i watched it and thought that all the products were crap! 2 sharp taps with a hammer and i've never had a problem with pump nuts, as for the tap gizmo it shows they have no idea! a bit of thick cardboard is all that i use to protect the chrome only scratched 1 tap in 30 years and that was due to my own stupity at the time!
Dragons Den - Pump Removal Tool Invention
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Well you know what they say; If you can't get a woman, get a nice auld man..............
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Oh!! Steady on chaps, we're not to have any banter on this forum!!!
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You have got to give it to them, they did try and from the sounds of it are making a living from the products, whilst I am still working 7 days a week to pay my mortgage lol
We can all say yes my hammer does the job etc etc but what did people say about other plumber tools when they was first invented which I am sure was all negative until the Joneses bought it next door.
I’m sure there are lots of ways to do plumbing jobs the old traditional ways before some tools were invented to assist? Basically its human nature to fight change.
How many people own a dish washer / what’s wrong with a sink? How many people use a hover / what’s wrong with a brush? The point is these things are not essential to do the job and if I have a bit of dirt on the floor I would use a brush instead of a hover. If I had a couple of pots to wash I would use a sink instead of a dishwasher.
The same goes for if I had a difficult nut on a pump I might use this pump tool instead of a trying to swing a hammer and screw driver into an area full of copper pipes and a copper cylinder.
anyway bit of sociology for you lol
good luck to them I say..
We can all say yes my hammer does the job etc etc but what did people say about other plumber tools when they was first invented which I am sure was all negative until the Joneses bought it next door.
I’m sure there are lots of ways to do plumbing jobs the old traditional ways before some tools were invented to assist? Basically its human nature to fight change.
How many people own a dish washer / what’s wrong with a sink? How many people use a hover / what’s wrong with a brush? The point is these things are not essential to do the job and if I have a bit of dirt on the floor I would use a brush instead of a hover. If I had a couple of pots to wash I would use a sink instead of a dishwasher.
The same goes for if I had a difficult nut on a pump I might use this pump tool instead of a trying to swing a hammer and screw driver into an area full of copper pipes and a copper cylinder.
anyway bit of sociology for you lol
good luck to them I say..
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OK I've got to fess up. I bought a Radwrench some time ago, but it was metal of some kind, not nylon! It's quite good at holding radiator valves & I do carry it around in my hand tools bag. I'm not on 'the tools' as much as I'd like & i'm very selective as to what I carry, so I'd give it a 8/10.
As for the other tools, 3/10.
As for the other tools, 3/10.
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Always heat the nut, there's a danger of crushing or splitting it if you don't.
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Yes the money didn’t sound good on paper but that’s what they wanted part of the money for to pay one persons wages. So from the sounds of it they are manufacturing the kits themselves and the profit is currently being used to run the business and pay one persons wages.
you cant manufacture anything in the uk these days and make a tidy profit lol...
Get your tools sent overseas for manufacturing and then come back with good profit margin and then if i am a dragon "you have got yourself a deal" forget about the invention think about the money lol
Yes the money didn’t sound good on paper but that’s what they wanted part of the money for to pay one persons wages. So from the sounds of it they are manufacturing the kits themselves and the profit is currently being used to run the business and pay one persons wages.
you cant manufacture anything in the uk these days and make a tidy profit lol...
Get your tools sent overseas for manufacturing and then come back with good profit margin and then if i am a dragon "you have got yourself a deal" forget about the invention think about the money lol
DeltaT was the wrench that red spammer looking thing? I am guessing its to hold the value in place instead of using a spanner or grips that can sometimes scratch your chrome valve.
Its sounds a better idea in plastic which is going to be lighter and probably even more less likely to mark the chrome valve. "you know what some snobby customers are like" lol
Its sounds a better idea in plastic which is going to be lighter and probably even more less likely to mark the chrome valve. "you know what some snobby customers are like" lol
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DeltaT was the wrench that red spammer looking thing? I am guessing its to hold the value in place instead of using a spanner or grips that can sometimes scratch your chrome valve.
Its sounds a better idea in plastic which is going to be lighter and probably even more less likely to mark the chrome valve. "you know what some snobby customers are like" lol
No Bill it is metal, steel I guess??!! But it doesn't mark the radiator valves. Not sure if the 'nylon' one would be up to it?
As for gripping a chrome tap to re-washer it, well, as others have said, cardboard or a heavy cloth with mole grips does the trick.
Anyone remember the Ramrad for emptying radiators, a set up with a bike pump, where you pumped air into the rad & all the water went into the F&E tank?
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