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

[CXR100]

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

tell customers to put harpic blue block in cisters of leaking toilets, had loads this year and turned out to be condesation , couldent believe it was so much water, if the base of the toilet or the flush pipe or doughnut washer is leaking you will see the blue mark from the leak , very handy if it is a very small leak, or for customers in social housing that just want a new toilet because its "leaking" when its really just condensation!

 

[Bunker]

13mm ratchet spanner on tail key.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

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

13mm ratchet spanner on tail key. View attachment 11770

Should have for your self the rotenberger rad rachet .... Sorry can not post link as I use my phone

 

[Bunker]

Should have for your self the rotenberger rad rachet .... Sorry can not post link as I use my phone

Yes I've seen those but that's an extra tool, my way uses stuff I already have.

 

[WHPES]

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

If you can't find the test point plug for the boiler after you've finished doing a combustion test, it's usually stuck to the magnet on the back of your analyser.

 

[WHPES]

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

Leave it in a compartment in the top of your toolbox then it won't get lost under dust sheets etc.

 

[WHPES]

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

Don't carry round junk and scrap and tools you don't need in your van, only adds to weight and uses extra fuel hauling it all around.

 

[Plumb-pro]

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

When applying silicone along a bath, basin etc i always spray with windolene before smoothing, this stops any smearing up the tiles and bath and gives a great finish.

 

[iiplumbing]

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

When applying silicone along a bath, basin etc i always spray with windolene before smoothing, this stops any smearing up the tiles and bath and gives a great finish.

I use the smallest amount of silicone possible and then from a cup of water wet my finger to smooth down. Different colour silicones sometimes behave differently, black being the most difficult (I used fairy liquid on finger to ease lubrication!)

 

[Dannypipe]

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

13mm ratchet spanner on tail key. View attachment 11770

I like that. I resent paying Rothenburger 30 sheets for a posh spud key!

Here's a tip talking of boilers - purchase this set of magnetic trays from Toolstation :
Magnetic trays. That way you can put boiler components into them as you remove them, and not mix screws up.


I personally have a couple of these trays, also from Toolstation- but wished I'd bought the above set as it's better value.
Magnetic tray