Conlock conduit

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I love plastic plumbing, but not the way people treat it like a hose pipe and botch the job.

Conlock... It needs a lot more paint protection of the cut ends and the grub screw. Additionally very long runs need to be avoided as expansion and contraction eventually lets the grub screw lose grip. In my opinion it's not suitable for outdoor work.

My metal tube work is very limited, I've probably only used it a dozen times so Conlock should be perfect for me [as an amateur?] but I don't like it, I'd rather take a little longer and do a proper job.
 
It's not only old plumbers who don't like it.
I love plastic plumbing, but not the way people treat it like a hose pipe and botch the job.

As you all may remember, I had an extension to refurb at home, starting with a flat roof.

It all went teets up from the off, with a roofer who didn't know what he was doing. I had a huge barny with him over the phone because I had cottoned on to the fact that his workmanship was non-existant.

However, Mrs Secure was losing her marbles over the job taking so long, so we pushed ahead. I hope we don't regret it...

But, I digress. The plumber wasn't much better. I told him I wanted it doing in copper and Yorkshires, but he said no-one does it that way any more...... And this was the result:

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Which of the following do people think I have ever had fail:

  1. A soldered joint done by me
  2. A compression joint done by me
  3. A soldered joint done by a plumber
  4. A compression joint done by a plumber
  5. A push-fit joint done by a plumber
 
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My OCD likes orderly lines.
Fill yer boots

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Other colours or just plain copper are available.

But seriously - a stock and die set doesn't cost much.
 

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Your money, your rules?
I know! But Mrs S was getting frantic about the job dragging on so long so everything went out of the window.....

If it was down to me, I'd have sacked the roofer and told the plumber to do it the way I wanted it done. Even the guy who laid the chip floor was carp. He laid it so that the short sides were not on the joists. And he told me he had done that job hundreds of times before! Either a b-sh1tter or a lot of dodgy jobs.
 
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Spent the best part of 10K on that job.

But I have to let it all go or I'll end up winding myself up about it for the rest of my days......

Rant over!
 
I know! But Mrs S was getting frantic about the job dragging on so long so everything went out of the window.....

If it was down to me, I'd have sacked the roofer and told the plumber to do it the way I wanted it done. Even the guy who laid the chip floor was carp. He laid it so that the short sides were not on the joists. And he told me he had done that job hundreds of times before! Either a b-sh1tter or a lot of dodgy jobs.
I had a 11'x7' flat roof replaced 10 years ago, new chipboard decking 8'x4' T&G boards and EPDM. I expected them to be laid across the joists with the single join on a joist. But no they laid them along the joists with neither join supported. I was up there last summer to get to the stack and there are 2 gulleys.
 
Wow. And I guess it's still OK?
So far but I have plans to redo it soon.
What I'd measured up to do and purchased boards for was this:
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before trimming to size.

What I got was this:
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Not drawn to scale
 
What I'd measured up to do and purchased boards for was this: .... What I got was this:
Hmmmm.

With square-edged boards that obviously would have been ridiculous. However, with T&G boards it's a bit different - and I suppose that if the tongues and grooves were strong enough, it would effectively be just one single big sheet, hence 'OK'?

Kind Regards, John
 
However, with T&G boards it's a bit different - and I suppose that if the tongues and grooves were strong enough, it would effectively be just one single big sheet, hence 'OK'?

Kind Regards, John
That's what they tried to tell me. They also tried to convince me the joins are better their way than running across the joists.

But no the joins are nothing like one big board, They have sagged.
 
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