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Richard Conway writes:
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
Richard Conway wrote:

I was replacing our leaking hot water cylinder this weekend - what a
joyous job it is!

You must be the only DIY'er I know thats doesn't have a few pieces of
copper pipe in his toolbox, mind you 2.8m is going to be hard putting it in
your toolbox. :-)

I'm only a young lad - my tool box is still in its infancy! Besides,
28mm is fairly uncommon - I do have plenty of bits of 15mm around and
the odd bit of 22mm.

I needed about 5 lengths of 28mm x 3m to replace the gas pipe through
my house some years ago. It was cheaper to buy a bundle of 10 lengths,
and the remaining 4 or 5 have been in the loft ever since.
I was thinking about using the excess to make heated shelves in the
airing cupboard at one time, but eventually went for a different
scheme (dehumidifier, as mentioned in another thread recently).

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Andrew Gabriel