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| message from Set Square on 18 May 2004 |
If the screwdriver slot is chewed up, there ain't a lot you can do - other
than replace the whole thing.
This is very straightforward - as long as you have the right size spanners
(or adjustables) and a modicum of common sense. You'll probably find that
the compression nuts and olives from the existing fitting will fit the new
one - so it's very easy to replace as long as you've got a bit of axial play
in the pipe.
As someone else has suggested, a better solution may be to use a full-flow
lever-operated valve instead. This would probably be a bit longer than the
existing fitting. If so, you may have to cut a bit off the pipe and remake
one of the compression joints. Again, not rocket science!
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| MBQ replied to Set Square on 19 May 2004 |
Don't do what I did and assume that because the pipe comes down from
the loft it must be from the cold water tank. My "rising" main goes up
to the loft from one side of the kitchen and back down again to the
other side. Cue image of dutch boy with finger in dyke as I had only
isolated the cold feed from the tank :-(
MBQ
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| Derek replied to MBQ on 19 May 2004 |
Don't feel too bad, my next door neighbour noticed that his floor was
bulging a little at the edge; he took off the skirting and noticed that
the plumber had run the natural gas pipe in the expansion gap. He decided
to release the pressure of the wood around the pipe, with you guessed it -
a hammer and chisel. He put a hole in the pipe at 10am, put his finger
over the hole, and was rescued by a nosey neigbour at 2pm!
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| Lurch replied to Derek on 19 May 2004 |
I would have thought it would have been easier to turn the gas tap off
at the meter. No pipe holding and all done before 10:01am.
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| Derek replied to Lurch on 20 May 2004 |
I didn't say he was smart!
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