Nickfromwales

That's why I asked . It was a Welsh Water "Johnny Jobsworth" that came out and he ran me through the grinder at every stage. Thanks for the comprehensive reply, another reason why I'm on here. . Peter, stand down foam alert

Are you aware of these fittings ? The pipe terminates vertically so I'm a fan.

Welsh water guy told me it would fail if I used it . They came out to check a new mains I had installed on an insurance job, and said a few had done it and had to remove it. @JSHarris. any truth in it?

Waxoil or chain lube. The latter goes on like liquid, but solidifies after a short period leaving a waxy layer where it needs to be ( and stay ). WD40 doesn't stay on long at all. What do you know.....WD40 are one step ahead of us

For the issue of airtightness, just picture the pipe going down through the duct to the ground, and then as it exits the duct the pipe is surrounded with compacted fines ( dust ) which will be wet. That'll stop just about any movement of air between the house and the atmosphere Do NOT squirt expanding foam down the soil pipe to 'plug' the hole as it reacts with alkathene / mdpe and is a big no no.

Both, of course. . You've never tried chewing denzo tape before then ? PS, Dave, you cannot use denzo on a leaking cold mains pipe . It'll contaminate the drinking water. Apart from that, top idea

3 x 4.0's for change of £90 is a good deal imo. I'll get some when my next couple die. At the mo I've got 2 x 5's, 6 x 4's ( nearly new ) and one 3ah that is 2012 stamped and just refuses to die. Was running 3 single chargers but on the last kitchen job one decided to start showing red / green flash on every battery ( so buggered charger ) and another was very noisy ( fan ) so I decided to give it an 'encouragement' slap, where a flash and a bang quickly followed. Two chargers dead in the space of 5 mins . Bought one of these dual chargers last week and it has a handy USB socket to charge the phone too. . Id recommend these in a heartbeat, for the money, and haven't used my 3rd ( now spare ) single charger since tbh. I wanted to buy the new radio, Bluetooth and USB, but the loons at makita REMOVED the DAB receiver and sent it back to 1980 with AM/FM . Ass Hoooooooooooooooles.

Go get a beer.

Legend

Good spec for the money. I think I'd be inclined to go for the Bosch 3 line as it's got good accuracy over 50+ M's and its just so bloody handy for so many other jobs on the rest of the build. Do the 'dumpy' sets give distance or just level? I've never used one tbh.

This is the stuff.

Ok thanks. I've just noticed that with some oft the the copies the battery is significantly ( physically ) bigger. I'll get the bbq emptied into the kids and have a look when I get a chance later.

Do you have the link / seller name please? I'll have a look. My 36v ( 2x18v ) sds drill sucks the batteries dry in no time at all when chiselling / drilling large holes, so may choose a couple of knock offs to dedicated to that perhaps. I've had a look before tbh, but nowt like a bit of real feedback, and the mower is a constant drain device so is a good measure Thanks.

I've never had any issues mating either with solvent glue, and I've fitted a colossal amount of the stuff. Usually the 110mm pipe is branched off via a boss strap or boss socket ( stand alone fitting or incorporated on a fitting ) and then a solvent weld adaptor is used to reduced to 50mm or less. I'm not sure of the material used in those fittings tbh so I'd have to ask, but for the strap on bosses I use a cleaner, scratch the 110mm pipe with emery cloth, and then use a gap filling solvent cement, not regular solvent weld, ( the cement type usually comes in a metal toothpaste type tube ) and once set it is like any other joint, rock solid. I'd avoid push fit like the plague, but compression is quite reliable tbh.

Yup. Bite the bullet and get a new battery. Likelihood is you'll faff around getting the duff cell identified and changed out and then the next adjacent cell will snuff it. Ive just got used to listing my dead makita batteries on eBay ( and they sell instantly for around a tenner )

Don't tell him until he gets there

+2 Dont waste any time looking for the leak, whilst turning your house inside out, just reroute now. If you cant get your mate to dig yet, buy some 25mm alk and just dig where the main stop tap is and make a temp run, surface mounted. Leave a load of slack in the pipe so you can bury it and then get the WB to connect it accordingly. Make the temp connection to the steel pipe just after the stop tap ( so you don't need the WB right away ) and back feed the house through the outside tap. That will allow you to just shut off the stopcock and isolate the leak. Spend the time and effort on new, the old is not worth even thinking about chasing .

I guess my point would be that if I go into my merchants and ask for a potable device and it failed in the stated capacity, I'd have recourse against the supplier. This made quite interesting reading. http://www.bssa.org.uk/faq.php?id=9

My only fear is that the pipe you expose isn't good enough to repair. Where does the cold mains come into the house at the moment? Did the water guy give you any indication of where the pipe runs, eg how does it get from street to house?

Blunt as this may sound, it's down to each individual to make sure what they're buying is fit for purpose. I can't shout at the greengrocer for giving me apples when I should have asked for oranges .

"Adapt and overcome"

If there's enough metal left to detect

Using two guys to pull 10mm copper is essential. If I'm on my own I'll do long runs with pulled bends on the end and use straight sockets to join onto the next straight run. Based on your comment J, a valid additional point can be raised. That's that the posi joist metal webs will slice through push fit / plastic if left against them. Pipes move a little with water hammer / movement so be aware of this risk and take measures to prevent such occurrences.

Eg, maybe a good time / opportunity to redirect the mains if necessary?

Age of pipe mate. Bags of shat wouldn't have even worried it. . What about the section of pipe that goes into where your stopcock currently is?