What we all working on this week ?

[oz-plumber]

I've pulled the pin - mutual agreement between myself, builder and customer on some projects that were about to be started.
In all honesty about 200+ k of work.

Someone is dying every 2 minutes in Italy, 17 minutes in New York and we are about to be under the onslaught of the virus over here.

Anything essential will be done, under strict conditions or premise inspection.
I'm not going to take any adverse risks.

There will be the other side to this pandemic, I want to be around on the other side
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Cheers KOP

 

[king of pipes]

I've pulled the pin - mutual agreement between myself, builder and customer on some projects that were about to be started.
In all honesty about 200+ k of work.

Someone is dying every 2 minutes in Italy, 17 minutes in New York and we are about to be under the onslaught of the virus over here.

Anything essential will be done, under strict conditions or premise inspection.
I'm not going to take any adverse risks.

There will be the other side to this pandemic, I want to be around on the other side
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Cheers KOP

Getting out of hand here mate 280 deaths today and we haven't peaked yet NHS doing there best to cope but they are at full capacity and falling ill themselves, Boris Johnson has it , the health minister , and the top medical advisor to the government others will follow no doubt . Stay safe OZ self isolate with your loved ones bud . Regards kop

 

[centralheatking]

I work from home 50% of the time anyway. However we have had to cancel an important board meeting and get it done by email. Our major client at the present in Iraq who was pushing for 5 month delivery has agreed to await a while due to the world wide situation. BIG BUT my Mrs has been told to work from home from Monday after her weeks holiday so I am dreading the state of my office
The companies that make our plumbing and heating devices were on lock down but I expect the forges to be blown down anytime. Centralheatking

We had a board meeting at 11.00 this morning up on Clieve Hill just 4 of us ....quite unreal all went in own trucks and stood quite apart in a gentle off shore wind , they voted (I am non exec dir) after a chat
Our company moves fwds again ....strange days these. Chking

 

[Keefy]

Almost at the end of my dad's full bathroom install. This started out as him wanting a new shower and tiling around said area. With his mind changing about what he wants every five minutes myself and my brother (joiner) have ended up taking the whole room back to the brickwork, fully tiled the walls and floor, installed new WC, moved locations of basin and radiator, fitted a new ceiling and installed spotlights and fan. Just got to tile the shower tray now.

We've been getting ale money for our work... and now the pubs are shut.

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Almost at the end of my dad's full bathroom install. This started out as him wanting a new shower and tiling around said area. With his mind changing about what he wants every five minutes myself and my brother (joiner) have ended up taking the whole room back to the brickwork, fully tiled the walls and floor, installed new WC, moved locations of basin and radiator, fitted a new ceiling and installed spotlights and fan. Just got to tile the shower tray now.

We've been getting ale money for our work... and now the pubs are shut.

Must be a lot of ale @Keefy

 

[centralheatking]

Almost at the end of my dad's full bathroom install. This started out as him wanting a new shower and tiling around said area. With his mind changing about what he wants every five minutes myself and my brother (joiner) have ended up taking the whole room back to the brickwork, fully tiled the walls and floor, installed new WC, moved locations of basin and radiator, fitted a new ceiling and installed spotlights and fan. Just got to tile the shower tray now.

We've been getting ale money for our work... and now the pubs are shut.

And your dads happy ..wish mine was still around and wanted a new bathroom ..well done
Centralheatking

 

[Stigster]

The weekend before the lockdown I took my little Mavic Mini out for a flight to get some footage (link below). The intention was to pay proper attention to what I was filming, whilst always flying safely of course, so I could make a proper edited film using the footage and add some music. My other videos are just raw footage up until now although there are some beautiful scenes. I take no credit for the beautiful scenes because Guernsey makes that easy.

I had never edited a video before this and it took me a while to get it right but I had the time during this lockdown to go through the footage I had gathered before all this madness really kicked off here. 40 minutes of flight footage around the area condensed into 8 minutes for the video. Then I found a bit of rights-free music to hopefully go with it.

If you want to relax (I hope it's relaxing for you!) please take a look. It's 8 minutes of scenery on one of our small peninsulas with an old fort and a long distance rifle range on it. On my channel is other raw footage of a few coastal flights over Guernsey.

Here is my video. Best viewed at 1080p View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73GqDAdhMhM

 

[SimonG]

Love the footage and the music. Sounded like Dire Straits.

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Hi all you copper lover's, take a look at this (it was done by a friend of mine).

54mm tube.

 

[Stanios]

Hi all you copper lover's, take a look at this (it was done by a friend of mine).

54mm tube.

