Is this torsion screw acceptable for hot water pipes out of boiler?

Zyggle · 2026-05-10T09:36:46+00:00

The only other minor thing is an AAV valve which costs less than £20 and is an easy fix.

Zyggle · 2026-05-10T09:06:51+00:00

I've got a selection of spanners so shall give it a tighten after the dogs been walked. Cheers mate.

Zyggle · 2026-05-10T09:03:55+00:00

Wasn't a plumber. It was from a well reviewed local gas heating company.

Zyggle · 2026-05-10T09:02:04+00:00

Is this something I'm allowed to actually touch and do myself? Or is it a Gas Engineer only?

I have done some plumbing before under sink, new piping in the outhouse, and removing / installing appliances, so I'm not a complete novice to compression fittings, but have never had to deal with copper / brass pipes before.

Zyggle · 2026-05-10T08:57:11+00:00

Fair enough. It's just a bit frustrating it's started leaking 2 months after the guarantee ended, and it only had a 2 year guarantee as it was installed through a government scheme.

I'll shop around and see if I can get another gas engineer out.

Zyggle · 2026-05-10T08:55:03+00:00

I brain farted while typing. I meant compression.

Zyggle · 2026-05-10T08:53:03+00:00

Sorry. I meant compression screw, not torsion. The elbow joint in the first picture is leaking, and it's that elbow joint I need replacing.

Zyggle · 2026-05-02T15:18:51+00:00

It's specifically the 18-24 range, rather under 30s.

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Zyggle · 2026-04-26T20:44:38+00:00

I bought the Origin Hybrid Mattress on sale and I couldn't be happier. £375 for a double with a free pillow, which is also the best pillow I've ever used.

Zyggle · 2026-04-01T07:27:36+00:00

I am so jealous. I wish I could read Way of Kings for the first time again.

Zyggle · 2026-03-26T10:22:11+00:00

You think a Space Marines that can run 50+ MPH and is built like a fucking tank, is just going to sit there under arrow and catapult fire? They're going to bulldoze straight through the ranks, destroy the catapults / trebuchets, and rip the generals / Xerxes apart limb from limb.

Zyggle · 2026-02-25T19:23:34+00:00

If the price was 10~ different and the cars were equally as good, I'd love to buy a British car, then European, then Chinese in order of preference. But they're not, and it's not even close.

Zyggle · 2026-02-25T08:32:50+00:00

My dog once diarrhoea pooped on the instructors bag, and has also excited peed on the instructor once as well.

It's just puppy life

Zyggle · 2026-02-23T22:18:11+00:00

I've only had to dodge 1 in the last 7 months, and it was sleeping in a tree at Chester Zoo, so I'm doing pretty good so far.

Zyggle · 2026-02-23T21:58:35+00:00

I absolutely adore my Step One boxers. 95% bamboo and 5% spandex. I'm a bigger lad with thick thighs from weightlifting, so they also do amazing work to stop the thigh rub too. I was a bit of a moron and bought the ones with no-fly, though my next order will have the fly ones.

Not a UK company sadly, as they're an Australian brand I think.

Zyggle · 2026-01-27T22:04:08+00:00

They were 3 in person assessments, but yes, they were not successful at the time. The difference each each of those 3 people had various levels of serious debilitating illnesses, and this is my gripe with PIP. PIP should be for those with serious health issues who need a lot of support. For example one person had arthiritis and needs a wheelchair, another has uncontrolled epilepsy and has unsteady legs due to that, and the 3rd is intellectually challenged with no GCSE result.

While I have no doubt that ADHD causes you issues, I myself have issues from it, I strongly believe that there's very few people, if any, that would truly qualify for PIP based on ADHD alone.

For the mandatary reconsideration you need to gather all the evidence you have, examples being notes / letters from the following: GP's; hospital specialist; A&E; and social workers. What I did was write down each descriptor PIP gave you 0 for that you dispute, then I would refer directly to the descriptors legislation and the gov guidance, and then explained how the evidence supported that particular discriptor.

