Tuesday 21 June 2011

Pipe-dreams

Hi there. plumbing fans!

Boy do I have a treat for you. A couple of pictures of some lovely, lovely pipework.

Plumbing, unless you do it regularly, is always a bit of a scary proposition. The potential for catastrophe is quite high, so whenever I set about any project involving a lot of copper tubing and soldering, I get pretty nervous.

At the centre of this project is a great big brass casting which will be hidden behind the bath and shower controls when the job is complete. All the pipe connections on this manifold are for 22mm tubing and as I've hardly ever worked with anything bigger than 15mm, this is rather exciting.

Anyway, after a couple of days of soldering, compression fittings and doubt, I reached the point where I had to turn on the water and see where the leaks were hiding.

Guess what...

No leaks!


So, just for a couple of days, I'm changing my name to Mr Smug.

3 comments:

  1. That's a work of art, shame to hide it :o)

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  2. Oooh yes! Next stop, Tate Modern.

    Quick! Think of a pretentious title...

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  3. Any more pics of this bathroom yet, I'm waiting :o)

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