Love seeing improvised radiators

 

[Scott_D]

Nice.
I have fitted quite a few heating coils in changing rooms and drying rooms

 

[SimonG]

Painting the staircase. Spindles and undercoat. Might get it finished before lockdown ends

 

[Stigster]

Nice.
I have fitted quite a few heating coils in changing rooms and drying rooms

I have only found one improvised heating coil possibly for drying and it was sat on top of a cylinder in an airing cupboard. The stupid thing was it was plumbed into the hot distribution pipe. It was cooling the water down before it reached the hot taps. It was about ten metres of 22mm tube in a coil just on the hot distribution in the airing cupboard. Such a coil on the heating side would have been ok as it would be just like another radiator but on the hot distribution it's seems pretty daft to me.

My other thought was it was a silly "energy saving" device that whoever put it there thought maybe it'd pick up some of the cylinder heat loss and put it into the hot water. I made a thread on it here ages ago and nobody could give a definitive answer.

What a silly way to go about it I thought. It was generating a "parasitical loss" on the cylinder and cooling the water in the distribution system down.

 

[SimonG]

Sorting van and garage out in the sunshine. All I need is a beer.

 

[Stanios]

Sorting van and garage out in the sunshine. All I need is a beer.

Gordon Bennet
Is that Renault trafic?

 

[SimonG]

Gordon Bennet
Is that Renault trafic?

Fiat Doblo just the garage to finish now

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Sorting van and garage out in the sunshine. All I need is a beer.

? What happened to the painting Simon ?

 

[SimonG]

? What happened to the painting Simon ?

Nice day today. Cooler tomorrow, another coat of undercoat.

 

[Jock Spanners]

Hi all you copper lover's, take a look at this (it was done by a friend of mine).

54mm tube.
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I love it ! End feed too

 

[JCplumb]

What we all working on this week ?
This week I've been sorting my car out for its' MOT in a couple of months.
Oil and filter change yesterday, today I planned swapping both front anti-roll drop links, started quite late so only managed one as it was awkward as hell.
Tomorrow I'll do the other drop link and on Friday it will be the offside track rod end. Then should be good to go and will have saved £240 garage fees

 

[Harvest Fields]

MOTs have been postponed for 6 months mate.

 

[JCplumb]

Very true, my car really needed some TLC though

 

[king of pipes]

First boiler swap since lockdown friend of my daughters so sorted it out for her , only been in the house since Feb and inherited a Baxi duo Tec mk1 poorly maintained a leaking heat exchanger took the board out as well , with things as they are and money tight went for a entry level Ideal Classic 30 all in all a decent little boiler doddle to fit 5 year warranty keep safe all . Kop

 

[SimonG]

I'll see if I can get this done

 

[Jim Goodenough]

I'll see if I can get this done

1000 pieces By when Simon ? 1000 pieces?

 

[SimonG]

1000 pieces By when Simon ? 1000 pieces?

Dont know Jim. Tough test this one. Much tougher than the wasjig I did last week (750).

I'll post updates

 

[Scott_D]

@king of pipes
Are they cheaper than the Independent?

 

[king of pipes]

Boiler £492 + Vat - flue £69 - 29 + Vat Scott, I got the boiler & flue , Honeywell T4 , Magnaclean micro , chemicals , 6m of 22mm + 6m of 15mm , £180 piece fittings bucket , filling loop and 15mm salamander inline descaler for £1000. Cheers kop

 

[Scott_D]

Boiler £492 + Vat - flue £69 - 29 + Vat Scott, I got the boiler & flue , Honeywell T4 , Magnaclean micro , chemicals , 6m of 22mm + 6m of 15mm , £180 piece fittings bucket , filling loop and 15mm salamander inline descaler for £1000. Cheers kop

I wish they didn’t put mechanical clocks in the cheaper boilers!

 

[king of pipes]

I wish they didn’t put mechanical clocks in the cheaper boilers!

Agreed mate I supposed they are aimed at rental and landlord type properties may be ? add a stat job done may not meet boilier plus but loads out there that don't and who is going to police it nowadays a the best bud . Kop

 

[Scott_D]

Agreed mate I supposed they are aimed at rental and landlord type properties may be ? add a stat job done may not meet boilier plus but loads out there that don't and who is going to police it nowadays a the best bud . Kop

You can’t meet boiler plus with the mechanical clock and room stat as far as I know.
So you need Weather comp.
Or an external programmer/stat and tell the user not to touch the built in timer as it must be permanently on.

I fitted an Independant c24 recently for a landord, I used a Salus wireless room stat as it was the cheapest available. Doesn’t comply but like you say, who’s going to check.

 

[king of pipes]

You can’t meet boiler plus with the mechanical clock and room stat as far as I know.
So you need Weather comp.
Or an external programmer/stat and tell the user not to touch the built in timer as it must be permanently on.

