Soldering mat??????????

[Spectric]

A heat mat is basically a protective heat shield thats flexable and can be placed behind pipe joints before you solder them. I have found the rothenberger ones, although not the cheapest have served well and protect woodwork from discolouring due to heat. Tread carefully when near wires, if you really have no options then I use steel plate behind the heat mat for added protection.

 

[centralheatking]

I don’t think I have ever bought one. Tend to use plasterboard, old tiles, quarry tile or non asbestos cement board. Having a good blow lamp with nice tight flame helps. Or make the tricky bits up away from immediate job Now I have some pull extruded glass reinforced polymer sheets which resists even map gas up to about 1600c Centralheatking

 

[Stanios]

Monument ones I find last a bit longer, the paded rathernberger ones go very fast.
Best way to save your mat is to use blue bottled gas the yellow mapp just destroys any mat.
Also because they never last long price is quite important if you can buy two for price of one mat it effectively lasts twice as long. Im getting monument ones at £9 on ebay

 

[Ric2013]

Did they last longer when they were made from asbestos?

 

[Spectric]

I can remember people using bits of roofing sheet, and never questioned what it was made from. The corrugation forming a snug shield round the pipe, just no good in really tight spaces.

 

[Mrb]

Did they last longer when they were made from asbestos?

Yes they did, you didn’t though

 

[Donametchi]

I can remember people using bits of roofing sheet, and never questioned what it was made from. The corrugation forming a snug shield round the pipe, just no good in really tight spaces.

I,ve seen me using an old saw