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Right on. Ha ha.

No problem!

Thanks 👍

Sprung into action.

Thanks.

Glad it helped. Keep well mate.

Fun things.

No worries Gary. Just struggling with new videos now as I seem to have covered just about everything.

Good tip!

ha ha thanks.

Thanks a ton

Yes that works. Thanks Brian.

Thanks.

Thanks we are both fine, you keep well too.

Thanks for the tips!

Not really. Try pulling a bend 1800 long to feed a curved rad surface mounted. Spring or water/sand filled you do it. With a pipe bender you wouldnt

You could say I kneeded it. Ha ha.

No sorry.

Ha ha yes.

I’v removed the gas fireplace at my flat and found another old fireplace behind it under the chimney breast, it has a iron metal box and two 5cm approx pipes going out of it. Im guessing the logs or coal burnt in fire place would heat up the box which had water running through it then the hot water would come out the taps?

A back boiler fits in the recess behind a fireplace or gas fire. It uses the heat generated to produce hot water for central heating and domestic use throughout the home. The boiler itself is hidden behind the fireplace but needs a separate water tank and hot water cylinder to be stored somewhere else in the home. BB's are open flue which means they can be extremely dangerous. Especially if they aren't serviced annually. Always make sure you use a Gas Safe registered competent engineer. I've seen some lethal appliances whilst I've worked in this industry. Please aso ensure the room ventilation is never taped or blocked off. Carbon monoxide has no smell and can silently kill. I'd always recommend carbon monoxide alarms for open flued and flueless appliances.

I moved into the property in 1990 and just realised it was hiding behind there. My gas fireplace was disconnected in 2005 and just boarded up. So im just clearing up the chimney breast to seal up and plaster. But that back boiler has got me fascinated in how homes were heated back then, my mind is blown right now.

Basic systems that worked, no electronics needed.

@@dereton33 maybe you could do a timeline video of how homes used to be heated and hot water heated from 100 years ago to modern day today i know i would love to watch something like that.

Not that I know of.

No problem.

Yeh, I would really have to be stuck. Ha ha.

@@dereton33 it does work though I sometimes use it on steel pipe red hot

Its not that bad. Also still ok to use.

@@dereton33 cheers al 👍

Easier to use an elbow, you will have to saw the pipe.

@@dereton33 Thanks mate !

Underground water main leaking.

@@dereton33 is that down to me to pay for repair or the water board ?

No I held on.

Remove the rad and get the brackets refixed to the wall

Too true, ha ha.

Just pull the bend back slightly.

@@dereton33 how forgiving is copper to multiple bends before it will crack?

That is hassle though.

Youch!!!

Yes but it needed updating. People tend to think old videos are not worth watching.

I have done one, but I guess I could update it.

He probly did. Ha ha.

You learn something new everyday.

Thanks!

Flow restrictor.

Poor stuff !!!! Thanks a lot.

Tbf Al's covered quite alot in his years on RU-vid. Sometimes things he's covered in the past. Will get kind of get revisited. Nice work fella, hope you and Jan are doing well. 👍

O well, thought it would be helpful.

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