The 'Today's Job' thread

[hiluxman]

You can get the multi size any material to mdpe. Expensive but a pretty good insurance to keep in the van.
Rumor has it you can get them for gas as well.

It's no rumor. Lol.

I don't carry alot when we are just on digging duties but I carry the get you out the s**t properly box. 2ft of pipe in various sizes also helps too.

 

[pettsy]

You can get the multi size any material to mdpe. Expensive but a pretty good insurance to keep in the van.
Rumor has it you can get them for gas as well.

Plasson utc are a handy get you out of trouble fitting

 

[pettsy]

Rumor has it you can get them for gas as well.

Or the number of someone who does a job or two after his Cadent day job

 

[V8Druid]

Or the number of someone who does a job or two after his Cadent day job

my mate on the gas was called Wayne

 

[DaveDCB]

I know lead to mdpe fittings aren't the most common stocked item but for the sake of 2 fittings and a bit of pipe it's worth while.

But alas the ones that did it originally won't be bothered.

I keep them in stock!! Bodging buggers!

 

[Lancs Lad]

This béats hen racing as my old man used to say.
Moved a few things to Normandy for a guy from the village that ive known 20y.
What can't you do with a hookloader
Paid well and a plat de jour avec le mrs.
Bon week-end

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A red phone box and an old Jag...subtle hint he's an ex pat

 

[Furniss]

A red phone box and an old Jag...subtle hint he's an ex pat

Yep nice bloke but shameless old school ex pat, one of the first i guess , been here 30 years and first thing he did was put a phone box up ! Expats are as a rule harder to spot nowadays in fact round here at least most have gone back the other way, i suspect it's same all round eu.

 

[Stroppymonkey]

24 hours into a powercut here. Starting to be annoying now. We are okay with LPG fire and Hob along with cordless lights and USB adaptor from van. Most of the village buggered, no one’s prepared these days. Keep having to take thermos / hot water bottles up to the old chap round the corner as he’s more or less chair bound.
Annoying thing is most of Cornwalls power supply passes over head through edge of village and that’s fine.
I foresee a rush on camping stoves and LPG cabinet heaters next week

 

[V8Druid]

24 hours into a powercut here. Starting to be annoying now. We are okay with LPG fire and Hob along with cordless lights and USB adaptor from van. Most of the village buggered, no one’s prepared these days. Keep having to take thermos / hot water bottles up to the old chap round the corner as he’s more or less chair bound.
Annoying thing is most of Cornwalls power supply passes over head through edge of village and that’s fine.
I foresee a rush on camping stoves and LPG cabinet heaters next week

small suitcase genny is sufficient to run 99% of gas/oil fired boilers and a light or two/fridge ...
IIRC all boilers are 'sposed to be on a 13A plug ...
I keep a lil' 2.2kva Hodna specifically for such events and run a 9" grinder/big hammer drill at any distance from a power source
If it's gonna be off for more than an hour or two, I'm on SSE's priority list (usually got £10+k's worth of meds in the fridge) - ring them and they turn up with a genny and couple me up

heat pump - you'm ****ed

 

[Lancs Lad]

24 hours into a powercut here. Starting to be annoying now. We are okay with LPG fire and Hob along with cordless lights and USB adaptor from van. Most of the village buggered, no one’s prepared these days. Keep having to take thermos / hot water bottles up to the old chap round the corner as he’s more or less chair bound.
Annoying thing is most of Cornwalls power supply passes over head through edge of village and that’s fine.
I foresee a rush on camping stoves and LPG cabinet heaters next week

Some rather anxious leccy car owners I bet.

To think us fossils with a few jerry cans of derv can crack on

 

[Stroppymonkey]

small suitcase genny is sufficient to run 99% of gas/oil fired boilers and a light or two/fridge ...
IIRC all boilers are 'sposed to be on a 13A plug ...
I keep a lil' 2.2kva Hodna specifically for such events and run a 9" grinder/big hammer drill at any distance from a power source
If it's gonna be off for more than an hour or two, I'm on SSE's priority list (usually got £10+k's worth of meds in the fridge) - ring them and they turn up with a genny and couple me up

heat pump - you'm ****ed

Wouldn’t take a lot to switch my boiler over to a 3pin plug but can’t really be arsed, gas fire keeps us warm. Might look into a proper changeover switch.
Fitted one in my first place and never used it .
Of course you can always just use a good old fashioned death plug

 

[V8Druid]

Wouldn’t take a lot to switch my boiler over to a 3pin plug but can’t really be arsed, gas fire keeps us warm. Might look into a proper changeover switch.
Fitted one in my first place and never used it .
Of course you can always just use a good old fashioned death plug

three matchsticks ?
could always use the good ol' RS quick connector

13A changeover plug's as good as you'll need .... odds on you'll have to run a lead to it from a genny anyway

 

[Giles]

The propane cabinet style heaters are always handy to have somewhere in a shed etc, used to have one in my first flat that had economy 7 night heaters that where crap, few minutes and room be toasty if a wet heat.

 

[V8Druid]

The propane cabinet style heaters are always handy to have somewhere in a shed etc, used to have one in my first flat that had economy 7 night heaters that where crap, few minutes and room be toasty if a wet heat.

never seen a propane one, but got three butane ones sat in a box .. light one occasionally when it's 'kin cold in there .. t'others're handy standbys in case

 

[Smiffy]

The propane cabinet style heaters are always handy to have somewhere in a shed etc, used to have one in my first flat that had economy 7 night heaters that where crap, few minutes and room be toasty if a wet heat.

One of those Chinese diesel heaters wouldn't be to bad either. Build it into a large amount box and run of whatever battery you have lying around either car or power tool

 

[Giles]

never seen a propane one, but got three butane ones sat in a box .. light one occasionally when it's 'kin cold in there .. t'others're handy standbys in case

Propane/butane yes blue gas bottles always ran my gas bbq on propane though

 

[Gecko]

Of course you can always just use a good old fashioned death plug

I don't know what you are talking about.

Edit:
In my defence, I'm living in a rental.

 

[V8Druid]

I don't know what you are talking about.


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Edit:
In my defence, I'm living in a rental.

presumably you plug that into an outlet, when the power goes down ? (and turn off the main breaker?) little genny'd get 'excited' if you forgot and the supply returned

 

[Stroppymonkey]

presumably you plug that into an outlet, when the power goes down ? (and turn off the main breaker?) little genny'd get 'excited' if you forgot and the supply returned

Yes just have 2 male to male plugs. Seen guys do it with welders as well.

 

[Furniss]

Been asked to site this while on site doing other work - low and long and roughish route to where it's getting sited.
Ball on blade of 6tonner ? It's on a 3.5 trailer and the cutlery draw is full !