I fitted an Independant c24 recently for a landord, I used a Salus wireless room stat as it was the cheapest available. Doesn’t comply but like you say, who’s going to check.

That's what I did mate timer on constant and Programmable Honeywell T4 which meets boiler plus bud .
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Better picture Scott

 

[Jim Goodenough]

2 Thermostatic showers back-to-back (in a empty spa building I must say).

 

[king of pipes]

My first biggish job near completion since lockdown started stripping out Thursday and Friday last week , this shower room needed turning round quickly so went for multi panel to blend in with the existing tile that was installed 5 years ago and still looking good , the Victoria plumb shower and tray installed hadn't faired so well was leaking badly and looked shabby , I installed a Aqualisa Zuri smart shower with the processor box installed above in the loft connected to a Viessman 100 combi and Qualitex shower tray and wetroom glass, just the wiring, commissioning, lagging , and the clearing up to do today so 4.5 days which I think is reasonable cheers chaps keep safe . Kop

 

[Scott_D]

Nice work KOP
How does the shower perform?

 

[SimonG]

Very nice. I love the digital showers.

 

[king of pipes]

Nice work KOP
How does the shower perform?

A bit to well Scott I had to fit a flow limiter in the shower head water was starting to creep towards the opening

 

[Stanios]

My first biggish job near completion since lockdown started stripping out Thursday and Friday last week , this shower room needed turning round quickly so went for multi panel to blend in with the existing tile that was installed 5 years ago and still looking good , the Victoria plumb shower and tray installed hadn't faired so well was leaking badly and looked shabby , I installed a Aqualisa Zuri smart shower with the processor box installed above in the loft connected to a Viessman 100 combi and Qualitex shower tray and wetroom glass, just the wiring, commissioning, lagging , and the clearing up to do today so 4.5 days which I think is reasonable cheers chaps keep safe . Kop

Panels actually look decent. Which ones you use and how do you attach them?

 

[Harvest Fields]

A bit to well Scott I had to fit a flow limiter in the shower head water was starting to creep towards the opening

Where did you get that from mate?

 

[king of pipes]

Where did you get that from mate?

Available online bud I keep a few on the van gets you out of trouble some times

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Panels actually look decent. Which ones you use and how do you attach them?

Multi panel mate fixed over existing tile 785 clear silicone . Kop

 

[Harvest Fields]

Cheers mate. I have a job that needs one.

 

[Ben-gee]

Hi KOP, I was told by aqualisa that a flow limiter can damage the pump so could only go down to 10l/min (if I remember correctly) - what do you go down to and have you had any problems?
I too have wanted to hold the bugger back occasionally!

 

[king of pipes]

Hi KOP, I was told by aqualisa that a flow limiter can damage the pump so could only go down to 10l/min (if I remember correctly) - what do you go down to and have you had any problems?
I too have wanted to hold the bugger back occasionally!

9 litres a minute bud I will contact Aqualisa and check ? after second thoughts I may adjust where I limited the flow to the incoming supplies that way theres no back pressure , the stainless steel grate is the problem luckily my brother is the production manager in a factory that produces sheet metal products so hes going to fabricate a new one with 40 more holes in then restriction can come out ??? cheers Kop

 

[Ben-gee]

You’ll probably have a market for those grids! I find positioning the riser rail/fixed head makes a hell of a difference to waste removal - but of course this has to be run past customer, if it wasn’t for them this job would be easy.

 

[king of pipes]

Update chaps after talking to Aqualisa technical , I have adjusted the processor control unit to HP eco mode from combi mode this reduces the flow by 2 litres a minute and removed the flow limiter it is not guaranteed to work faultlessly and can fluctuate slightly on temperature but a 2 litres a minute saving is worth trying also getting a grate made with 40 extra holes so should help. Kop

 

[king of pipes]

Started a bathroom upgrade this week new owner hates the assisted bathroom look and it's fixtures and fittings so a full strip and new tiling is taking place, updating everything . Kop

 

[Scott_D]

I hate bathrooms
This is the tray I asked for advice on another thread. Went for SBR and flexible tile adhesive in the end.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Looks good Scott you do the prep eg hardie ? And Mira shower ?

 

[king of pipes]

I hate bathrooms
This is the tray I asked for advice on another thread. Went for SBR and flexible tile adhesive in the end.
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Looks tidy Scott sorry bud must of missed that one I would have done the same . What were the wall panels made of ???? Kop
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Got a few tiles up it all taking shape nicely . Kop

 

[Scott_D]

The builder fitted the hardie panels.
It’s a Mira atom
The wall panels are 10mm plastic, all supplied by customer