Recent content by macaroni

Thanks for that, will use all your tips together.

Is this possible? I had some other soldering of pipes to do and decided to take the opportunity to see how well the soldering mat I have works on something less vital than a joist, a couple of plastic pipes, about 1cm and 4cm from the copper ones being soldered. Result was the closer plastic...

Did go back and do this, couldn't get the stop tap apart but managed to slow the water down enough to solder it.

That tap can stay off for 6 weeks, it's not used much. Would have hoped they'd just change the washer - other than not fully stopping the flow it's a good stop tap they put there. Must be several decades old and doesn't stick at all, shows no signs of corrosion, not to mention all the lead...

Had hoped the freezing would work if I cut the end of the pipe and put a compression blanking nut on it? Would have loved to be all wet by now but it's not to be and I will have to replace that stop tap completely (which means redoing most of the connections for the property as they all...

it's mains fed, i can reduce it to fast flowing drips by applying a vacuum to another part of the system which is left open but can't stop it completely. as said i do have pipe freeze which i can use if i have to, but it's a big waste of money if the only problem with doing it with a bit of...

After practising 20 times at soldering joints I got OK at it (20 for 20, no leaks or even a drip of solder). I'm OK at this DIY plumbing, better than the guides said a journeyman would be, clever enough now to ignore the advice I read on this forum not to solder wet pipes. Wrong. There...

Thanks for that deanalijamie, it would have helped if I hadn't already gone and moved the old waste. Good idea that, would have saved the exterior wall from another hole.

Nah, it wouldn't work like that. I'd draw you a picture to show you why but I'm happy with the plan I came up with, I'm going to get into it after the bank holiday Monday. Plan is to move all the mess to one wall on the longer dimension of the room, fit a false wall over top of them (with...

Thanks for the ideas, you helped me come up with a plan that made sense.

Another chronic insomniac huh :D Why are all the mortals sleeping, don't you know you can get 20 hours out of every day... I got the information from the Collins book. It doesn't say behind it, it does say to the sides and in front. Saying it on here was as much a test of the Collins book as...

Yep. It's on the ground (concrete) floor. The pipe is a long run i think that's why it's been done 40mm. Above the throne is fantastic, 'cept the kiddies can't reach and I have a sneaking suspicion Mr Bureaucrat has legislated against that. I know it's recommended to leave 600mm around the...

I'm trying to re-work a basin in a (very) small toilet room. It has to sit on an internal (brick) wall because there is no room for it on the external wall (which is shorter due to door) so I've got to run the waste around the room somehow. At the moment it is a big plastic pipe sitting on the...