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Hi Guys, I am changing some of my house pipes. I had a quote of 2.5k for changing few pipes and joining them using solder fitting. I am competent enough to lay the pipes and use yorkshire fitting which has the solder ring in it. All that is needed is heat to release it . I have managed to...

Hi Cannot understand why the solder is going into balls and dropping off the pipe. Must be making basic errors but cannot understand what. As the soldering yesterday was fine. Any ideas Thanks

I went out to a gas hob installation today and when carrying out a tightness test the gas meter pipework fittings were all done with solder ring fittings, I've never seen gas pipework done with solder ring yorkshire fittings before, is this allowed? I've never come across this when I was doing...

What do u use to store ur soldering gear?

Hi Chaps I have a leaky pipe in my boiler, so keep losing pressure on the central heating loop. The 22mm pipe has a bend in it so I was wondering if I could replace it with a braided hose but after buying one with 22mm speedfit connectors at each end I noticed that the actual internal hose was...

Sorry for all the questions.. What's the best way to cap off 8mm microbore (out of sight), are there caps I can solder on? I assume I can do this with a normal propane torch and the correct solder? I assume it's better to do this rather than use a compression valve in case I wish to reconnect...

Bar looking unsightly are solder snots ruining down the pipe from the above fitting a problem. Guy I work with does this. Looks bad but is on a first fix so underfloor pipework that will never be seen.

Do many people use a flux brush to wipe fittings just after.soldering to help the solder run around the fitting?

I got a house that wants to get rid off 3 bathroom basins and all wastes are lead. What is the best way to cap these off. Maybe just a mcalpine blanking cap? Or the best bet to take it back to stack and blank there some how? Cheers chaps

I have just spent the most enjoyable 2 hours this afternoon. I have never laughed so much for ages looking at the photos. I have got as far as Page 80 and intend to go to the end; it is going to be hilarious. There seems to be Competent plumbers like members on this forum,cowboys,Diy`s and...

Hi, I recently had some work done in my house and had to ask the first set of builders to leave part way through the project, a second company completed the work. After discussions with the new plumbers, we decided that the plumbing work done by the first firm had to be redone. They carried out...

Due to were I work.changing the plan of.a.house I now.need to change some pipework on the first fix all copper. So the main pipe runs.will now need extra sockets in them either that or.do a fair bit of repiping. Is having sockets on pipes that wouldnt.of orginaly needed that as the pipe would of...

Hi, I'm making a hot tub and want to heat the water indirectly by running a couple of lengths of pipe along the bottom of the tub. I'm heating indirectly because of the chemicals and because I'm taking the heat from the common buffer store. I thought about pex but I'm not sure that plastic...

just thought check here before doing it.. Can I solder hard regular copper onto soft copper tap tails with endfeed fittings without any problems? hopin for speedy replies as they're fluxed up and ready to go!

Hi, my shed recently got flooded and I didn't notice a box of yorkshire fittings under some other stuff. Sat there a while in the wet and now they have some white gunk inside. Looks like it's leached out of the ring of solder. Can I still use these or will they give me trouble? Cheers Justin

Evening chaps, A customer of mine has put a nail through a 6mm heating pipe. It's in a notched joist that holds about 8 other pipes just before they all bend down into the manifold, the other direction goes under a laminate floor so not a lot of room to work in the spaghetti junction that I...

This is a external coupling (integral solder ring) copper to female with uponor pipe to male thread (coupling). Would the loctite melt if you solder it after tightening the fitting with loctite on ? And therefore making the fitting leak. Not been tested yet but would appreciate any insight...

what solder bar does everybody use? does anybody make their own? or do you use leadlock?

Have a laugh at this video teaching you how to solder a vertical joint properly. Amazing how some people are so confident and think they can use their expertise to enlighten others. Seems I have been doing it all wrong. :smile: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cHjFOTGueQc

I've been given a bit a nightmare job for tomorrow.. Some pipework underneath wooden flooring is leaking. The pipework has been exposed and leak sourced. But the pipe needing repairing (15mm) is underneath other pipework (22mm). Basically, my questions are these: What is the best way of...