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Post by DIYDafty on Dec 16, 2020 16:55:04 GMT
I've just cleaned up the tails of the rad pipes in the kitchen. Had been painted over and over since the house was built in 1970. Really bad state. One of the first tips form Tops Tips was how to clean them up. I've used it before but getting slightly better over time. This time in less than 5 minutes I had both of them fresh like they'd just come out of City Plumbing  So many thanks again for making my plumbing life easier. P.S. If you've a short tail (say 3 inches) poking out of the floor with nut and olive on it how do you remove? Do people really use that junior hacksaw and screwdriver method? It sounds like torture to me. I managed to work the olive lose by turning it with grips but I'm always worried I'll damage the pipe. |
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Post by tomplum on Dec 16, 2020 17:35:32 GMT
than you very much dafty here's another that might help
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Post by battle1066 on Dec 16, 2020 18:22:33 GMT
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Dec 16, 2020 19:20:25 GMT
I don’t mind a junior hacksaw
It takes seconds
Piss easy
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Post by DIYDafty on Dec 16, 2020 22:02:21 GMT
Well, I shouldn't have been so quick to be happy about cleaning up the pipes. A bit further in the process I decided I needed to cut a little more of the pipe coming out of the concrete floor. Well, I've never seen this before but the pipe slice somehow crushed the pipe ! It ended up fully oval. I _just_ managed to get out of trouble cutting even lower down and carefully (my last chance before  , but could my problem have been that I annealed the pipe when I was cleaning it? It did start to glow red..... |
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Post by clart on Dec 19, 2020 14:05:33 GMT
Or you could use my Dads method, but for pipework that's in position it might not be so effective.
But still a very good olive removal option.
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Post by crowsfoot on Dec 19, 2020 18:37:26 GMT
I've not forgotten that one clart, I use it a lot when scraping to order to get the old brass nuts off.....what a good tip that one was!
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Post by joinerjohn on Dec 19, 2020 21:43:43 GMT
than you very much dafty here's another that might help Apparently Sir Richard of Glasgow knows how to get an old olive off.  |
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Post by dickpuller on Dec 20, 2020 6:59:38 GMT
I generally use an Olive Splitter, it’s a small hatchet I keep in the shed. if she get on my tits too much she gets a whack!!!
I got the Dicky Dyer one at a bargain price, but I rarely use it. I just use my Cobras to squeeze the Olive off. Which is a great tip I picked up here👍👍👍👍👍
All These tips & tricks are only available here. It’s so insightful for the DaftyDIYers or the hard of thinking 🤔
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Post by battle1066 on Dec 20, 2020 11:55:35 GMT
I generally use an Olive Splitter, it’s a small hatchet I keep in the shed. if she get on my tits too much she gets a whack!!! I got the Dicky Dyer one at a bargain price, but I rarely use it. I just use my Cobras to squeeze the Olive off. Which is a great tip I picked up here👍👍👍👍👍 All These tips & tricks are only available here. It’s so insightful for the DaftyDIYers or the hard of thinking 🤔 I have made some good easy money from tips I've picked up from here - thank you to those who posted them. |
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Post by endfeed on Dec 20, 2020 12:17:25 GMT
I used a tip the other day which was from the forum,it was the food fork with the prongs bent at 90 degree, it use is to lift carpets, this tool sit proudly in my tool bag 👍👍👍
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, but could my problem have been that I annealed the pipe when I was cleaning it? It did start to glow red.....