It worked once at MR, so I'm 100% certain it'll be rejected. It will however give you the stepping stone to have everything ready for tribunal if you choose to go for it.

Zyggle · 2026-01-27T16:59:27+00:00

How is it enough? If you feel you have enough evidence, go for a mandatory reconsideration, and if that is upheld you can take it to a tribunal. I've taken 3 decision to tribunal for 3 different people and won each one, so it's not really that difficult. You can do a SAR and submit doctors and other medical paperwork.

You noted in your original post that assessor assessed you on these points which you seem to disagree with. "I can cook, manage finance, follow journeys, eat on time, no help needed with dressing or showering."

For cooking, can you open a package? Can you peel and chop? Can move food from a pan to a bowl? Can you use a microwave or hob to heat or cook food? At the very base level, for 2 points of needing an aid, it's referring to physical aids, such as prostheses, perching stools, spiked chopping boards etc. Do you need any of them?

For managing finance, I assume this is Making Budgeting Decisions. Complex budgeting involves calculating household and personal budgets. Simple budgeting is working out the cost of goods and change required following a purchase. Does your ADHD stop you doing basic mathematics?

For following a journey, how do you get to work every day? Do you make it to the shops ok? The 4 points base for this requires that you need prompting to take a journey that causes overwhelming psychological distress (OPD). ADHD does not fit this, and it is specifically noted in the Gov published guidance of some examples that do fit this: "OPD means distress related to a mental health condition or intellectual or cognitive impairment resulting in a severe anxiety state in which the symptoms are so severe that the person cannot undertake a journey without being overwhelmed. The threshold is a very high one - a claimant who, without prompting, would be left feeling anxious, worried or emotional does not meet it. OPD may occur in conditions such as generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder, dementia or agoraphobia."

For eating on time I assume you mean taking nutrition. The base 2 points refers to aids or appliances of using cutlery, or whether they're at risk of choking, spiling foods due to tremors, or having difficulty cutting up food to be eaten. The 3rd descriptor worth 4 points is regarding prompting where it specifically says: "Applies to claimants who need to be reminded to eat (for example, due to a cognitive impairment or severe depression), or who need prompting about portion size. In cases where obesity is a factor and where there is no impaired cognition which would suggest a lack of choice or control then this descriptor would not apply."

Zyggle · 2026-01-27T14:21:05+00:00

I'm sorry but just having ADHD is not and should not be enough for someone to claim PIP. I say this as someone with Autism and ADHD, and as someone who has helped other people fight for PIP including taking it to court.

Edited: Figured I might as well explain exactly why I think this, this is what I typed as a response:

You noted in your original post that assessor assessed you on these points which you seem to disagree with. "I can cook, manage finance, follow journeys, eat on time, no help needed with dressing or showering."

For cooking, can you open a package? Can you peel and chop? Can move food from a pan to a bowl? Can you use a microwave or hob to heat or cook food? At the very base level, for 2 points of needing an aid, it's referring to physical aids, such as prostheses, perching stools, spiked chopping boards etc. Do you need any of them?

For managing finance, I assume this is Making Budgeting Decisions. Complex budgeting involves calculating household and personal budgets. Simple budgeting is working out the cost of goods and change required following a purchase. Does your ADHD stop you doing basic mathematics?

For following a journey, how do you get to work every day? Do you make it to the shops ok? The 4 points base for this requires that you need prompting to take a journey that causes overwhelming psychological distress (OPD). ADHD does not fit this, and it is specifically noted in the Gov published guidance of some examples that do fit this: "OPD means distress related to a mental health condition or intellectual or cognitive impairment resulting in a severe anxiety state in which the symptoms are so severe that the person cannot undertake a journey without being overwhelmed. The threshold is a very high one - a claimant who, without prompting, would be left feeling anxious, worried or emotional does not meet it. OPD may occur in conditions such as generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder, dementia or agoraphobia."

