Thread: Plumbing and Building Queries????? S.A.

Originally Posted by OBBob

C'mon this was destined to be a 10 pager from the first post!!

I know that.

Just dont get into a slanging match..

Al

Like i said pawny, your definately no an idiot,
Maybe someone could post a real question again and we might get back to what i intended.

No hard feelings pawny you just give me the %$#Ts and i think you know what pushes my buttons.

Kiss Kiss hug hug all that jazz.

Originally Posted by bricks

...............Maybe someone could post a real question again and we might get back to what i intended..............

Bricks,
I've posted a real enough question about "O" rings and your aversion to my use of them.

Mick

Originally Posted by pawnhead

It doesn't matter to me who makes a post. If I believe there's a better way, or if I believe that there's something wrong with the advice that they're giving then I'll say so.
Well you should just point it out wherever it is then. I'm sure it would be a benefit to the forums if there's dodgy advice there somewhere. I haven't trawled through your post history, but the only thing I can see you've criticized is my suggestion of using duct tape on a gas pipe. Of course that's dodgy and I wasn't really being serious, although it would stop a leak until the proper authorities could come to fix it.

This duct tape idea may not be as "far fetched" as you all would believe. I had a gas leak at my place recently, it was the pipe feeding into our property. I rang energex who came out and verified I had a serious problem. An hour later (seriously) out came an energex crew with a tip truck and an excavator, ready to dig up the front yard.

Luckily I knew where the pipe was from my previous experience in laying ag pipe, so we found it quickly. They cut through the gas pipe while it still had gas in the line and sealed it up with a rag and DUCT TAPE! - these guys were energex contractors .

The pressure of the gas blew the rag out of the end of the pipe twice, before they secured it in place with a trusty screwdriver taped into the pipe with the rag (like a plug!).

I was watching this in amazement the whole time, but the best part was the guy who came back with their lunch and stood about 6-8 metres from the pipe with a lit ciggie!!!

So in my experience the duct tape works, because if it didn't I wouldn't have the house and the computer to post this story.!!

Originally Posted by journeyman Mick

Bricks,
I've posted a real enough question about "O" rings and your aversion to my use of them.

Mick

Mick, O-rings wil work if put on as you described and if the fittings are in good enough condition.
Here are just some of my problems with them,
IF you overtighten the fitting, you can tear the O-ring
The fittings have to be in good condition and you need 2 flat surfaces that mate together pretty well.
You need to have the right size in your tool box.

However they will produce a clean looking joint, good for inside your bathroom.

Probably better than an O-ring would be a flat rubber washer, they are almost the same but will have a larger surface area to make the seal and im assuming would be harder to tear.

I think thread tape is a better solution because it will work pretty much everywhere you need to seal a thread regardless of condition and size, and if it looks a bit hairy, it can be trimmed with a stanley knife. Ive hav'nt used an o-ring or flat washer that wasnt included as part of the tap, spout etc, and have often had to replace them with tape due to my overtighting them and therefore ripping them.

My preference is, 1 thread tape, 2 flat rubber washer, 3 O-Ring, 4 LOXEAL paste (hard to undo). Hemp is my preffered joint on really big stuff.

Originally Posted by felixe

So in my experience the duct tape works, because if it didn't I wouldn't have the house and the computer to post this story.!!

Ive seen crazy stuff like that done in emergencies as well felixe, im assuming that it was fixed soon after?

Originally Posted by OBBob

C'mon this was destined to be a 10 pager from the first post!!

Kinda like the Friday thread without the humour and with even less meaning..................But for some strange reason I keep on reading this crap.................... must get a life..................must get a life....

Originally Posted by bricks

No hard feelings pawny you just give me the %$#Ts and i think you know what pushes my buttons.

I have that effect on a lot of people. Believe me when I say that I'm not singling you out.

Perhaps I should get a life.

Originally Posted by bricks

Kiss Kiss hug hug all that jazz.

Well I like jazz so maybe we've got something in common.

Originally Posted by felixe

This duct tape idea may not be as "far fetched" as you all would believe.

Yeh, there's not a lot of pressure in a gas line.

Originally Posted by Bleedin Thumb

Kinda like the Friday thread without the humour and with even less meaning..................But for some strange reason I keep on reading this crap.................... must get a life..................must get a life....

It's the unfolding drama that's so addictive. Perhaps we should both just watch Days Of Our Lives instead.

I'm used to another forum where heated debates are often the norm, and it's amusing watching people lose their composure.

As I've said. I should get a life.

I saw Eric Clapton on friday night , Blues and cool.

Originally Posted by bricks

I saw Eric Clapton on friday night , Blues and cool.

Ah you like blues as well. Eric Clapton is pretty cool. (So is Richard Clapton) Is he touring at the moment, or is he a mate of yours?

I like your title as well. La-da-dee, la-da-dar. I’ve got that coming in at the moment. Gypsy Woman by Crystal Waters.

Hey, we’re getting on alright now. Believe it or not I stuck up for you just recently. Someone sent me a PM saying “That bricksy’s not even a plumbers @rsehole”, but I stuck up for you and said “Yes he is”.
j/k

Can I use PEX for my hot and cold water?

You can but its a bugger getting it thru all those little lollies.

Uh, what?

Oh, sorry I thought it was PEZ!!

Just keeping this one going - only 4 pages to go!

Now look what I've done ...

Originally Posted by silentC

Can I use PEX for my hot and cold water?

I can not find any leagal or operational reason why you cant use pex for your hot and cold water.

As the fittings and pipe basically is the same for all types of hot and cold water pipe in terms of design, you can always write out a list of items; tees, elbows, joiners etc that you require. Then go to your local plumbing outlet, ask them what most plumbers are using in your area, the should know because they sell the stuff. If you need to identify an existing product, take a good photo with you.