Good stuff, the solder is going to be drawn in from the heat so it's better to heat the fittings where the solder needs to wick towards and you don't burn the finished wall or skirting!
Great video Mark and I liked your skill when it came to soldering those joints, I kept saying to myself he’s got to burn the wall paper, but you didn’t 😂 🙂. Excellent entertainment 👍
Hi Mark, a very enjoyable film there thank you, it was great to see some soldering you know how it helps to settle my ocd. Some very nice control with the torch, well done 😉, also no problems with the boiler, a nice job I’m sure everyone concerned will be very happy. Have a great week and as always take care mate, regards Chris. 👍👍👍
Nothing finer than soldering fittings,press fit and everything else serves a purpose but but for pure aesthetic reasons end feed all day ,for me anyway
Hi Mark, Great video once again! I have been watching your videos from the start but first time commenting. Just wondering how you price that sort of job? Is it per rad or day rate? Been thinking for a while able starting up on my own but pricing always been stopping me from doing so as find is so hard! Are you able to do any videos with regard to this ? Many thanks, Ryan
Hey Ryan…. Thanks for the support over the years.. This one I looked and and priced to cover the day and what it would cost me in materials as it was for Dave my Carpenter who does bits for me and I do bits for him
I think the phrase you’re looking for is polishing a turd. Hate those jobs. As soon as something leaks/doesn’t work it’s “well it worked before you touched it”
Im a diyer do my own plumbing etc Fitted 2 new rads recently i use loctite 55 string for tails no leaks ,but see lots of plumbing use the Blue liquid am i just lucky or should i convert to the Blue liquid for fitting tails
Bit surprised to see 8mm pipework being reused in a renovation. Surely better to re-pipe some of that in 22/15 to make it a bit more ready for low-temp heating? Rads looked pretty small, too.
Lucky with the designer radiator that the flow was right there a nightmare when you go to a job and boiler or heating is drained and having to explain if it’s a double can flip it but the singles should get rid of the baffle
Another fab video there sir. I am a plumber myself and need to start swapping out old type 11 rads for 21’s throughout our house. It’s quite a large house. I have had nightmares balancing it all out and still don’t think it’s right. We have a lift conversion also, with two 600 x 800 rads ups there. The pipework is coming from the rear of the house as that’s where the oil boiler is. I hear hissing sounds from the lock shield in the bathroom, nearest to the boiler. Do you find shutting the lock Shield to almost closed will get the furthest rads hotter and remain hot? It’s a real tricky system to balance out over 3 Levels Mark. Suggestions appreciated as I struggle to balance efficiently. Cheers
