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- - Plumbing question (https://britishexpats.com/forum/australia-54/plumbing-question-459138/)

Catch

Jun 25th 2007 9:45 pm

Re: Plumbing question

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Originally Posted by Wol (Post 4969869)

Yes, I was looking for some sort of expansion chamber/damper piston but today the plumber fitted "fixed" piston washers in the isolation valves instead of the "floating" ones and that cured it, thank god! The floaters were just pistoning when the taps were shut off.

cut the copper and fit a coil of poly pipe

Wol	Jun 25th 2007 9:47 pm

Re: Plumbing question

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Originally Posted by Catch (Post 4970326)

cut the copper and fit a coil of poly pipe

That's the pipe the rats like, no?

Catch

Jun 27th 2007 11:50 pm

Re: Plumbing question

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Originally Posted by Wol (Post 4970334)

That's the pipe the rats like, no?

yes wol rats and other rodents can knaw through it, before i came out to oz i got sent to a house which had a leak,it turned out mice had nibbled through the hep 20 pipe under the conservatory floor .But believe me mate it is far easier to use plastic here than copper brazing and expanding can be a nightmare:curse:

leew1019

Jul 15th 2007 1:51 am

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:ohmy: I came over from dundee scotland in january and have 20 yrs exp as a time served plumber / gasfitter and was always taught that if you would not exept it in your own house them why should anyone else have to exept it and always tried to take great pride in my work as you ae only as good as your last job as the saying goes , anyway yes the are rough as guts and dated with methods and systems but they do honestly believe that they are leaving a good quality job and are the best at every thing and all winge about how hard they have to work , i laugh and say try working in below zero and do all your own labouring and patch ing aswell them tell mee but its their country but i still have my standards !!! there thats what i think :thumbsup:

beasty boy

Jul 15th 2007 7:07 am

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Originally Posted by shooshed (Post 4939732)

Been following this thread with interest!

If you come across any British plumbers looking for work in Australia send me a reply - a busy company in Brisbane is looking for some skilled workers because of the short supply of plumbers in Australia.

hi i'am a fully qualified plumber/heating engineer moving brisbane 08 and was
very interested in your quote on plumbing employment and would like more info on licencing and work carried out.

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