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Love plastic! Fast, clean easy and a minimum of joints so less likely to leak. Being flexible you don't get expansion noise...fantastic! ...in someone elses house! :yp:

I take it we are all talking about the rust red stain at block height at the front of the engine. If that's rain staining it must be bloody corrosive rain!

There is second stack now taking shape on top of those, I have 31 flats over seven floors to feed. They look even better with all the bare metal bitumen painted . I don't mind it once in a while but wouldn't want to do it day in day out, 1.5" barrel in 6.5 metre lengths is just too...physical, at my age! Will be moving on to 1st fixing soon enough, roll out the plastics!

Indeed. Southdown seem to have struck the balance fairly well so it CAN be done, you just wonder if it's not knowing how to set up a clay to make it more testing, or laziness?

I don't do drop tests mate, I do tightness tests...and they all tested tight.

Wonder if that had anything to do with the fact that George Digweed shot the last one?

I've seen loose jumpers and knackered washers, but never one that's held back mains water pressure. If you'd bothered to read the rest of the thread you would now be aware that the tap has been stripped and surprisingly the washer wasn't stuck, indeed the water still doesn't flow through the tap even with no innards in it. It's looking really quite likely that the problem lies with the non return valve, I seem to remember somebody may have mentioned that a while back but can't remember who, some talentless schmuck no doubt. Just out of interest, how does the fact that I've not seen a stuck washer translate into you feeling that you "...would hate to see the plumbing you have done"? Do you always make such sweeping assumptions? Take a look at the gas pipes below which I did last week and then you can decide whether I'm competent. I can fix bibtaps too.

Anyone shot at what I believe is known as Caterham Clays, it's a ground just north of the M25 off the A22? It's not that far from me and I fancy giving it a go but don't know anyone who's shot there, so, what's it like guys?

Can you not just wind the tap out? If you look at the pic I posted previously you will see it's just a 1/2" thread, wind it out, sort the problem then wind a dozen turns of PTFE tape around the thread and wind it back in.

Did you look into the inlet of the tap for a non return valve? Did it have one? Did you check it wasn't jammed? Fairly obviously, if it comes out of the pipe but not through the tap then it must be an obstruction through the tap, if you have removed the spindle and washer and it still doesn't flow that only leaves the non return as if it doesn't have one it's just a tube.

Seriously, when did we start to accept pre-schoolers on the forum?

In 20 years of plumbing, I cannot recall a single washer that has 'stuck down' against mains water pressure. A burst pipe is pretty unlikely if nothing is showing 2 1/2/ weeks after turning on, and as said, a split would generally not completely stop water flow. Take the tap off and turn the water back on to determine the integrity of the supply, then fix/replace the tap.

Certainly looks like it doesn't it. :blink:

If it was me...I'd break out the non return and then do as you did before. Just remember that you need to leave the bibtap open once you have turned the supply off, that way when it freezes and then thaws, any expansion goes out of the tap, not back in. At least that's the theory of it!

The non return valve in the non working tap has been forced back into itself due to freezing at some point. At least that's a more than half decent theory working on the limited details you give. It happens quite a lot on newer properties as the bibtaps have inbuilt non return valves. Turn the water off, unscrew the tap from the pipe and peer inside, you will see a white plastic insert with a smaller round piece in the middle, make sure the middle piece will push into the tap, you may need to force it back through. If your tap has a small bolt head on the underside, it generally has a non return valve although some of the newest don't now.

You should be able to get pretty much the phone of your choice FOC and a decent tariff deal on renewal, as stated though, call them direct rather than going through on of their 'partners'. Makes a big difference.

Best of luck with your search mate, but shooting permissions are difficult to come by in the first place even if you are prepared to pay without them needing to be accessible. That said I hope somebody on here can offer you something.

This is one of those "sorting the wheat from the chaff" comments isn't it? I'll go with chaff! You original post was little more than a badly disguised pop at Harnser, to what end I have no idea but most of use are smart enough to see it for what it was I suspect.

As has already been pointed out, Hatsan have had QC issues with their chokes so it may well have NOT been a loose choke, keep your hat on mate, you're heading for a heart attack!

All of which makes you likely to be either a pilot or a mariner...it's not until you actually have to get a radio licence that you find this stuff out allowing you to be a pedantic so and so! That's not a criticism by the way, just an observation from a fellow pedant.

I wasn't aware that pigeons shot game anyway, ducks yes for sure but I've never heard of them on game.

Would like to see; Foo Fighters Metallica Kings of Leon The White Stripes Would have liked to have seen; Queen Elvis Nirvana Bob Marley

His record speaks for itself, no argument's really valid against that point.

Oh right, so you're slating West Ham who have won a few championships over the years but are not in the running at the moment, but when it comes to Utd's second division exploits, well that's all a part of the greatness of the team? What a load of double standard ********! Atypical of your blinkered football fanatic, can't see the wood for the trees.