oioioi wrote:

Right now I have a vision of Kenneth Williams going 'ooohh matron!'

andyh wrote:
Don't knock 'it' until you have tried 'it'!

I thought you couldn't run a power shower from a combi?

They just need a cold feed and wiring in ofc

oioioi wrote:
I hear ya, big boy.

andyh wrote:
I'm just about brave enough to attempt basic plumbing. The most electrical work I've ever done is install a plug socket...hence my still being alive n shit.

Stlll, if I turn the bath around its something I can consider at a later date when funds might better allow and I'm a bit more confident with the electrics.

Pffft....I don't need a dad or a boyfriend (OR a blowtorch)...





I have YT.

Pffft.

There must be Reclamation Yards around you?... try there for the tile edges you're after.

Here's January from the plumbers calendar for you Abs...

I actually wanted to study for a qualification in plumbing a couple of years back when I was struggling to find work. The only thing that stopped me was that I couldn't get any support financially re. the rent so would have had to make myself homeless to do it.

I could still try and find an evening class or something now though. I know this isn't very gay, but I actually find the whole subject really interesting.

Don't tell anyone I said that though.

Plus, I think I'd look killer in one of those shirts like the bloke in the post above.

psketti wrote:
Found a couple of places where they are a bit cheaper too - AND - I know I shouldn't have, but I just got myself a payday loan. It's the only way I'm ever going to finish the bloody thing as 'saving' is nigh on impossible when you're earning the same as a 16 year old.

Oh nooooooo Abs babes!
A schoolfriend of mine qualified as a plumber in Anglesey...took himself down to London.....came back to Anglesey a few years back....retired before he was 50! Got himself in with the 'rich and famous' doing their plumbing apparently!

I know. It's something I wish I'd done in my teens instead of wasting all those years in school and 'higher' education.

Look where the fuck that got me...

It's never too late matey...there's still rich and famous that need plumbers!

OK...it's taken me two days, but finally managed to lubricate the cold water cock enough to turn it.

Compression fittings+flexi tails for the taps= piece of piss You may find plastic push fit easier and a bit cheaper though.
Tbf though, soldering copper pipe isn't hard.

Be aware that whilst you won't lose pressure that way, mixer showers can be fraught with danger, should someone else decide to draw off cold water whilst your having a shower.

Ab Origine wrote: What's a 'siut'?

A 'slut' that cannot spell.

Who has time for spelling when there's a-sluttin' to be doing?

knobmeup wrote:
Get out of my head, you sexy man-witch!

Just went an acquired some flexi pipe and push-fits this very day.

Plumbing sucks arse...

I got a push-fit fitting for the waste pipe, only to discover that the piece running from the stack is outsized by a few mm. Apparently, different makes often are just over or just under, which doesn't help me.

I now need to get myself a compression fitting as this is really the only way to marry two slightly different sizes.

Bastard.