I'm a second year apprentice and I'm left on my own to work daily though not on gas. I get dropped off in the morning with loads of pipe and fittings and I get picked up at 5 or when the job is done, whichever comes first.
The only thing I don't do alone is unvented cylinders, boilers/gas, soil...
How is it a silly question? It's a very pertinent question.
You can either put a stick down the plughole and check if it's wet or take the trap off and see if there's water in it.
Stop tap leaking in it's off position is most likely the packing gland. No need to wait till friday, it's a two minute job.
You'll need a shifter or appropriate sized spanner, ptfe tape and a small flat screwdriver (for packing down the ptfe)
There's no need to knock the water off at the...
Before replacing the head gear you should go ahead and pack the gland. If it works you're laughing, if it doesn't it's cost you about 5p worth of ptfe.
Water pressure is higher at night.
Knock the water off at the external stop cock and either replace the internal one or crack it open and check the washer and valve seating.
High pressure reducer comes with most float valves. On bottom entry valves it's normally just a widget that pops in the feed pipe.
If you haven't already adjust the water level so it's lower. Might solve your problem otherwise strip it all down and put it back together as seco services suggests.
Hi mate, sorry i've not replied - been in Cyprus.
That's a crap state of affairs. I haven't been too impressed with the way the admin and mods push fast track plumbing but I stuck around because a few real plumbers where wading in and starting a discussion.
I guess they've snuffed the life out...
To further muddy the water I wonder what you experienced gents think of this bit of advice I've been given.
Don't use jointing compound and ptfe together because the compound degrades the tape.
I can't find any reference to it in books or the like so was wondering if it's one of those myths...
I don't know whether I've learned something new here or not as others disagree with you but when/if I go become qualified to work on gas i'll use gas ptfe if needed.
It's only marginally more expensive than regular ptfe and it's made for the job. Seems a pedantic issue.
What I meant was a...