The Home Improvements Thread (2)

[SAguy]

Personally I would rather use polycop and compression fittings

I haven't always had perfect connections when using them, heck - I even had to chop open 2 walls now to fix a previous plumber's poor connections with compression fittings.

Probably a bit of knowledge/skill required.... whereas the push in fittings are idiot proof (and I'm a good measure of the level of idiot proof required)

 

[SAguy]

That's a decent setup. Very nice.

What sort of automations are you thinking of?

Nothing fancy, maybe just a time schedule that maybe takes weather prediction into account.

I also played around with a moisture sensor on an arduino last week - got it working nicely. I could use that to basically set up a self watering garden.

 

[Priapus]

Nothing fancy, maybe just a time schedule that maybe takes weather prediction into account.

I also played around with a moisture sensor on an arduino last week - got it working nicely. I could use that to basically set up a self watering garden.

Nice. I was thinking of going a similar route. Still trying to decide if getting JoJo's is worth it.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Personally I would rather use polycop and compression fittings

Nein, Polycop is teh devil.. I hate that stuff with a passion.

I have ripped absolutely all of it out of my property and replaced it all with copper and soldered joints. No leaks and things just work properly.

 

[alqassam]

Personally I would rather use polycop and compression fittings

I always get leaks with this

 

[Steamy Tom]

I haven't always had perfect connections when using them, heck - I even had to chop open 2 walls now to fix a previous plumber's poor connections with compression fittings.

Probably a bit of knowledge/skill required.... whereas the push in fittings are idiot proof (and I'm a good measure of the level of idiot proof required)

I would never seal them in walls, but for running around the outside for example non-issue if you do it properly

 

[Steamy Tom]

Nein, Polycop is teh devil.. I hate that stuff with a passion.

I have ripped absolutely all of it out of my property and replaced it all with copper and soldered joints. No leaks and things just work properly.

I would never use it internally in walls etc, but I have used it a couple times outside and even once or twice in a roof, never had a leak with it that I did

 

[Steamy Tom]

I always get leaks with this

Peasants

 

[SAguy]

I would never seal them in walls, but for running around the outside for example non-issue if you do it properly

I suck at them. I nearly lost my head once when I use a compression fitting for the first time after a pressure pump. It came apart spectacularly.

 

[alqassam]

Peasants

What's the trick

 

[ToxicBunny]

I would never use it internally in walls etc, but I have used it a couple times outside and even once or twice in a roof, never had a leak with it that I did

Oh hell no, never internally in a Wall... But for me polycop is forbidden on my property period... Regardless of application.

 

[Steamy Tom]

just btw i am not talking about the plastic carp, i am referring to this:

Builders Compression Coupler Straight CXC (15mm)

Buy Builders Compression Coupler Straight CXC (15mm) Online or Locate Your Nearest Builders Warehouse Store. ✓ Secure shopping ✓ 100% Contactless ✓ Reliable Delivery ✓ Many ways to pay!

www.builders.co.za

 

[SAguy]

just btw i am not talking about the plastic carp, i am referring to this:

Builders Compression Coupler Straight CXC (15mm)

Buy Builders Compression Coupler Straight CXC (15mm) Online or Locate Your Nearest Builders Warehouse Store. ✓ Secure shopping ✓ 100% Contactless ✓ Reliable Delivery ✓ Many ways to pay!

www.builders.co.za

How do these even work? Take it apart, slide nut onto pipe, slide little ring onto pipe, put pipe into fitting and tighten nut onto fitting?

 

[ToxicBunny]

How do these even work? Take it apart, slide nut onto pipe, slide little ring onto pipe, put pipe into fitting and tighten nut onto fitting?

Pretty much...

And yeah I'll use those myself but only with copper pipes.

 

[Steamy Tom]

How do these even work? Take it apart, slide nut onto pipe, slide little ring onto pipe, put pipe into fitting and tighten nut onto fitting?

correct, these work, the plastic stuff is poop

 

[xrapidx]

Second Kalahari Sail crapped over the weekend with fairly light wind. According to them it can withstand "high winds". Logged a return with takealot - won't get another one.

 

[chrisc]

The material they are made from is inadequate. A business fitted 6 over their car-park. Within a few months they had come apart

 

[WAslayer]

Second Kalahari Sail crapped over the weekend with fairly light wind. According to them it can withstand "high winds". Logged a return with takealot - won't get another one.
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Thankfully mine is still holding up.. though tlit does look like mine has a wider seam than yours..

 

[xrapidx]

Thankfully mine is still holding up.. though tlit does look like mine has a wider seam than yours..

The material they are made from is inadequate. A business fitted 6 over their car-park. Within a few months they had come apart

Also the kalahari? The seem looks like that all the way around, so it looks like the stitching came loose, and then that white band, which I'm assuming is there for support while tension-ed has "snapped" or come loose in multiple places.

 

[WAslayer]

Also the kalahari? The seem looks like that all the way around, so it looks like the stitching came loose, and then that white band, which I'm assuming is there for support while tension-ed has "snapped" or come loose in multiple places.

Yeah, I also have the Kalahari.. I also had a Kalahari that I put up at my parents place, which was also holding up without fail through all the south easters..

Installed tension probably also a factor.. if it's tensioned all the way when installed, I can imagine that the wind blowing through would "over tension" the sail putting a lot of stress on the seams.. while mine is not slack by any means, I don't think I have it tensioned all the way..

What was the installed tension on yours like..?