, plumbing is never easy, its a mans job and not for the faint hearted,  |
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Post by DIYDafty on Jul 20, 2019 20:31:31 GMT
I've had pump valves that i could't shift, stillies, heat, and like cinders says hammer and chisel. I've ended up draining and replacing the pump and valves a few times, sometimes the metals weld themselves together, a pump change can go, easy half hour, or half day traumer, plumbing is never easy, its a mans job and not for the faint hearted,  I was in the exact same position about 10 years ago although I didn't have all the experience you have so I didn't try hammer/chisel or heat - maybe they'd have moved if I had. Ended up replacing the lot with a snake of pipework and compression couplers/elbows . It looked really, really ugly but I didn't know any better then. I've long since replaced with soldered. Oh and it took me about 3 days....  |
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Post by woodbine66 on Jul 23, 2019 20:06:56 GMT
I've had pump valves that i could't shift, stillies, heat, and like cinders says hammer and chisel. I've ended up draining and replacing the pump and valves a few times, sometimes the metals weld themselves together, a pump change can go, easy half hour, or half day traumer, plumbing is never easy, its a mans job and not for the faint hearted, I was in the exact same position about 10 years ago although I didn't have all the experience you have so I didn't try hammer/chisel or heat - maybe they'd have moved if I had. Ended up replacing the lot with a snake of pipework and compression couplers/elbows . It looked really, really ugly but I didn't know any better then. I've long since replaced with soldered. Oh and it took me about 3 days....
I once knew a builder who is no longer with us who couldn't solder for toffee. However, he was tight as two coats of paint and wouldn't pay a plumber. Did all his own plumbing for kitchens, bathrooms that he installed in compression. Looked bad, but at least he always used copper pipe - never put a bend in, always a comp. elbow.
He's probably down below now, paying for his sins against plumbing.
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Post by DIYDafty on Jul 23, 2019 20:51:09 GMT
I was in the exact same position about 10 years ago although I didn't have all the experience you have so I didn't try hammer/chisel or heat - maybe they'd have moved if I had. Ended up replacing the lot with a snake of pipework and compression couplers/elbows . It looked really, really ugly but I didn't know any better then. I've long since replaced with soldered. Oh and it took me about 3 days....
I once knew a builder who is no longer with us who couldn't solder for toffee. However, he was tight as two coats of paint and wouldn't pay a plumber. Did all his own plumbing for kitchens, bathrooms that he installed in compression. Looked bad, but at least he always used copper pipe - never put a bend in, always a comp. elbow.
He's probably down below now, paying for his sins against plumbing.
Made me laugh. I'd be constantly checking them all for leaks.... I reckon compression is only really bad if its below floorboard or behind tiles etc. I know from first hand after paying some bathroom fitter cowboys what can happen. Some time later was upgrading something else, pulled a pipe too much and it started leaking. Turned out was a compression elbow underneath the shower. |
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Post by tomplum on Jul 23, 2019 21:23:44 GMT
Its happened to the best of us when changing a pump or motorized valve under the floorboards and a compression joint 10 or 12 feet away is disturbed, You don't look for leaks so far away and thats a call back, plus damaged ceiling coming back at you, plumbing can bite hard if you are not thinking all the time, |
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Post by woodbine66 on Jul 24, 2019 14:11:31 GMT
I once knew a builder who is no longer with us who couldn't solder for toffee. However, he was tight as two coats of paint and wouldn't pay a plumber. Did all his own plumbing for kitchens, bathrooms that he installed in compression. Looked bad, but at least he always used copper pipe - never put a bend in, always a comp. elbow.
He's probably down below now, paying for his sins against plumbing.
Made me laugh. I'd be constantly checking them all for leaks.... I reckon compression is only really bad if its below floorboard or behind tiles etc. I know from first hand after paying some bathroom fitter cowboys what can happen. Some time later was upgrading something else, pulled a pipe too much and it started leaking. Turned out was a compression elbow underneath the shower.
You're right, Dafty. Not ideal to hide compression or push fit, especially where it's not easily reached. But Mickey didn't care - he'd plaster comp joints in walls, under screed, etc. Yeehar!!
Builders and their 'plumbing'.  
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Jul 25, 2019 12:33:07 GMT
I've had pump valves that i could't shift, stillies, heat, and like cinders says hammer and chisel. I've ended up draining and replacing the pump and valves a few times, sometimes the metals weld themselves together, a pump change can go, easy half hour, or half day traumer, plumbing is never easy, its a mans job and not for the faint hearted, I was in the exact same position about 10 years ago although I didn't have all the experience you have so I didn't try hammer/chisel or heat - maybe they'd have moved if I had. Ended up replacing the lot with a snake of pipework and compression couplers/elbows . It looked really, really ugly but I didn't know any better then. I've long since replaced with soldered. Oh and it took me about 3 days.... It’s only easy when you know! Practice & practice & you can do it Like anything, practice is all you need. |
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