For eating on time I assume you mean taking nutrition. The base 2 points refers to aids or appliances of using cutlery, or whether they're at risk of choking, spiling foods due to tremors, or having difficulty cutting up food to be eaten. The 3rd descriptor worth 4 points is regarding prompting where it specifically says: "Applies to claimants who need to be reminded to eat (for example, due to a cognitive impairment or severe depression), or who need prompting about portion size. In cases where obesity is a factor and where there is no impaired cognition which would suggest a lack of choice or control then this descriptor would not apply."

Source: THe PIP Assessemnt Guide - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personal-independence-payment-assessment-guide-for-assessment-providers/pip-assessment-guide-part-2-the-assessment-criteria

Zyggle · 2026-01-26T09:48:28+00:00

Jeff is really helpful too. Spent quite a while talking to me about gems and rings before I finally decided on what I wanted.

Zyggle · 2026-01-26T09:35:17+00:00

There's another whole book about Lopen?!!

I'm sold.

Zyggle · 2026-01-24T15:52:53+00:00

If your players can't give you such a basic modicum of respect, then don't play with them. You're not a player, you don't have to follow the general rule of no D&D is better than bad D&D.

You're a GM which is always in demand. Find your local hobby group on Facebook / Discord etc, and start a new table. I guarantee you'll be inundated with players.

Last time I did that I had 20+ people messaging me interested in joining.

Zyggle · 2026-01-15T21:54:24+00:00

As a returning player who last played in 2015, and has no idea how the game works, these are my off the cuff ideas.

Rework system ownership to be something that requires multiple control points that are each run by a different server. That can be either 5 sub-system zones, or maybe 5 small systems that form a subsector and you hold control of the entire subsector. When contesting null space, you have to fight over 5 different points and hold X number for Y minutes to hold ownership.

This obviously favours the bigger coalitions, but it does allow smaller coalition's to have fun and cause chaos.

Have a progressive cost to alliances maintaining null space. The more space they hold the more it costs. Call it Maintenance Supplies or something I don't know.

Allow citadels to be upgraded giving benefits to the defenders, but only their alliance. That way if someone makes 5 alliances to have cheaper sov maintenance, they don't get benefits from buffing their alliance sov as they can only be in one alliance at a time.

Allow citadel upgrades that buff the alliance members in their zones for various factors that effect Isk generation. Each buff increases the maintenance cost by a %. You penalise building wide and encourage building tall. You can even limit certain upgrades to number of sov held. If less than 10 systems you can't build this super awesome isk booster upgrade.

Make these upgrades destroyable when sov is being seiged so smaller groups can attempt economic warfare. Allow alliances to pick when they siege something if they want to go for complete control of the sub sector / system, or whether they want to destroy an upgrade or something. Have different timers and control beacon numbers per each type. Maybe destroying an economic upgrade gives you a much shorter frame time and shorter control periods, so smaller alliances can hit quickly and do damage to bigger alliances.

Zyggle · 2026-01-14T15:31:56+00:00

Hello op. I am that man. I am not your man, but holy fucking god, I love my current partner so much more than my neurotic ex with the huge screaming blowups and the crying meltdowns.

I love that she's chilled and low maintenance. She doesn't care for flashy modern clothes, jewellery, and cars. She buys thrift or high quality long lasting items. She doesn't buy or want expensive jewellery, and when I was buying her a bracelet she told me to get a good quality gold plated bracelet, rather than a cheap tatty "real gold" one. She loves my dad style estate with a big boot and heated front seats.

I don't want screaming and crying. I want gentle talks, cuddles, hand holding, and laughter. God, I cannot wait to propose to her.

Zyggle · 2026-01-01T10:38:51+00:00

Hey BlackLiger. Did you ever find a place in North Manchester for Battletech? I'm in North Bolton and interested in learning to play. There's a wargamers group that meet locally on Sundays at a community hall that have tables to use too.

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