Lancs Lad
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Yessss! Ten time faster and you have have a cab.
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Jimoz
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Do you lay the pipes yourself or have a guy do it? Presume if you do it you also connect to manifold and pressurise beforehand?
Storrsy
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I bet your nerve would give out before that ends up on its side
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DaveDCB
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Yeah lay them ourselves , build manifold and join them up as we go. Just preassure up off mains, all easy enough to do.
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Jimoz
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Wouldn't be too confident doing it myself although I suppose you just follow the plan and staple down. Do you buy the manifolds ready made with enough ports? Can you use air or just easier to pressure up off a hose connected to tap? I assume the plan allows you to get round a certain area with 1 length of pipe so no joins?
Ill be having ufh in my next place hence the curiosity
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Monkeybusiness
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I did mine at home - it’s dead easy, just keep each pipe run under 100m (I think from memory) and spec a manifold to suit.
You pressure it up with water to test for leaks (there shouldn’t be any as there are no joins other than to/from the manifold) and I was also told that the pressurised pipe expands (imperceptibly) which helps prevent the screed cracking in the future when all commissioned etc (you leave it pressurised until the screed is poured and set).
You need a pipe uncoiler if doing it yourself - it would be a nightmare without and the pipe could easily kink which would knackered it (it is aluminium lined).
I bought a staple gun off Amazon (which was crap for what it cost but did my job - I didn’t feel bad sending it back afterwards as it was so poorly made!).
doobin
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It starts to crab before it slides a bit.I bet your nerve would give out before that ends up on its side
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Jimoz
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Im getting flash backs of doing some compression fit plumbing 15 yrs ago with copper olives and the tape. Seemed a dark art to me some joints were fine, some needed a crank and others if you over tightened were donald ducked. I took cold over to a new kitchenette we put up in my old gaffers unit.
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DaveDCB
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Yep this, I buy the pipe in 500m coils. Ufh supplier does a layout plan and sends everything you need. If it’s only a small area you can uncoil the coils by hand, but it’s back breaking work.. if it’s a full house buy one and sell it afterwards if it’s a one off!
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Jimoz
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Which suppliers do you get to quote and layout?
I'd be interested in giving it a go but not sure on my plumbing skills for the connections. Might be worth a few hundred quid for a plumber for a day on a one off. Especially if they have the gear.
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DaveDCB
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Www.theufhgroup.co.uk
They supply everyone, huge setup!
They supply everyone, huge setup!
doobin
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One step closer to divorce…
Not only is the scaffold still up, I’ve started to decorate it.
Not only is the scaffold still up, I’ve started to decorate it.
Lancs Lad
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Pin heck feels like a year ago since I went past that! Summer anywayOne step closer to divorce…
Not only is the scaffold still up, I’ve started to decorate it. View attachment 81680
What's the flag?
pettsy
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Where abouts are you in Leicestershire?
doobin
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Jimoz
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Narborough, you gonna come help me?
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
Marianne must be getting close to going pop Doob ..... pushing your luck 'prodding the bear' .... you might wake up one morning with the flag hanging out yer bumOne step closer to divorce…
Not only is the scaffold still up, I’ve started to decorate it. View attachment 81680
doobin
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Or worse…🫣Marianne must be getting close to going pop Doob ..... pushing your luck 'prodding the bear' .... you might wake up one morning with the flag hanging out yer bum
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Stroppymonkey
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Did she put the bar on upside down on the saw
Furniss
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First tank of the year , forgot what a lot there is to organise 
I know its been talked about on other threads but must find a way to knock up some dry mix that doesnt involve another trip with truck, 3t st dumper is wrong shape completely to get it mixed without thoroughly abusing bucket and dumper skip .....perhaps a mixer bucket
Delivery to yard was late so had a minute on this little plate, starts but then spews oil out of the exhaust pipe and gets grumpy, sack it off to the engine graveyard and put a replacement engine on is probably best, no spapped valve springs
I know its been talked about on other threads but must find a way to knock up some dry mix that doesnt involve another trip with truck, 3t st dumper is wrong shape completely to get it mixed without thoroughly abusing bucket and dumper skip .....perhaps a mixer bucket
Delivery to yard was late so had a minute on this little plate, starts but then spews oil out of the exhaust pipe and gets grumpy, sack it off to the engine graveyard and put a replacement engine on is probably best, no spapped valve springs
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