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Post by bargemast on Mar 9, 2019 18:10:33 GMT
I don't understand why a ceramic valve tap wont work whatever the pressure. It's open or closed. Same with a rubber washer type tap. I can see that a low pressure tap won't cope with high, but vice versa? Another thing to ponder over is a mixer tap, buy a chrome blank for the spare hole. Make sure you have the right pipe ends for the feed pipes though. What's wrong with "own brand" anyway. It's all cheap shit made in the far east, chromed muck metal (zinc/magnesium alloy). Removing your old heads, drain water and warm with a blowtorch. Then try it. We don't have a blowtorch, and I think it's time for new taps anyway. Not a mixer - I want to keep things simple. One tap on at a time. The hot water comes from the instant heater Morco (which, by the way, is due an inspection, although what there is to inspect I don't know). When I'm in the shower the Witch is forbidden to turn the kitchen sink taps on!!And when she's in the shower, are you forbidden to turn the kitchen sink taps on too ? Sounds logic to me, good there's only the 2 of you. Peter.
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 9, 2019 18:19:07 GMT
Surely the morco is years of use, not years installed, v different on a holiday boat. Check for flame colour and fluff and dust in the heat exchangers and burner heads. Mind the BIG spider. Stand behind Pirrko while she deals with it. The BSS man scraped something 3 years ago. The pilot light thingy? All seems to be OK. When we get back to the boat the first spurt of water from the hot tap is brown, but otherwise the jets all seem to work fine. I just thought it might be an idea for someone to have a look at our Morco and give it 'the once through'. We have seen it without the cover off - looks OK. But I do wonder if they need some kind of service/inspection now & then.
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Post by naughtyfox on Mar 9, 2019 18:25:07 GMT
We don't have a blowtorch, and I think it's time for new taps anyway. Not a mixer - I want to keep things simple. One tap on at a time. The hot water comes from the instant heater Morco (which, by the way, is due an inspection, although what there is to inspect I don't know). When I'm in the shower the Witch is forbidden to turn the kitchen sink taps on!!And when she's in the shower, are you forbidden to turn the kitchen sink taps on too ? Sounds logic to me, good there's only the 2 of you. Peter. It's great we have a shower, and it works pretty well too. But you know what these wonky things are like - I find it best to first turn the hot water on, and then start to open the cold tap. You can hear the change in sound from the water pump, which is in the same room (it's under the loo). Once the temperature of the water is what you want, it stays that way (unless some idiot in the kitchen decides to turn the kitchen taps on!). Also, by having the hot water on first, with the bilge pump off at first, the shower tray is collecting warm water, so it's nicer to get in and have your tootsies in warm water rather than cold. It would be misery on a boat having no hot water, no shower, and no heat from the stove. I often have the 'bathroom' door open so that heat from the stove can creep in and it's not so cold in there. There is something peculiar about having a shower inside a boat when it's on the move.
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Post by bargemast on Mar 9, 2019 20:03:45 GMT
And when she's in the shower, are you forbidden to turn the kitchen sink taps on too ? Sounds logic to me, good there's only the 2 of you. Peter. It's great we have a shower, and it works pretty well too. But you know what these wonky things are like - I find it best to first turn the hot water on, and then start to open the cold tap. You can hear the change in sound from the water pump, which is in the same room (it's under the loo). Once the temperature of the water is what you want, it stays that way (unless some idiot in the kitchen decides to turn the kitchen taps on!). Also, by having the hot water on first, with the bilge pump off at first, the shower tray is collecting warm water, so it's nicer to get in and have your tootsies in warm water rather than cold. It would be misery on a boat having no hot water, no shower, and no heat from the stove. I often have the 'bathroom' door open so that heat from the stove can creep in and it's not so cold in there. There is something peculiar about having a shower inside a boat when it's on the move. This trick can also be used as a sock saving measure, like if your socks have become too hard, and so hard that they risk to break when you want to take them off, after having them left soaking while still on your feet for a couple of hours, they (normally) are willing to come off your feet without breaking, and once they've dryed out again, they're good to be put on your feet again. Peter.
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Post by themenagerieafloat on Feb 1, 2020 12:32:31 GMT
Unsure where you get them but if you're after a kitchen sink tap a little shout out for the kind that have a spray attachment. My new boat has one in the galley and, after initially, laughing at how ott it was, I've since realised it uses waaay less water than a normal tap for rinsing the washing up. good the the environment and the idle :-)
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Post by Jim on Feb 1, 2020 12:41:37 GMT
Unsure where you get them but if you're after a kitchen sink tap a little shout out for the kind that have a spray attachment. My new boat has one in the galley and, after initially, laughing at how ott it was, I've since realised it uses waaay less water than a normal tap for rinsing the washing up. good the the environment and the idle :-) Idle woman?
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Post by themenagerieafloat on Feb 1, 2020 13:00:17 GMT
Unsure where you get them but if you're after a kitchen sink tap a little shout out for the kind that have a spray attachment. My new boat has one in the galley and, after initially, laughing at how ott it was, I've since realised it uses waaay less water than a normal tap for rinsing the washing up. good the the environment and the idle :-) Idle woman? Idle whoever would have to (boat to the water point and) fill the water tank more frequently otherwise.
AFAIK they check neither genital configuration nor identifying status at these places. :-)
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Post by Jim on Feb 1, 2020 13:04:09 GMT
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Post by naughtyfox on Feb 1, 2020 14:20:38 GMT
Unsure where you get them but if you're after a kitchen sink tap Bought a pair from Amazon - Β£18 I think they were. Exactly the same as in Stourbridge's Plumbase (shop) but they were over twice the price in the shop. I bought a tap wrench from Ebay for a couple of quid (for access to the nuts way up there behind the sink) and did the job myself in June. Work fine. Thanks anyway!
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Post by naughtyfox on Feb 1, 2020 14:24:00 GMT
What have these women: Got to do with Bristan kitchen taps? I do like the one on the right, though, very tasty. Probably a skellington by now, though.
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Post by Jim on Feb 1, 2020 14:58:55 GMT
Β What have these women: Β Β Got to do with Bristan kitchen taps?Β I do like the one on the right, though, very tasty.Β Probably a skellington by now, though. naughtyfox, do keep up, there's a good chap. Wipe your finger and go and read it again. themenagerieafloat left an open goal for a witty remark. It whooshed past him so I though it best to edificate him on the history of his lifestyle/hobby. Anyhow, are you daring to accuse me of random posts going off topic? At least it's all my own work. Twatππ
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Post by naughtyfox on Feb 1, 2020 15:02:18 GMT
Actually, the one on the right looks like the girl I married. Same hairstyle and face.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2020 15:06:28 GMT
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Post by naughtyfox on Feb 1, 2020 15:42:29 GMT
Sort of similar. Siberian genes.
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