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We've all come across situations when we wish someone had invented something to help us get that job done easier, quicker and better.I want everyone to post their wishlist that they would like to see in their plumbers arsenal. The best ones I'll contact a few manufacturers I use and who knows you might even make your first million.

I'll start the ball rolling. One thing I want is for someone to invent realistic looking shiny chrome sanitary silicone, would really finish off shower enclosures.

Start posting!
 
Sting free flux! Already sleeved copper tube. A magic paste that seals the sudden drip on old pump valves. Dust sheets that actually stop dust. And a dust free drill bit.
 
An apprentice that knows everything drives owns hos/her own tools and van and works for 50p a day ?

Flexible flush pipes for those concealed cisterns !
 
An I phone app that measures stuff using the camera and some infa red techno ingenuity.

If it had touch screen abilities you could for instance point it at a house, touch screen at one side then touch screen at the other side and bam!! You've got the measurements.
 
A van that warms up instantly, so I don't have to drive off first thing with my head hanging out the window because I can't be arsed to scrape it
 
Knuckles that don't cut when you slip. Or an app that prevents you from taking a sink trap off and pouring the contents into said sink
 
My pet HATE is cutting flue pipe. I would like a cutter like the monument or rems soil pipe cutter that will cut and chamfer flue pipe.
 
gasmanrob said:
My pet HATE is cutting flue pipe. I would like a cutter like the monument or rems soil pipe cutter that will cut and chamfer flue pipe.
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I've got one its called 'manual labour with a hacksaw and a file':)
 
kyle87 said:
An I phone app that measures stuff using the camera and some infa red techno ingenuity.

If it had touch screen abilities you could for instance point it at a house, touch screen at one side then touch screen at the other side and bam!! You've got the measurements.
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aherm!
they already do that one;)
 
There is a measuring app for Android and I've got it on the Galaxy Note. Works ok but wouldn't rely too much on it. There's another one which is really useful that projects a beam of light so that it can be used as a straight line. Good for tiling etc.
 
a wrachet spanner that works , heated windscreen for the van is a must !!! an app that can turn heating on from work ......
an app that tells customer to call for service when time is due
 
Core bits that wont snag on damp walls

big size syringe to drain systerns with an adaptor to a manometer hose for sucking water out of pipes ready to solder.

A tool to mute custards screaming kids when you are going about a landlords cert.

The never empty tea cup........just imagin.....a permanant brew on the go.
 
SafeGasInstall said:
a wrachet spanner that works , heated windscreen for the van is a must !!! an app that can turn heating on from work ......
an app that tells customer to call for service when time is due
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Wratchet spaner try britool
there is an app for turning home heating on if that's what you mean.
drayton do a programmer with a service indicator
 
Laser powered laser guided flue-hole cutting limpet. Stick it on, switch it on, get on with something else
 
3.25 metre lengths of copper tube for central heating drops.
 
A reliable cut in iscolating valve that can be cut in to live pipes to save draining down. E.g changing a 3 port
 
southcoastboile said:
A reliable cut in iscolating valve that can be cut in to live pipes to save draining down. E.g changing a 3 port
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How about 3 port valves with iso' unions?
 
A machine to straighten out coiled up 10mm.

An automated pipebender that can create perfect offsets and crossovers.

A junior hacksaw that cuts straight.

A burn mat that doesn't divert flames elsewhere.
 
TRV's with 18°C, 19°C, 20°C, 21°C marks on them.
 
R1CKY said:
A machine to straighten out coiled up 10mm. Didn't someone show one on here recently.

An automated pipebender that can create perfect offsets and crossovers. They're available but incredibly expensive.

A junior hacksaw that cuts straight. I've got one, it's goog thirty years or more old and you can tighten the blade like in a large hacksaw. Sandvik make the 268 junior which features a screw to tighten the blade, don't know if it's as good as mine though.

A burn mat that doesn't divert flames elsewhere.Can't help with this one but I've found if you use Mapp you can use a smaller flame.
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APPlumbing said:
Sting free flux! Already sleeved copper tube. A magic paste that seals the sudden drip on old pump valves. Dust sheets that actually stop dust. And a dust free drill bit.
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Have a look at WICU gas pipe from Yorkshire tube.
 
smokeless flux and smokeless burn mats so I don't feel like I'm getting lung disease every time I'm in an airing cuboard or loft
 
well i think your all just a lazy set of ungrateful so and so`s i tell ya you wanna be great full of the technology we have - WHEN i was a lad back in the day of plumbing you had to..................... never mind
 
Hands that were similar to a Swiss Army knife! All you needed was there in your fingers; adjustable spanner, slotted driver, pozi driver, torch, nose picker, arse scratcher, bleed key, rad tool, possibly even a phone built into the palm of your hand!!
 
I'd settle for isolating valves that don't pee out when you touch them.
 
BOD said:
well i think your all just a lazy set of ungrateful so and so`s i tell ya you wanna be great full of the technology we have - WHEN i was a lad back in the day of plumbing you had to..................... never mind
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You had to what? Mine the lead yourself and carry it on your back across the great viaduct then swim to Pompeii?
 
REMOVE TRANSIT BOLTS painted on the back of washing machines.
 
At the moment I'd settle for some work. Had to resort to 'damsel in distress' jobs! Putting up shelves, putting together flat-pack, laminate flooring, decorating etc..............:disappointed:
 
Sorry to hear that Sid.

I would like a zero gravity tool bag.A bit like the hover boards in back to the future.

So you could pull in a 50KG tool box and not have to go out to the van three times for a 'just' job.
 
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