Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

[lame plumber]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

when changing a diverter valve on a vaillant turbomax, after draining the primarys whilst talking to the customer..dont forget to switch off the main cold feed before removing the diverter valve..lol

weve all been there!!!

 

[Bunker]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

If trying to take apart a seized brass fitting, heat it with blow lamp then dunk in cold water - the expansion and sudden retraction will usually free up the seizure.

 

[Barry98]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

when changing a diverter valve on a vaillant turbomax, after draining the primarys whilst talking to the customer..dont forget to switch off the main cold feed before removing the diverter valve..lol

Opps is daisy

 

[Bunker]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

If you are a scrap peasant like me, once you've stripped the insulation off a HW cylinder (btw Im about to try a wire saw for this purpose) - use an angle grinder and thin cutting disc to cut the welded joints off then cut the coil out and tada - you have twice the value in bright and a little bit of brazings..instead of the regular cylinder price.

 

[neily01]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

Once you have eliminated all the obvious whatever is left, no matter how unlikely is probably the answer.

Nice tip Spock lol just waiting for its only logical!

 

[michael c]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

so what do you get for a cylinder bunker

 

[Bunker]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

so what do you get for a cylinder bunker

Depends on size but often its about £25 for one with insulation, maybe £45 with no insulation but youd expect about £55 for the same size if cut up. I cut all my copper up anyway to separate bright from brazings, so grinder already out and turning. I do this on a sunny sunday afternoon and strangely enjoy it...sad eh!

 

[nickelarsed]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

Depends on size but often its about £25 for one with insulation, maybe £45 with no insulation but youd expect about £55 for the same size if cut up. I cut all my copper up anyway to separate bright from brazings, so grinder already out and turning. I do this on a sunny sunday afternoon and strangely enjoy it...sad eh!

I do exactly that. It is strangely satisfying.

 

[kay-jay]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

Depends on size but often its about £25 for one with insulation, maybe £45 with no insulation but youd expect about £55 for the same size if cut up. I cut all my copper up anyway to separate bright from brazings, so grinder already out and turning. I do this on a sunny sunday afternoon and strangely enjoy it...sad eh!

i would find a better scrappy! ask around about the prices paid. my scrappy only pays an extra 10p per kg for 'bright' than he does for mixed brazed imo it is not worth the faff

 

[SafeGasInstall]

re: Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

£3.9 per kilo here for mix copper and some brass with it