10 days ago, I bethought me to replace the washers in the taps in the
downstairs loo, and the project is still on-going, with the kitchen
being mostly disassembled in order to get access to the pipes on
the other side of the wall.

So much for a job that only takes a few minutes, but we never used
that basin as the kitchen sink was under 10 feet away, and that was
where were the soap and towels.

However, I digress.

One of the taps was completely locked solid, and 5 days of soaking
alternately
in both white vinegar (to get rid of scaling) and WD40 did not produce the
desired
affect, so it was off to B&Q for replacement parts.

My first reaction was to bin the seized-up tap, until I realised that it
still had a use,
or rather, the screw tail still had a use after being sawn off, and that is
to make use of
discarded tails, connecting them back-to-back.

"gareth" wrote in message
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10 days ago, I bethought me to replace the washers in the taps in the
downstairs loo, and the project is still on-going, with the kitchen
being mostly disassembled in order to get access to the pipes on
the other side of the wall.

So much for a job that only takes a few minutes, but we never used
that basin as the kitchen sink was under 10 feet away, and that was
where were the soap and towels.

However, I digress.

One of the taps was completely locked solid, and 5 days of soaking
alternately
in both white vinegar (to get rid of scaling) and WD40 did not produce the
desired
affect, so it was off to B&Q for replacement parts.

My first reaction was to bin the seized-up tap, until I realised that it
still had a use,
or rather, the screw tail still had a use after being sawn off, and that
is to make use of
discarded tails, connecting them back-to-back.

The application of sufficient heat fixes most problems like this.

On Friday, 24 April 2015 19:40:42 UTC+1, gareth wrote:
10 days ago, I bethought me to replace the washers in the taps in the
downstairs loo, and the project is still on-going, with the kitchen
being mostly disassembled in order to get access to the pipes on
the other side of the wall.

So much for a job that only takes a few minutes, but we never used
that basin as the kitchen sink was under 10 feet away, and that was
where were the soap and towels.

However, I digress.

One of the taps was completely locked solid, and 5 days of soaking
alternately
in both white vinegar (to get rid of scaling) and WD40 did not produce the
desired
affect, so it was off to B&Q for replacement parts.

My first reaction was to bin the seized-up tap, until I realised that it
still had a use,
or rather, the screw tail still had a use after being sawn off, and that is
to make use of
discarded tails, connecting them back-to-back.

dare I ask how that's useful?


NT

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On Friday, 24 April 2015 19:40:42 UTC+1, gareth wrote:
One of the taps was completely locked solid, and 5 days of soaking
alternately
in both white vinegar (to get rid of scaling) and WD40 did not produce
the
desired
affect, so it was off to B&Q for replacement parts.
My first reaction was to bin the seized-up tap, until I realised that it
still had a use,
or rather, the screw tail still had a use after being sawn off, and that
is
to make use of
discarded tails, connecting them back-to-back.

If you have a plumber's junk box, and discarded flexible tap tails, then
two of them back to back as described above gives you an extra long
flexible pipe with 15mm connectors at either end.