Page 411 of 492 FirstFirst ... 311361401403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419421461 ... LastLast
Results 10,251 to 10,275 of 12298

Thread: Daily Moan

  1. #10251
    Isle of discombobulation Joe 90's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2020
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Mai Arse
    Posts
    12,354
    Good work!

    As for the clutch

    How hard can it be?

  2. #10252
    Days Work Done! Norton's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Last Online
    Today @ 06:16 AM
    Location
    Roiet
    Posts
    34,903
    Quote Originally Posted by Shutree View Post
    Thank you, however the truth remains it is upside down and merely an adequate job.
    Easily fixed. More tape. Not the pipe tape. A wee bit of chrome tape over the Hang bit and all is perfect.

  3. #10253
    Thailand Expat
    Shutree's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2017
    Last Online
    Yesterday @ 06:41 PM
    Location
    One heartbeat away from eternity
    Posts
    4,658
    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    This is Thailand. Mai pen rai.
    I am getting there. Slowly.

  4. #10254
    Thailand Expat
    Shutree's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2017
    Last Online
    Yesterday @ 06:41 PM
    Location
    One heartbeat away from eternity
    Posts
    4,658
    Quote Originally Posted by Norton View Post
    chrome tape
    More YouTube time perhaps? What is chrome tape and does it destroy the blue pvc millings?

  5. #10255
    Days Work Done! Norton's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2007
    Last Online
    Today @ 06:16 AM
    Location
    Roiet
    Posts
    34,903
    Quote Originally Posted by Shutree View Post
    What is chrome tape
    Tape that looks like chrome to tape over the upside down Hang brand name on tap.

  6. #10256
    Thailand Expat
    Reg Dingle's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2021
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    4,228


    That's erm... a lot of excess pipe there

    Have you tried Yellow Pages?

  7. #10257
    Isle of discombobulation Joe 90's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2020
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Mai Arse
    Posts
    12,354
    It doubles as an extended bum gun.

  8. #10258
    Thailand Expat helge's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    11,673

    Quote Originally Posted by Shutree View Post
    Getting small problems resolved can be problematic.
    Quote Originally Posted by Shutree View Post
    One example is a casual worker to do grunt work around the garden. Two years into the conversation and still we have no help.
    Quote Originally Posted by Shutree View Post
    She has told me that one reason she is cautious about tradesmen/workers is that I have a tendency to grumble about the quality of the work done. That's a fair cop,
    Quote Originally Posted by Shutree View Post
    she still cannot or will not help me to find a different mechanic to fix it.
    Kind of been there.

    You want your stuff made/fixed properly.

    She can't guarantee that.


    You 'grumble' and can't keep your face.

    Makes her lose face too

    Better to be avoided

    Clever girl

  9. #10259
    On a walkabout Loy Toy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    30,531
    Quote Originally Posted by Reg Dingle View Post


    That's erm... a lot of excess pipe there

    Have you tried Yellow Pages?
    I've been working in a bathroom trying to fit new taps and a shower head and all the plumbing is so far out of square making it impossible to fit the new hardware without making changes.

    Then it come to fit a bath tub and the walls are so far out of square I have to cut each tile halving the error over 90 degrees.

    Normally a 1 day project is in its 4th day.

    Why Thai builders cannot use levels and squares let alone lasers is beyond me.

  10. #10260
    Thailand Expat
    malmomike77's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2021
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    13,687
    with Thai pipe threads you have to work from the tap backwards, i shit you not or as Shutree found out it all goes Pete Tong

    PS

    also all the blue pipe is routed through the wall to outside, floors raised and never buried and therefore all Hong Nams are at the back so you don't see the pipes running along the wall

    pps

    did i mention P and S traps and 8 degree runs, fuk 5 degrees
    Last edited by malmomike77; 29-09-2022 at 03:10 AM.

  11. #10261
    On a walkabout Loy Toy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    30,531
    ^ I am not a plumber and I have never fitted a bathtub before so for me it was quite a challenge from the get go.

    Whatever I do I like to plan and always determine penned texter datum lines before I start.

    With the walls out of square by 30mm over a 1 metre length it was a huge challenge.

    Then coming to tiling around the top of the fibreglass rectangular bathtub surround the 4 corner radiuses were different in size so I could not make a common template for all and had to fit the tiles individually.

    Anyway by halving the error the job looks OK without looking stupidly bad. Well the missus thinks it looks good so job done.
    Last edited by Loy Toy; 29-09-2022 at 03:58 AM.

