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Stupidity is a lack of intelligence, understanding, reason, or wit. It may be innate, assumed or reactive. The word stupid comes from the Latin word stupere. Stupid characters are often used for comedy in fictional stories. Walter B. Pitkin called stupidity "evil", but in a more Romantic spirit William Blake and Carl Jung believed stupidity can be the mother of wisdom.

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  1. C

    URGENT I am stupid and need help before I have to call a plumber

    I flushed a whole chicken breast down the toilet being an idiot and I’ve tried a plunger a snake and liquid drain de clogger nothing is working.
  2. Riley

    Likely a stupid question

    Apologies if this is a dumb question but is it against gas regs to swage a copper gas pipe?
  3. K

    URGENT Stupid mistake- waterfall from ceiling!

    Hi all! I made a stupid mistake and it caused water leaks all the way down from my bathroom to the kitchen ceiling and water leaked like waterfall!! Basically, I didn’t know there were small holes next to pipes which are behind both sink and toilet. I pour water to on the bathroom floor so I can...
  4. W

    Stupid question no doubt

    Bloke in a flat wants his towel radiator moved up really high on the wall for odd reasons I won't bore you with. This would put the top of the towel rad roughly level with the bottom of the f+e (which is mounted at the top of a cupboard nearby with the CH circulating pump positioned directly...
  5. D

    Stupid questions from a novice

    I have a couple of stupid questions. (Actually, more than a couple, it turns out). Firstly, PTFE tape. Is it worth it (a lot of people recommend it; but many say it makes no difference. Who is right)? Is it stable enough to be used on the piping for the default radiator? What about the fittings...
  6. SavageW

    May be a stupid question,but...

    Can SGN turn up the gas pressure in the gas main? Called SGN to job cause had low working pressure at boiler and meter.I was still on site as he arrived an tried adjusting the governor then reluctantly changed it after I said was no different. I was then packing the van to go to another job an...
  7. W

    Guttering - stupid question

    Haven't done any for about 6 years and only done some little repair replace bits couple times every anyway. So excuse my ignorance but what size is this? Went online to price up some bits and ended up bit confused. Don't seem to remember having a problem last time. Oh well
  8. C

    whats happening to cause my bath waste to leak.

    Bath has a central plug hole with a pipe to wall and waste. Out of the blue it has started leaking from a joint downstream to the waste , - see green arrow in photo. It happens when unplugging the bath to drain for about 30 seconds and then stops. Could have been hit by vacuum cleaner recently....
  9. jaydebruyne

    Vented heating system

    Have come to flush a large house, vented heating, invented hot water. Go to the header tank and there's no vent pipe :/ just the feed, overflow and cold in.. Huh?!?!?
  10. T

    Column radiator installation - stupid question re blanking plugs

    Hi I'm halfway through replacing a rad with a new Acova Column radiator. Howerver I've taken it out of the box and it only has two out of the four of the corners with holes and trheads for valves / air vent. Both are at one end of the rad. At what I assume is the bottom, and where I'm...
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  11. S

    Hot Water Cylinder Thermostat problem - I’ve been stupid.

    I have: - Gas combined central heating and water heating Drayton MA1 Mid Position Actuator Drayton HTS3 Cylinder Thermostat Solar iBoost+ that’s connected to 2 Immersion Heaters (top and bottom) I wanted to replace the HTS3 with one that has a lower lowest setting so that the solar immersions...
  12. I

    Done something stupid

    Hi guys just joined as thought someone could help me. I opened up these taps outside my flat thinking they were outside taps for water to a hose pipe. They spurted out dirty water and then nothing. My girlfriend said she could hear water in the radiator. Anyway, now my Valiant boiler...
  13. ShaunCorbs

    gas safe still got no bite / people are stupid :(

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiz4RU3TP-0&itct=CBMQpDAYAyITCMmRv_DF28wCFQetFgoddg0L9TIHcmV sYXRlZEjl-rSM6tW4hMMB&app=desktop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNw75cPQulk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcKHOOIoX8s keep changing parts until you fix it :D
  14. S

    Stupid mistake! Wanted to replace cartridges

    Over the last few weeks I noticed a small drip from the hot water handle where it meets the body. Quick google showed it used quarter-turn cartridges and this needed replacing. Today I decided to tackle it and am regretting it since I started. Easy enough to remove the screw covers, the screws...
  15. M

    Stupid mistakes

    Come on cheer me up a bit after the afternoon from hell! I got approached by a hotel to fit a new shower, tray, screens and multi panel problem was it all has to be complete by tomorrow night, so last Tuesday I ordered all the bits being told it would be here on Thursday, it never turned up...
  16. M

    Stupid question time

    Do you just mix and match shower trays and screens or if you buy one do you have to get the correct screen for it. I don't fit many bathrooms and the ones I do most customers supply the bits.
  17. bright spark

    Stupid jokes

    Paddy and Mick are working on a building site. Mick says I'm gonna pretend I've gone mad and get a day off. When d fireman goes by Mick swings from d rafters upside down shouting 'I'm a lightbulb'. The foreman says 'a Jesus Micks gone mad. You better go home' then Paddy starts packing up too...
  18. Chalked

    Am I being stupid???

    So. one of our local councils goes for grade 5 planning. This means no gas boilers can be fitted in new property's. so. everone has to fit ground scorce, air scorce or biomas. The first two use massive amounts of electricity. so. Today the government announces that all the coal fired power...
  19. J

    stupid question time

    just thought check here before doing it.. Can I solder hard regular copper onto soft copper tap tails with endfeed fittings without any problems? hopin for speedy replies as they're fluxed up and ready to go!
  20. W

    Stupid question about shower enclosures

    Never installed a shower tray, only installed couple of shower enclosure in last 6 years and both supplied by customer. But I think I'm ready for the experience of a lifetime, adrenaline rush type experience of my first supply and install. This mank enclosure has died and needs replacing. Tray...
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