anyone know where i might get a piece of heat resistant board 2' X 2'
approx for putting behind pipes to solder them? like the bit on an ironing
board for putting the iron down on

Dave wrote in message 2.106...
anyone know where i might get a piece of heat resistant board 2' X 2'
approx for putting behind pipes to solder them? like the bit on an ironing
board for putting the iron down on

Any plumber's merchant, or even B&Q etc, will sell you a little
flexible heatproof mat (glass fibre or something?) for this express
purpose.
David

David wrote:

Dave wrote in message 2.106...
anyone know where i might get a piece of heat resistant board 2' X 2'
approx for putting behind pipes to solder them? like the bit on an ironing
board for putting the iron down on

Any plumber's merchant, or even B&Q etc, will sell you a little
flexible heatproof mat (glass fibre or something?) for this express
purpose.
David

Trouble is that flexible mats don't last at all well.
I have a couple of 6" squares of a traditional solid fire proof material
which work really well.
I would recommend that you find some modern equivalent (Cape board IIRC)
trouble is that it might be hard to find an offcut.

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In article , Jonathan@Home
writes

Something like this:

http://www.gmsco.demon.co.uk/thermap...adsandmats.htm

B&Q have them in their plumbers section them for a cheap enough price.


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BigWallop

I might tak a look at one of those, on my first blow torch plumbing foray,
at my friend Warrem'sn house again, I burnt through the mat I bought from
Wickes after about 10 joints but maybe that was because I haven't quite
mastered hot plumbing yet. What I wanted was a good old fashoined asbestos
mat like we I used to but under bunsen burners whaen I was at school.

Cheers
Jonathan


I've been using a glass fibre mat for years. Excellent gadget. The only
problem with using a blowtorch/blowlamp is that the fumes from soldering
tend to set the smoke alarm off!
--
Peter

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On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 08:32:34 +0100, "Jonathan@Home"
wrote:

I might tak a look at one of those, on my first blow torch plumbing foray,
at my friend Warrem'sn house again, I burnt through the mat I bought from
Wickes after about 10 joints but maybe that was because I haven't quite
mastered hot plumbing yet. What I wanted was a good old fashoined asbestos
mat like we I used to but under bunsen burners whaen I was at school.

I find that it is important to play the flame around the joint a bit -
that way the mat behind doesn't receive a deadly dose of heat in one
spot.

Also make sure you use a flame size that is appropriate to the joint -
no need to light up a Saturn 5 rocket for a 15mm joint! My rule of
thumb is that the flame size should be no wider than the joint being
soldered, and in many cases smaller.

Hitting the joint with too much heat can be disastrous for a solder
joint - you want the solder to liquify but not evaporate

Andrew

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Ed Sirett wrote:

David wrote:

Dave wrote in message 2.106...

anyone know where i might get a piece of heat resistant board 2' X 2'
approx for putting behind pipes to solder them? like the bit on an ironing
board for putting the iron down on

Any plumber's merchant, or even B&Q etc, will sell you a little
flexible heatproof mat (glass fibre or something?) for this express
purpose.
David


Trouble is that flexible mats don't last at all well.
I have a couple of 6" squares of a traditional solid fire proof material
which work really well.
I would recommend that you find some modern equivalent (Cape board IIRC)
trouble is that it might be hard to find an offcut.



I have used both mats and Masterboard offcuts. Both work well. The mat
at least is FLEXIBLE.