  12. #10262
    Thailand Expat
    malmomike77's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2021
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    13,687
    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy View Post
    With the walls out of square by 30mm over a 1 metre length it was a huge challenge.
    i spent time explaining Pythagoras to get squares and pretty much gave up, just plotted it all myself and invest in lasers

  13. #10263
    On a walkabout Loy Toy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    30,531
    ^ I made a square template 1 metre by 1 metre that I use if I lay bricks myself and have a long straight edge which ensures I can get walls square within reason.

    Once again to get the first 2 bricks square and level as a datum everything else is simple.

  14. #10264
    Thailand Expat
    malmomike77's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2021
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    13,687
    ^ Hmm not over the remaining distance but good luck with it. I like doing basic building in Thailand its a cake walk compared to the cleaning sub-contract work i do in my day job.

  15. #10265
    On a walkabout Loy Toy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    30,531
    ^ If I'm out by a 1mm over a 1 metre length it is not good enough.

    One thing I noticed when I was running the engineering shop in Bangkok was that a lot of the workers had poor eyesight so I tested everyone and purchased glasses so they could see what they were doing. Accuracy improved immediately.

  16. #10266
    CCBW Stumpy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2010
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Here
    Posts
    13,577
    One of my biggest moans here in regards to plumbing is they have not adopted NPT fittings. Everything is straight thread so you have to put Teflon tape on everything or in some cases epoxy. Ever spin on a new spigot only to find its not properly aligned when it bottoms out?

  17. #10267
    Thailand Expat misskit's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2009
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Chiang Mai
    Posts
    48,121
    I had a bathroom redone in the last couple of weeks. I had the plumber take out the old PVC thingies in the wall and put in brass couplings. (You should have heard him moaning about that.) I hope it will mean less leaks in the future.

  18. #10268
    CCBW Stumpy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2010
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Here
    Posts
    13,577
    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    brass couplings.
    I have been recently trying out the PVC with the brass threaded inserts in them (Male and female). Better then the plastic but again still straight thread so ya never know where the spigot lever will end up.

  19. #10269
    Thailand Expat
    Shutree's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2017
    Last Online
    Yesterday @ 06:41 PM
    Location
    One heartbeat away from eternity
    Posts
    4,658
    Quote Originally Posted by Reg Dingle View Post
    That's erm... a lot of excess pipe there
    It's the local standard, off the shelf arrangement for a water heater and a 2-headed shower and, yes, it is unsightly.

  20. #10270
    Thailand Expat
    Shutree's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2017
    Last Online
    Yesterday @ 06:41 PM
    Location
    One heartbeat away from eternity
    Posts
    4,658
    Quote Originally Posted by Stumpy View Post
    still straight thread so ya never know where the spigot lever will end up.
    That is how I finished up yesterday. I want the outlet pipe at the 6 o'clock position, that would be the tidiest position. However, when I tighten it as far as I dare it ends up at 3 o'clock, which just looks wrong. If I then back off 3/4 turn it leaks. So the compromise is 1/4 turn back to 12 o'clock. It works, no leaks overnight, so that might be the end of the project.
    There was a more expensive tap in the shop, about B700, which I noticed had a longer thread. Maybe that is an option. On the other hand, if it ain't broke why fix it?

  21. #10271
    Thailand Expat
    panama hat's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Last Online
    21-10-2023 @ 08:08 AM
    Location
    Way, Way South of the border now - thank God!
    Posts
    32,680
    Quote Originally Posted by Shutree View Post
    unsightly
    By my last count I have ten thumbs, so yours looks very good.

  22. #10272
    Thailand Expat
    malmomike77's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2021
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    13,687
    Quote Originally Posted by Stumpy View Post
    Better then the plastic but again still straight thread so ya never know where the spigot lever will end up.
    yep i went down that road and its really no better, its like the male and female are different species

  23. #10273
    Thailand Expat
    malmomike77's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2021
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    13,687
    Quote Originally Posted by Shutree View Post
    On the other hand, if it ain't broke its martini time
    exactly

  24. #10274
    Thailand Expat
    Shutree's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2017
    Last Online
    Yesterday @ 06:41 PM
    Location
    One heartbeat away from eternity
    Posts
    4,658
    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    you have to work from the tap backwards
    FWIW, after I pulled it out I could see in the back of the tap that it has a sort of a disc valve. There is no washer, which is probably why the locals didn't understand my wish to change the washer.

    I have never dealt with ceramic disc valves. Of course this Thai tap has no ceramic, I am guessing plastic and metal. I just have to throw away the whole tap. The real ceramic can look like this:

    Daily Moan-discvalve-jpg

  25. #10275
    Thailand Expat armstrong's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2011
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    6,883
    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    By my last count I have ten thumbs, so yours looks very good.
    You have ten thumbs?!

Page 411 of 492 FirstFirst ... 311361401403404405406407408409410411412413414415416417418419421461 ... LastLast

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •