Could be useful for soldering pipes that keep running with water. Possibly useful where the piece of bread tick isn't advisable. Not sure if these are available in UK.
Anyone Seen These Before?
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Looks good in principle. Never seen these around.
Interesting...
Over to you Mr Charnwood. Be the first to flog them in the UK.
You must be joking!
I'm only the Sales Office Supervisor. Nobody takes a blind bit of notice of me re new product lines!
Surrey/Warix flanges, for example. We stock Essex Flanges, so why not?
"That's the 10th enquiry for that item today. There's just no call for it." syndrome.
I'm only the Sales Office Supervisor. Nobody takes a blind bit of notice of me re new product lines!
Surrey/Warix flanges, for example. We stock Essex Flanges, so why not?
"That's the 10th enquiry for that item today. There's just no call for it." syndrome.
Hmm. Not sure about others, but I fit far more Surreys than Essex. Would find it odd if a merchants didn't carry them.
I've had bosses like yours before. Unless they think of it, its not a good idea. Ostriches come to mind.
I've had bosses like yours before. Unless they think of it, its not a good idea. Ostriches come to mind.
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cantaloup63
Wonder if those plugs are suitable for wholesome water pipes?
I was taught an old trick years ago which helped sweat a pipe with a small amount of water in it which I done in an office block in the city on an emergency call-out.
What happened was a building contractor was doing major works to an office building but could only work out of hours. They needed an incoming mains to be freezed to fit a new supply to the other side of the building (they could not find any stopcock) They phoned around and I was the only one with a Freeze master, it was 11pm and I froze the pipe work and cut into the 35mm but it continued to drip. I sent the building manager to go and get me some bread. He came back with a loaf. I took out the centre of the slice of about 3 slices and made a dough ball and shoved it up the pipework for about 300mm. I then soldered a new joint, then turned off the Freeze master and waited.........within 10 mins the ice block started to melt and pushed the dough ball to the other end of the build where I had left the taps open. It looked like there had been a dough ball explosion in the kitchen.
The building works manager was over the moon as he thought this was going to be a major problem.
So in a word, just ask a customer for a slice of bread and shove it up the pipework.
Andy
What happened was a building contractor was doing major works to an office building but could only work out of hours. They needed an incoming mains to be freezed to fit a new supply to the other side of the building (they could not find any stopcock) They phoned around and I was the only one with a Freeze master, it was 11pm and I froze the pipe work and cut into the 35mm but it continued to drip. I sent the building manager to go and get me some bread. He came back with a loaf. I took out the centre of the slice of about 3 slices and made a dough ball and shoved it up the pipework for about 300mm. I then soldered a new joint, then turned off the Freeze master and waited.........within 10 mins the ice block started to melt and pushed the dough ball to the other end of the build where I had left the taps open. It looked like there had been a dough ball explosion in the kitchen.
The building works manager was over the moon as he thought this was going to be a major problem.
So in a word, just ask a customer for a slice of bread and shove it up the pipework.
Andy
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cantaloup63
But how do you get the doughball out of the radiator afterwards?
Looks good. Wonder if you could use a suppository instead??? 
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cantaloup63
What? A loaf of bread?Looks good. Wonder if you could use a suppository instead???
You shove it up the pipework, sweat your joint and then turn the water on. The force of the water pushes out the bread and dissolves.
Andy
Andy
What? A loaf of bread?Looks good. Wonder if you could use a suppository instead???
If you want to try and push a loaf of bread up your back passage then go for it!!
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