Plumbing - Wazzat stuff called...

[beano500]

What's the gunky stuff that you can do emergency seals to pipework called?

[vixpy1]

The cat?

[Plotloss]

PTFE Tape?

[tvrbob]

Plumbers Mate. Paste it on and hold it in place with a jubilee clamp

[chris.mapey]

Plotloss said:

PTFE Tape?

P - Plumbers
T - Tape
F - For
E - Emergencies

Always makes me laugh anyways

Sorry, I'll be quiet now

Chris

[tvrbob]

chris.mapey said:

Plotloss said: PTFE Tape? P - Plumbers T - Tape F - For E - Emergencies Always makes me laugh anyways Sorry, I'll be quiet now Chris

PTFE polytetrafuoroethylene. But this isn't gunky.

[scruffy]

sorted yet?

[rude-boy]

tvrbob said:

Plumbers Mate.

Top stuff. Had a seel perrish on downstairs loo. filled gap with load of this and then covered join with clear sealent. Lasted at least two years now, despite being told doing this would only solve the problem for a few weeks...

[pdV6]

[pedant]
Plumber's Mait
[/pedant]

[deltafox]

Boss White.

[pdV6]

rude-boy said:

tvrbob said: Plumbers Mate. Top stuff. Had a seel perrish on downstairs loo. filled gap with load of this and then covered join with clear sealent. Lasted at least two years now, despite being told doing this would only solve the problem for a few weeks...

Silly thing is, a tub of Mait probably cost twice as much as a new seal!

[beano500]

"Plumbers Mate"

I knew it would be an easy one for you lot!

One of Britain's finest housebuilders left a little booby trap - that's a nice surprise, isn't it? - by not fixing all the pipes together properly. The Victorians could've done better... or the Romans for that matter

[mel]

Yellow pages, Pimlico Plumbers and a wheel barrow full of money.

[Ferg]

beano500 said:

"Plumbers Mate"

....is for 'no-pressure' sanitary joints, not pipes under pressure.
There are lots of epoxy based bodging substances, but isolating the water and doing it properly is the only sensible thing to do. You'll have to do it eventually, so why not now.

[Pies]

deltafox said:

Boss White.

Boss blue,you're not supposed to use boss white on potable water

[beano500]

Ferg said:

You'll have to do it eventually, so why not now.

Yes I'm well aware of that - I just want to have an emergency plan while the houseowner procrastinates over when it's going to be professionally done!