The picture isn't the clearest but the cupboard was built after and wraps around the rad. So access is barely 1/16th of a turn I reckon
What "man jobs" have you done today?
- Thread starter jaybee
- Start date
can get short handle length spanners/adjustables...or use vice grips/pipe grips so it doesn't have to line up with the nut exactly and get more of a turn
not ideal but if you can get 1/16th of a turn tho then it'll just take longer than usual
not ideal but if you can get 1/16th of a turn tho then it'll just take longer than usual
Soldato
- Joined
- 21 Jan 2010
- Posts
- 3,828
Filled and painted the gate posts. Painted one of the garden walls- and got the kids to do some of it. Amazed to fund they dud a decent job.
Knocked off some render, and I'll be replacing that later this week.
Today I am off to the in-laws, who have loads of small jobs for me. At least the mother-in-law is providing a roast for lunch, as payment.
Knocked off some render, and I'll be replacing that later this week.
Today I am off to the in-laws, who have loads of small jobs for me. At least the mother-in-law is providing a roast for lunch, as payment.
Right chaps,
How would one go about un-doing this radiator? Haven't attempted it yet and I am sure I'll find a way to struggle, but is there a designed tool for this?
Find a socket to fit along with ratchet handle
Associate
- Joined
- 10 Apr 2008
- Posts
- 1,010
Right chaps,
How would one go about un-doing this radiator? Haven't attempted it yet and I am sure I'll find a way to struggle, but is there a designed tool for this?
I replaced one of these a few months back. You can do most of it with an adjustable spanner. If you're swapping it out for another, once you've got it off you need a pretty big allen key to take off the connector at the bottom on one end, you can't see this until you've taken the pipe off. I didn't have one so frigged it by packing with smaller allen keys.
Soldato
- Joined
- 27 Mar 2013
- Posts
- 9,349
Managed to mod a set of eyelet curtains and poles to fit inside a walk in bay which I'm quite pleased with.
The picture isn't the clearest but the cupboard was built after and wraps around the rad. So access is barely 1/16th of a turn I reckon
Who did that bodge?
Often you need to grip the valve while undoing the nut on the radiator otherwise you risk twisting the pipes.
I'd think about draining down and moving the pipework over so the valve isn't buried behind a wall.
Soldato
- Joined
- 10 Sep 2003
- Posts
- 5,017
- Location
- Midlands
I've often joked about doing this, how did you locate the said farmer and how much did he charge out of interestPaid the local farmer to trim the hedge
Ha ha, do it
He was already doing it before we moved in and neighbours asked.if we wanted him to carry on.
He does a lot of local properties especially where there are public rights of way which need to be maintained.
£30 a cut (he does the grass on the verge at the same time) absolute bargain as the attachment also shreds / mulches the cuttings so just leave them where they fall.
Can't imagine how long it would take and how much swearing as it's hawthorn and particularly spiky !!
Built a cupboard and changed the colour. Also ditched the cheap Amazon lamp and went for some old LED strip lighting I had nearby. Now of course I need the inevitable keyboard swap as I went for one without RGB 
Cross post from the desk thread. Painting peg board is my new least favourite thing.
For anyone looking to undertake a drawer project, the runners are absolutely dirt cheap from Amazon in practically any size.
Cross post from the desk thread. Painting peg board is my new least favourite thing.
For anyone looking to undertake a drawer project, the runners are absolutely dirt cheap from Amazon in practically any size.
Surely a spray paint would've made short work of painting it?
Yeah you're right - however I wanted exactly the same colour and (please do not correct me if I'm wrong
) Valspar don't mix up aerosols just tinned paints.Yeah you're right - however I wanted exactly the same colour and (please do not correct me if I'm wrong
Not B&Q but seems it is an option
https://shop.martinbrownpaints.com/VALSPAR-CAT/VALSPAR-AEROSOLS
You know when you get that feeling that you've wasted a weekend
Right chaps,
How would one go about un-doing this radiator? Haven't attempted it yet and I am sure I'll find a way to struggle, but is there a designed tool for this?
Sorry I miss read this so my other post is pure rubbish - I thought you wanted to remove the brass plug
Built a cupboard and changed the colour. Also ditched the cheap Amazon lamp and went for some old LED strip lighting I had nearby. Now of course I need the inevitable keyboard swap as I went for one without RGB
Cross post from the desk thread. Painting peg board is my new least favourite thing.
For anyone looking to undertake a drawer project, the runners are absolutely dirt cheap from Amazon in practically any size.
You've done a good job there. I turned my under stairs into wine storage, not sure which is the better use