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I have had a standpipe tap from when the house was built. It came off the plastic mains at a T joint and leads to a gun-metal stopcock and the tap. Though the condition of the rest of the pipe seems good the pipe broke off just below the stopcock and took most of the pipe thread with it. Turning the mains off at the road I have effected a temporary repair using a hose and two good stainless steel pipe clips so we have now a water supply in the house on 1/2 pressure. I gave up cutting out the concrete to replace the standpipe but it was solid concrete and probably deep and the main electricity supply is nearby! So I have to cut a thread in situ and wont have a vice to stop the pipe stub turning! I have bought a Silverline pipe ratchet threading kit (868556) from Toolstation which includes a 1/2" die and have cleaned up the pipe. My plan is to use a long handled stilson to stop the pipe stub rotating. I have viewed someone on U-tube and wonder if my plan is realistic as I cant risk the pipe turning.
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Digging my TAF (Temporary Amphibian Fencing) trench wi' 't digger... all's well, when I notice the bucket is full, and won't empty. Shake it, rattle it and roll it; nothing. Bucket full of earth. Stuck. Fast. And neither did the full bucket stop the digging process. I carried on digging fine, got the TAF trench dug. But I suspect I'm doing something wrong. Yes, there's a good deal of clay around, but it's mostly loam, and there's a little bit of concrete stuck to the inside of the bucket. Overthinking again I suspect, but I thought I'd ask (Declan....).
