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… Apparently I have a replacement induction hob to fit this evening. Who Knew?
It seems that people 37 or under cannot take a photo of the wiring connection of the same existing unit and ensure they connect the new one exactly the same.
So it clearly is a job only a 65+ Yr old can do while lying on their back on someone else's floor while the someone else speaks words of encouragement.
What the hell will they do when I am (mercifully) dead?
It seems that people 37 or under cannot take a photo of the wiring connection of the same existing unit and ensure they connect the new one exactly the same.
So it clearly is a job only a 65+ Yr old can do while lying on their back on someone else's floor while the someone else speaks words of encouragement.
What the hell will they do when I am (mercifully) dead?
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Looked under me floor board downstairs int me castle at the weekend. Basitd plastic pipe ter me radiators. Eye fort they were all copper. All the bits yer can see coming out of the floor boards and walls are copper. All the bits under the floorboards upstairs are copper. They have used plastic pipe under the downstairs floorboards then converted to copper where it pops out to the radiator. Not keen on plastic pipes fer me heating. Want to move the rads anyway so will put copper in only. Bastids.
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Get done over by trades peeps at mega cost when they realise there's an inheritance that needs spent.… Apparently I have a replacement induction hob to fit this evening. Who Knew?
It seems that people 37 or under cannot take a photo of the wiring connection of the same existing unit and ensure they connect the new one exactly the same.
So it clearly is a job only a 65+ Yr old can do while lying on their back on someone else's floor while the someone else speaks words of encouragement.
What the hell will they do when I am (mercifully) dead?
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That is worth more than a like.It's a little funny, colleagues who haven't spoken to me all year find out I am leaving and start sending emails about how they will miss me!
On the plus side, I have been contacted by a competitive firm who have also offered me consultancy work
Still, soon be Christmas
Well done mate and happy for you!
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Plastic pipe is no problem, so long as it more than 4 metres from a boiler.
Think that is right about the 4m, going to tag @brianp38dse for expert opinion, it might be 6m.
Other than that, it is better than copper, so long as you get quality stuff. I use JG Speedfit tube. You can bend it with your bare hands up to about 90 degrees, it has better frost resistance, push fit, and has a guarantee for 25 years, the same as copper tube.
Also much more resistant than copper to variable Ph in the water, and very easy to cut with the special plastic pipe shear thingy, about a tenner from Screwfix.
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Wiv amazon u ave ter dig deepah into t site, stuff iz idden, twas a prog on it ont telly tother nite.
They iz con muchants
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Ditto but three long haired Cockers are just so luvli to hug and have on your lap!, well not all at the same time!You're lucky, I have to wash and dry THREE Bath towels every day - lots of hair means lots of water.
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Now this is of interest to me, you have apparently the "black mountains" in froggy land we live in la "Montagne Noire" ours are so called cos they are covered in oak trees and from a distance they do look black, what it the reason for the naming of the ones near you, if you don't mind telling?!
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Tell em you are closed for Xmas. then see if they can suddenly do it!… Apparently I have a replacement induction hob to fit this evening. Who Knew?
It seems that people 37 or under cannot take a photo of the wiring connection of the same existing unit and ensure they connect the new one exactly the same.
So it clearly is a job only a 65+ Yr old can do while lying on their back on someone else's floor while the someone else speaks words of encouragement.
What the hell will they do when I am (mercifully) dead?
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Only thing to watch with it, so I hear, is that it expands and contracts a bit more than others so may need a bit more slack when fitted. but I await correction.
we have had some in our place for a long time now and it has not been a problem.
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Not heard of that one before, but may be the case.
All the boat fitters have used Speedfit for years, as I said, apart from close to water heaters, and they love it. Much less trouble than copper in all ways, and very quick to fit.
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Says it is blocked due to malicious activities. The site, I mean, not the plastic tube.
To be honest, this stuff doesn't interest me enough to read up on it.
If I fit it, and it works, that is good enough for me.
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Weirdly, having opened it myself a few minutes ago, it did this to me too.Says it is blocked due to malicious activities. The site, I mean, not the plastic tube.
To be honest, this stuff doesn't interest me enough to read up on it.
If I fit it, and it works, that is good enough for me.
anyway, it is only of interest to anyone fitting longish runs, not you obvs!
https://modbs.co.uk/news/fullstory.... lines, a C-PVC system,would be about 32.5 mm.
32.5 mm in 10 metres ain't a whole load.
TBH, if @Hippo was going to have a problem, he's already have had it.
It looks and feels flimsy, but it isn't and it is dead easy to work with.
Nowt wrong with that.
Our radiators are made of it
well with a bit of added sand+cement+water.PEX-AL
about 99% of my plumbing is plastic. It’s great
.J
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In boats, it is usual to use what I would call schoolroom clips, which don't prevent lengthwise movement of the pipe, so I can't see it being a problem.Weirdly, having opened it myself a few minutes ago, it did this to me too.
anyway, it is only of interest to anyone fitting longish runs, not you obvs!
https://modbs.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/15011/Pipes_on_the_move.html#:~:text=For hot and cold water lines, a C-PVC system,would be about 32.5 mm.
32.5 mm in 10 metres ain't a whole load.
TBH, if @Hippo was going to have a problem, he's already have had it.
It looks and feels flimsy, but it isn't and it is dead easy to work with.
But in fact, I plumbed most of my house in Cornwall in plastic pipe too, because I got fed up with acid well water eating through the copper pipes, and bringing the plaster down.
Where you have Ph stabilised mains water, copper isn't usually a problem either, but I don't like to think of @Hippo spending his Christmas under the floorboards, removing plastic pipes because he thinks they are no good!
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I really have no idea but I'll try to find some info if it is possible.Now this is of interest to me, you have apparently the "black mountains" in froggy land we live in la "Montagne Noire" ours are so called cos they are covered in oak trees and from a distance they do look black, what it the reason for the naming of the ones near you, if you don't mind telling?!
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Me neither!In boats, it is usual to use what I would call schoolroom clips, which don't prevent lengthwise movement of the pipe, so I can't see it being a problem.
But in fact, I plumbed most of my house in Cornwall in plastic pipe too, because I got fed up with acid well water eating through the copper pipes, and bringing the plaster down.
Where you have Ph stabilised mains water, copper isn't usually a problem either, but I don't like to think of @Hippo spending his Christmas under the floorboards, removing plastic pipes because he thinks they are no good!
We have the blue and red PVC(?) pipe installed in out place in frogland in 2008. Asked my buildery mate about it, he said it is only guaranteed for 60 year.
Gulp!
Well for whoever has our place once we are both pushing up the daisies, or eating the dandelions by their roots, as the frogs juantily put it!
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