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No Ego Newboy....seems you two must of missed the question that I asked??
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Nothing to prove to be honest, I know I've done this for a profession for a while now but if it helps - Water Regs, SVQ level 3, level 2/3 tech - More recently UVHW (G3), Part L - EE (That reminds me I need to update this year) etc - day release @ S Lanarkshire College - Oh... Doing my gas just now, working with a RGI gathering my portfolio, then my ACS. Father was a master plumber, worked for GCC for 30 years and worked with him for about 5 years and day release for about 4 years if I remember and have been sole trader for erm about 14 years now.
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Hey Madrab , what would your fathers reaction be to using a flexi pan con..would he advise using one???...bare in mind you stated he was a master plumber....I know how my ole man would of reacted...would of been a clip around the earhole..
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Don't forget to join the CC when your gas qualified.....plenty guys will help you along the way..
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You're right GW, he probably would be horrified Can just hear his tch tch tch, but he hated a lot of the new inventions we now take for granted (flexis included ), I learned to make hemp washers and thread locks on my first day out with him, oh the joys. PTFE was a swear word in his toolbox but he was really set in his ways.
I still have a stainless steel blast pump that he used to clear drains, huge big cylinder up to your knee, that you used to pump up like a bike up to 80psi if needed and was trigger activated! Broke a toilet with the pressure one day, as the boy I really enjoyed that clear up day I'll tell you, put me off marigolds for life!
He did used to agree that there would always be new ways, when I came back from college with a fernco connector one day he couldn't get his head round it and how it would last, he wasn't wrong but he couldn't ever change though. Happy Days!
Can just hear his tch tch tch, but he hated a lot of the new inventions we now take for granted (flexis included ), I learned to make hemp washers and thread locks on my first day out with him, oh the joys. PTFE was a swear word in his toolbox but he was really set in his ways.I still have a stainless steel blast pump that he used to clear drains, huge big cylinder up to your knee, that you used to pump up like a bike up to 80psi if needed and was trigger activated! Broke a toilet with the pressure one day, as the boy I really enjoyed that clear up day I'll tell you, put me off marigolds for life!
He did used to agree that there would always be new ways, when I came back from college with a fernco connector one day he couldn't get his head round it and how it would last, he wasn't wrong but he couldn't ever change though. Happy Days!
Yeah for sure GW, will do
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Seen many flexi pan connectors leak. Always fun explaining that stain on the ceiling isn't just water it's got **** in it too.Nothing wrong with flexi's - how many do you think they sell
As long as it's not ground floor with a rat problem - even then, rigid pan conns won't fit the bill
Not saying I havnt used them, but far from ideal
Apologies for the delay have been out all day with the kids.
It sounds like I stirred a hornet's nest.
Thank you for the advice. I am indeed a DIYer who unfortunately cannot afford to pay a professional to refit a bathroom, hence why I came to a DIY forum for advice.
Pullar - do you mean remove the current connector and replace with a straight connector ( http://www.screwfix.com/p/floplast-sp101-straight-connector/17227) into which a 45 bend is inserted ( http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-110mm-Black-Soil-Pipe-135-Deg-Bend/p/431965 ) , another out of the back of WC and connect the two together with 110mm pipe ?
thanks
It sounds like I stirred a hornet's nest.
Thank you for the advice. I am indeed a DIYer who unfortunately cannot afford to pay a professional to refit a bathroom, hence why I came to a DIY forum for advice.
Pullar - do you mean remove the current connector and replace with a straight connector ( http://www.screwfix.com/p/floplast-sp101-straight-connector/17227) into which a 45 bend is inserted ( http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-110mm-Black-Soil-Pipe-135-Deg-Bend/p/431965 ) , another out of the back of WC and connect the two together with 110mm pipe ?
thanks
Oh for an extra £20/hour I'll insult you all week, my meter is running!!
So, are you one of these Mickey Mouse course Cowboys then?? Six weeks & you know the fooking lot??!
When I did my apprenticeship we did still wipe joints, all be it copper onto lead pipe.
I served my time with the best. You'd not even by good enough to make their tea sonny boy.
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Yeah, carefully remove the existing WC connector, fit the connector I linked to, then a 90 bend, then another 90 or 45, which ever one gets it lined up correctly. Then a straight WC connector.......job done!!
Your Dad sounds like a wonderful guy Rab. To be a Master Plumber in Scotland you need to be an employer of Tradesmen.
.......and you're a Blockbuster card holder too, sure that's rite GW??!!
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Well it's good to see you've got the BSc (Hons) in arrogance as well.
Strange - I thought that this was a forum to assist people rather than parade egos, clearly I was wrong!
Along with a number of qualifications I've already got (none of which was obtained in six weeks), I've considered a proctology course - then when one you gets your head stuck up your backside I can pop out and help!
Strange - I thought that this was a forum to assist people rather than parade egos, clearly I was wrong!
Along with a number of qualifications I've already got (none of which was obtained in six weeks), I've considered a proctology course - then when one you gets your head stuck up your backside I can pop out and help!
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If you don't use a flexible pan connector then don't use the connector shown in your link in post #38 - that's a pan connector.
Use the one Puller linked to in post #14 followed by a 45°
I'm not convinced that you've got enough of an offset / depth combination to get two connectors in though
If you don't use a flexible pan connector then don't use the connector shown in your link in post #38 - that's a pan connector.
Use the one Puller linked to in post #14 followed by a 45°
I'm not convinced that you've got enough of an offset / depth combination to get two connectors in though
Well, unless you've done an apprenticeship in the Plumbing & Heating trade the qualifications are worthless pieces of paper. I'm not arrogant, I just dislike course Cowboys telling me how the job should be done.
It shows disrespect to the artisans that are trying to help the DaftyDIYers.
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