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It is quiet common that the taps, pipes and tubing gets weird in the due course of the time. Each time calling a plumber to do the miscellaneous work would charge more. Here are few tips to be followed the plumbing work can e done by yourself. Don't get panic if a plumbing emergency occurs. Locate the main stopcock which will be found outside of the house. Another stopcock found under the sink of the kitchen. If there is a tank then cistern will be provided with which you can isolate the water from the main supply. If water isolation is not provided then the pipe should be flattened so that the supply side is closed. Buckets should be placed so that the supply side is closed. Buckets should be placed under the leaking water and all the taps in the house should be opened until the water is drained fully. In this way the burst pipe can be fixed easily.
The waste water draining pipe should be connected the water sewer. Identifying the foul watersewer is very easy since it drains waste from the toilet. So it is easy to locate, now a hole should made on the pipe through the wall. The size of the hole should be made quite big then the waste size of the waste water pipe.
The connector of the push fit type can be joined easily as the mechanism is simply cutting the pipe and the burrs are to beremoved then insert the waste water pipe into the fitting. Then a solvent cement is applied which will harden instantly or else rubber washer is pushed into the cut pipe and the washing machine pipe is inserted into rubber washer as far as possible and the nut tightened. Thus the washer is compressed and forced to seal the pipe. Plastic pipe are recommended for push fit fitting, these plastic are purchased in 100 meter coils which can eliminates joins. The main purpose of the rubber pipe is its flexibility and the mesh can be avoided and can be bent. If appropriate cutter is used then the plastic pipe can be cut easily, no need of having joints and can be fed inside the hole made in the joints. No problem of corrosion and these plastic pipes are corrosion free. Copper pipes will suffer condensation and the color of the pipe will be changed to green. These pushfit pipes can be reused any number of times and it does not require special tools for installation. The olive used should be made of copper and the brass olives should be avoided. So fitting in the radiators becomes easy. In this way learning simple tips in plumbing would not only easy but saves money also. These are the basic thing which needs to be learned by everybody irrespective of the age and occupation. Even kids can be given practice in plumbing techniques. So do not delay start with learning plumbing
