Onoff Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 (edited) Well that'll teach me to try and show off! I decided to cut out for the shower hose back plate. a CAD drawing later and some ply pinned on for the ROUTER: Gave me a neat little triangular hollow some 32mm deep. With a bit of rearranging of the ply a slot was cut. First faux pas at the end (my fault entirely). Other than that it fits a treat. The 15mm copper will solder in, go along the slot, thru a 45deg turn then offset by 45mm into the valve. The slot with the rest of the ply will be covered by Aqua Panel anyway: BUT...I took the Hudson Reed chromed shower outlet into the garden...and it rolled off the ply and onto the concrete. The most visible bit is scuffed. It'll annoy the Hell out of me and her! Anyone know where I can get a new one on it's own? Tbh I feel a complete: Edited April 20, 2018 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell griffiths Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 You really have missed you vocation in life if NASA ever need another shuttle fixing type guy I would nominate you. I would have hacked it out with a blunt chisel and a club hammer ?⚒ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 1 minute ago, Russell griffiths said: You really have missed you vocation in life if NASA ever need another shuttle fixing type guy I would nominate you. I would have hacked it out with a blunt chisel and a club hammer ?⚒ Ta. Just edited. Tbh I invariably ALWAYS get it spot on second time around! Not much good if you're the first crew of astronauts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Russell griffiths said: You really have missed you vocation in life if NASA ever need another shuttle fixing type guy I would nominate you. I would have hacked it out with a blunt chisel and a club hammer ?⚒ Would a jigsaw not have been middle ground ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 2 hours ago, Onoff said: a CAD drawing later and some ply pinned on for the ROUTER: Hmmm....I used a 32mm wood bit and a multitool. Was pressure tested and I was still in the pub by 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 12 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said: Hmmm....I used a 32mm wood bit and a multitool. Was pressure tested and I was still in the pub by 6 I mulled spade & Forstner bits but decided on the easy route in the end... This is why most of my drinking is at home...I'd never make the pub for closing! Even THAT went west tonight. Had to suffer WARM Cobra! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 Just realised that I was planning to connect this shower outlet on the mitred wall to the hot IN on the valve! Lucky I spotted that. No copper was harmed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Onoff said: Just realised that I was planning to connect this shower outlet on the mitred wall to the hot IN on the valve! Lucky I spotted that. No copper was harmed! Thats what happens when you drink warm beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 16 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said: Thats what happens when you drink warm beer Certainly don't try and get a DW625e router back in the box when you've had a couple. It's hard enough sober! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) I couldn't do this plumbing lark for a living: Bloody nerve wracking if it doesn't fit...but it did! 140mm offset. Yes, first go and minor trimming: The hardest one done at least. Edited April 21, 2018 by Onoff 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell griffiths Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Ooh get you f####g show off. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 So @Onoff has been on a bender today then? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 (I did manage to sneak in a crafty Cobra...) Oh for a clean slate! At the mo this is what I'm going to have to tap into for the shower. Left to right: x2 pipes ending in flexis from the shower pump the other end of the house. Feeds the bar mixer in the upstairs ensuite. Not sure what's hot / what's cold tbh. All are hidden within the dormer ceiling: Still, made some progress: But I need really, and I've been putting it off, to move this grey, diagonal soil pipe that runs across the top of the new bathroom ceiling. (Copper left to right is hot to shower, rainfall head, cold to shower). Moving that soil wil make plumbing and electric runs so much easier and even help positioning the rainfall head as well as giving better all round access. Can I lay a swept soil bend on it's side? Figure better than an ordinary 112.5deg elbow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Hats off, a top bit of bending No problem laying a swept bend flat, and a bit quieter too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 @Nickfromwales, how many turns of PTFE shoul I apply to these 1/2" fittings into the valve? Cheers, I assume also it's OK to leave the 15mm copper overlength sticking up in the loft and solder my elbows on later? Or will I risk crap dropping down into the valve? But before all that I've a corner to insulate/foam up as well as making sure there's noggins in the right place to pick up the Aqua Panels. What a lovely day for cutting PIR on the patio! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC45 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 I put loads of ptfe on mine (thread well and truely covered) & paste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 7 minutes ago, CC45 said: I put loads of ptfe on mine (thread well and truely covered) & paste. Ta. I presume the fittings don't wind all the way in quite because of the tape? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 Thought I'd best get one in before she starts making a noise cutting the small lawn... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 "All hail the ale!" 20 turns and a smear of goop, not a blob. No goop on the female thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhome Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 32 minutes ago, Onoff said: Thought I'd best get one in before she starts making a noise cutting the small lawn... Contents of your knicker drawer there too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 1 hour ago, newhome said: Contents of your knicker drawer there too! Got 'em off a plumber I know. It's his thing when the clients go out.. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhome Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 At least he cleans up after himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 22, 2018 Author Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) Though it might not look like it I got more done than I thought I would in between washing cars and a beer! Fully nogged to take the Aqua Panels at 900mm high: Added timber full length next to the window to take a screen if we find it needs one. Glued, screwed and foamed in the board for the valve: The shallow pocket is bugging me though. Dimns in red are from the original wall to face of new timber studwork. Can't decide whether to scabble off some of the block where it's 90/92mm to the right of the laser line to get it down to about 120mm minimum? You can just see in the photo above how the breeze block projects into the space. It wouldn't take long with the SDS chisel would it? Maybe I'll start the PIR tomorrow... Edited April 22, 2018 by Onoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CC45 Posted April 22, 2018 Share Posted April 22, 2018 The pace on this project is now approaching frenetic! Dont skimp on the ptfe - I was a bit mean 1st time (fitted 3 in our self build) and the fitting was all the way in and still leaked. I always put a lot at the end of the thread so it makes a shoulder there. Skimming starts upstairs this week - getting worried you may even overtake my slow paced build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onoff Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 16 hours ago, Nickfromwales said: "All hail the ale!" 20 turns and a smear of goop, not a blob. No goop on the female thread Ta. So 20 turns and goop on top of the PTFE? That's the 1/2" male into the valve. On the 15mm compression just a smear of goop around the seat in the brass before the olive sits or seat the olive first then goop after round the outside of that? I must admit getting a dab of Jet Blue Plus on any compression thread seems to make them nut up much smoother and prevent any weeps. No squealing of brass on brass either! (It was you gave me that tip when I did my MDPE to brass stop cock on the water main though I think you favour another product). (Me, pedantic? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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