Goddamn Screwfix

Lobster · 2006-10-17T18:40:47+00:00

Well, it must be about time someone slagged them off again here innit?Anyone remember some discussion hereabouts concerning some Really Useful new radiator tails which Screwfix had added to their repertoire: they incorporated in-line screw-head valves to enable a rad to be qickly isolated and removed, and later replaced, while still full of water: no mess, no draining down, no loss of inhibitor etc etc: seemed briliant.I bought a pair about a year ago intending to use them but never did, and finally fitted them only today to a new radiator. Went on fine, looked neat, then I opened the valves to fill the rad and.... one of the bloody things leaked like crazy, around the screw-head which you turn to switch the flow on and off. So, absolutely nothing that can be done other than drain down, dismantle the whole thing again, and go out and buy some proper tails.So I'm well chuffed.Had a look on to see when I ordered them and what they cost me but I note that all trace of these gizmos has now vanished from Screwfix's catalogue and records, apparently. Funny, that...David

Oct 17, 2006 22 Replies

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Clive George 19 years ago

It's not just luck you know...

YMMV. I don't spend time and effort maintaining my windows boxes.

cheers, clive

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John Rumm 19 years ago

Yup, that is one option - although not an out of the box solution, so you can see it would scare many of the traditional non techie mac uses! If it were included from the start then you could see it becoming quite a compeling solution. Full backwards compatibility, but with an easier to use and maintain platform, better security, and if current reports are anything to go by, very good performance runing windows.

He does a bit more on it in later pieces:

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Andy Hall 19 years ago

Well certainly the 2GHz, 2GB Macbook Pro is doing a better job with Windows than a 3GHz PC.

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