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OK, I am still a newbie Plumber. But I have put together about 20 of these sort of joins now on radiators, isolation valves and other things, I do not use PTFE tape or jointing compound and not a single one of my compression joins has leaked, bar the second, which only leaked because I did it up...

In the blue corner we have, Mr Plaster. He looks a bit wet but is solidly constructed and we've no doubt at all once all is said and done he will be a hard customer. In the red corner we have, Mr Dust! He looks light and flimsy but he is all over the place, even where you didn't expect him...

OK this is shockingly basic to most of you I'd think, but it really ran rings around me, not having any way of knowing this stuff. Every guide I've seen says to drill the hole the size of the rawl plug, which I obediently did. So then I put my screws in, my cordless driver jams so I flex the...

So, heres my little story bit. I was soldering on a stop end on a 22mm pipe and forgot to hold it steady with something, so it starts sliding, not having anything to hand to stop it moving I thought I'd finish soldering it and see what happens. It slid very very nearly off the pipe maybe a 1-2mm...

Boiler drain valve (I mean central heating drain valve, below combi boiler) is helpfully facing the wall, there is a gas supply pipe 11cm above it. I don't know if I'm allowed to desolder and move the drain valve but I'd guess since it's not a part of the boiler yes? The bigger question is...

I've got a combi boiler system and have moved pipes around, new radiators, etc. Bit broke now and can't afford the power flush. Can I connect a hosepipe to the drain point in the return pipe pipe below the boiler, cut into the outgoing water pipe from the boiler and add another "drain point"...

What's a good cheap, temporary insulator? I've got various gaps that aren't going to be filled for somewhere between 1 and 2 weeks and I'd like to stop losing heat out of them. Have run out of old duvets, am thinking maybe flour, free newspapers and water?

I read all about this being very bad so I was shocked to see a professional plumber doing it, he said "doesn't matter, fuss about nothing". I didn't know one way or the other so nodded and filed it away to look into someday. Anyways, I recently dug out some 30 year old pipes buried in cement...

winter + trusted object (maybe human) which = warmth = good snuggly?

Used a solder ring for the first time... have only used end feed and compression before. Had to make a join where I didn't think I would fit the solder round the back so thought I'd try the solder ring. One side made a nice little ring, in fact it was so easy I probably wouldn't have bothered...

Sometimes I have to cut up a floorboard that doesn't allow me to put a pad saw down either of the sides of it (usually one against a wall one side with pipes running down the other). I don't have to do it very often so I use a floorboard saw as I can't really justify the price of those...

Alrite, I am a bad man. I use my angle grinder without safety equipment, save a dust mask. The cuts to the hands don't bother me so there's no problem there but I'm getting sick of flying shrapnel hitting me in the eye. It's not a macho thing, I've bought three different sets of goggles and two...

OK. it's not happened yet. I thought about posting it in the sparcs club but it's something the plumber is more likely to know, right? I really like plumbing, which is just as well cause I can't afford one. I've done a fair bit of my own work without a single leak, touch wood, and even...