bigbravedave
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| posted on 10/10/09 at 07:54 PM |
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hot water tank fittings - help
After several plumbing quotes to change a leaking hot water tank I thought how difficult can it be and brought a replacement and will do it tomorrow.
Its in a really tight location and the current tank has elbows between the 22mm pipe and the 1" fittings. my question is how do plumbers get
theses elbows to orientate so that after tightening the 90 elbow to the tank the other end of the 90 points perfectly upwards, is there a trick im
missing, do they apply a load of jointing compound and undo the fitting slightly to orientate, or do they sand the mating face down so when fully
tightened it points where they need it?
Im puzzled?
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Macbeast
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| posted on 10/10/09 at 07:57 PM |
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I think just quantities of PTFE tape and just do up reasonably tight.
I'm addicted to brake fluid, but I can stop anytime.
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watsonpj
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| posted on 10/10/09 at 07:58 PM |
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Have you got the fitting only the threaded part of the fittings are normally not part of the body of the bend and therefore you can orient as you
like
Pete
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nib1980
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| posted on 10/10/09 at 07:59 PM |
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get yourself some flexi fittings
http://www.screwfix.com/cats/101316/Plumbing/Flexible-Hoses
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 10/10/09 at 08:08 PM |
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....and some Evo Stik 'Plumber's Mate'.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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JoelP
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| posted on 10/10/09 at 08:42 PM |
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id go with PTFE, we use that to ensure outside taps point downwards 
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iiyama
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| posted on 11/10/09 at 05:38 AM |
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15 turns of PTFE per male thread. Push fit flexi's cannot be used in certain areas. Check :-
http://www.johnguest.com/litdown.asp
If its broke, fix it. If it aint broke, take it apart and find out how it works!
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Danozeman
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| posted on 11/10/09 at 08:28 AM |
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how old is the tank your replacing?
The really old tanks have a different pipe arrangement. I had that problem a couple of months back. Check your pipe sizes of the new and old tank.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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eccsmk
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| posted on 16/10/09 at 07:40 PM |
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is it all done now ??
just wondered how you got on ??
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