Faldo's DIY General thread

I’d say you never forgot to turn off the immersion

Funnily enough i was just about to say that myself

I have a turbo-encabulator installed myself. It has now reached such a high level of development that it automatically turns off the immersion. It’s also being successfully used in the operation of novertrunnions. Moreover, whenever a forescent skor motion is required, it may also be employed in conjunction with a drawn reciprocation dingle arm, to reduce sinusoidal repleneration.

I’d like to see that cunt Des bishop get a laugh out of that

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I’ve just doxxed @ironmoth

I’m in ribbons laughing here

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Delete that now, you cunt.

I can’t i just watched it again and I’m gone

It’s a good one alright.

@estebandaface was frantically googling “malleable logarithmic casings”, “spurving bearings” and “hydrocoptic marzlevanes” tonight. God bless the internet.

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I googled dingle arms and that came up. I’m gone again

The sinusoidal repleneration would be very unwieldy without a drawn reciprocation dingle arm. Nobody needs that hassle.

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@FatChops I’ve a problem with a Triton T90SR shower unit. She’s gravity feed, pumped.

It’s a new rental situation, friend of my son, landlord in Turkey, no help. Shower never seen working, but obviously has been used, lime scale etc, but only a few months old I’d say.

Anyway, shower turns on electrically and is making all the right noises, but no water coming out. So I suspect a sticky solenoid. loosen and take it out slowly, no water comes out so have to suspect no water getting to shower unit.

Second day we bring a ladder and son turns on the valve in the attic. Shower works but it’s pissing water out after the filter. So that’s why they had it shut-off! Seal is strained and detached. I loosen everything and manage to get it back together properly as there’s some play in the infeed pipe. Obviously a bad install (the stupid ape left his name and number on the inside back plate).

All back together again, power up, working grand. Turn if off, and isn’t there a fecking trickle of water out of the shower head. Looks like the solenoid again? Had to leave at that stage fortunately.

So what are my options to stop that trickle? The solenoid looks fine and went back in grand, over tightened if anything. Could the back plate be strained? I’m not 100% convinced that a new solenoid would sort it. What do you think? That’s the solenoid, bottom centre. It just hangs there, so no real strain on it.

This might be the answer.
Will give it a go anyway…

Is the landlord paying you to fix it? Its his problem surely

Naw, just a favour for my son.

Like I said, the landlord is in Turkey and doesn’t seem to care much. Perhaps they could claim money back off the landlord. I don’t know the ins and outs of it. But you’re right, he must have known about it as the water supply was shut-off.

Bottom line is five girls in a house with no shower or no bath.

From my experience you’re better off throwing a new one in. They are generally quite poor quality and overall total cunts of things between the noise/variable temperature and poor pressure.

You drive a hard bargain.

It’s dirty work.

That was a ridiculously good avatar, but even I didn’t expect it to lure @Tank off to Ukraine

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Plumbing question gents…

I thought I had cracked this earlier but no… In the last day or so there is a small pipe that I never spotted before draining water from somewhere… See pic from the fascia at bottom of roof

I went into the attic and there is no leak but I’m 99% certain it is draining from the cold water tank the level was high in it and there is an anti overflow hole that I think the watwr is draining from out of the house… Now I reckoned I had diagnosed the problem with the overflow the ballcoxk was being weighed down by something which I removed… But this has started draining again since… Before I put the house on the market does anyone have any other ideas