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    Soldering Near Joists

    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...
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    Stop Tap Washer Question (And soldering wet pipes story)

    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...
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    What to do about this basin waste?

    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...
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