ken555
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| posted on 6/1/16 at 05:12 PM |
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Flood or Fire
OK Competition time, no prizes
Flood or Fire
Which happens when I unscrew the cap on the left hand pipe ?
 
Who knows
Right hand pipe feeds oil / kerosene to the boiler from the external tank, there is only one connection to the tank, no return.
There is the utility room to the left with hot/cold water, there is a tap to the right thats cold water, but it's 28mm ish plastic pipe.
[Edited on 6-1-16 by ken555]
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nick205
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| posted on 6/1/16 at 05:22 PM |
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When you undo it you'll know fairly quickly what it is.
The downside is you might not be able to reseal the pipe without fitting new parts.
Any houses the same in the road - maybe someone else knows what it is!
ETA...why do you need to undo it? Might be best left undisturbed.
[Edited on 6/1/16 by nick205]
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ken555
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| posted on 6/1/16 at 05:26 PM |
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Each house on the street has unique features, ours is the only one with an attached garage, and it has been extended/modified a couple of time since
it was built.
Was more of an interest, I would rather know what it is for future reference.
I'm putting a set of shelves next to it.
Need 820mm wide, and I have 825mm to the left of the pipe.
[Edited on 6-1-16 by ken555]
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hizzi
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| posted on 6/1/16 at 05:48 PM |
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its a compression fitting you can loosen a couple of turns without the cap flying off, see what comes out and retighten. the ring and nut will be
crimped on the pipe
also are you sure the pipe on the right is oil?, oil is normally 10mm not 15mm and that gate valve is for low pressure water.
[Edited on 6/1/16 by hizzi]
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ken555
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| posted on 6/1/16 at 06:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by hizzi
also are you sure the pipe on the right is oil?, oil is normally 10mm not 15mm and that gate valve is for low pressure water.
[Edited on 6/1/16 by hizzi]
Yes oil, it's 15mm to a filter, then to one of those gate valves that the handle is meant to melt in a fire, it then becomes 10mm to a metal,
internal tiger loop.
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TKPM
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| posted on 6/1/16 at 06:32 PM |
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It should be a water pipe, gas pipe should have a sleeve around it.
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ken555
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| posted on 6/1/16 at 06:56 PM |
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its in
Well the shelves are it, and it's still water/oil tight.
It's not a gas pipe as the whole village has no mains gas, despite the NTS pipeline out of St Fergus, supplying 25% of the UK needs, passing the
edge of us.
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kenton
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| posted on 6/1/16 at 07:11 PM |
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Spare pipe incase one was needed for another use ie an aga?
Loosen it and see, what could possibly go wrong.
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02GF74
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| posted on 6/1/16 at 10:44 PM |
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Measure electrical resistance between the two.
If 0, then the two pipes are either part of same system or have conducting strap connected between them.
If infinite resistance, then separate pipe work.
[Edited on 6/1/16 by 02GF74]
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nick205
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| posted on 7/1/16 at 11:05 AM |
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Back to my original questions...why do you need to disturb it?
Surely if you want to do much to it you'll be digging up a concrete floor - hard work when you want to!
Unless you really need it for something I'd leave it be myself.
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ken555
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| posted on 7/1/16 at 02:12 PM |
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I was worried that I may disturb it when working close by.
But as you can see, it's still intact and not leaking any sort of fluid.
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