On 21/01/2011 11:58, Ronald Raygun wrote:
Lobster wrote:

It's going to be fun trying to repressurise - the vessel is about 5 feet
off the ground in the airing cupboard, with nowhere nearby to site a
footpump. Can you get extension hoses for them or something? Google's
no help. Have in the past tried to use my 12V electric inflator in the
house on a mains adaptor, but it wouldn't provide enough current, and I
don't really want to yank the car battery...

Just use the footpump. Brace the pump against the wall or the doorframe
and operate it with your hands.

If you can clip the end of the pump's hose onto the valve, as you can with
a car tyre valve, great. Otherwise it'll just be a trifle more challenging
because one hand will be needed to hold it on. Perhaps you could hang the
pump on the wall/frame from a small nail, or use an assistant to hold the
hose in position. Then you can operate the pump with both hands (one hand
pretending to be your foot, the other pretending to be the wall or ground).

Alternatively it might be possible to go at it with a stepladder and
stand the foot pump on one of its rungs.

It may not be very comfortable, but if you only need to do it every
10 years, then up with it you can surely put.

Will certainly give it a go, sure; just wondering what sort of volume of
air we're talking about shifting: am thinking it could be a fair bit?
Have since come across a stirrup pump affair on ebay with a 2m hose
which would probably cut the mustard if need be.

David