Aldi O-Ring Assortment from Thursday 10th

[fred]

Aldi O-ring set avail from Thurs 10th, �6.99:

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_28638.htm

Unless you're a jobbing handyman, unlikely to be used every day, but
well worth having in stock for the odd domestic emergency.
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[polygonum]

On 08/01/2013 19:18, fred wrote:
> Aldi O-ring set avail from Thurs 10th, �6.99:
>
> http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_28638.htm
>
> Unless you're a jobbing handyman, unlikely to be used every day, but
> well worth having in stock for the odd domestic emergency.

Would damn well be Aldi - Lidl less than a mile, Aldi > 15 miles.

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[Andrew Gabriel]

In article <A$FQzFDZEH7QFwR2@y.z>,

fred <n...@for.mail> writes:
> Aldi O-ring set avail from Thurs 10th, �6.99:
>
> http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_28638.htm
>
> Unless you're a jobbing handyman, unlikely to be used every day, but
> well worth having in stock for the odd domestic emergency.

Picked up an assorted tap washer and seal set a couple of months
ago from Aldi. Two weeks later, needed a tiny washer to replace
the one in a drain cock which disintegrated when opened, and sure
enough, the smallest ones in there were just right.

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[meow...@care2.com]

On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 7:18:49 PM UTC, fred wrote:
> Aldi O-ring set avail from Thurs 10th, £6.99:

> http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_28638.htm

> Unless you're a jobbing handyman, unlikely to be used every day, but
> well worth having in stock for the odd domestic emergency.

For most folk the 90p toolstation set might be better suited, IIRC.


NT

[Dave Liquorice]

On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:24:05 +0000, polygonum wrote:

>> Aldi O-ring set avail from Thurs 10th, £6.99:
>

> Would damn well be Aldi - Lidl less than a mile, Aldi > 15 miles.

Only 15 miles? Nearest to us is >20. But get yer hands orf, I want a
box...

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[The Medway Handyman]

On 08/01/2013 19:18, fred wrote:

> Aldi O-ring set avail from Thurs 10th, �6.99:
>
> http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_28638.htm
>
> Unless you're a jobbing handyman, unlikely to be used every day, but
> well worth having in stock for the odd domestic emergency.

I've had a set for a few years & only used about 3 :-)


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[fred]

In article <kchsb1$78d$1...@dont-email.me>, Andrew Gabriel
<and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk> writes

>In article <A$FQzFDZEH7QFwR2@y.z>,
> fred <n...@for.mail> writes:
>> Aldi O-ring set avail from Thurs 10th, �6.99:
>>
>> http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_28638.htm
>>
>> Unless you're a jobbing handyman, unlikely to be used every day, but
>> well worth having in stock for the odd domestic emergency.
>
>Picked up an assorted tap washer and seal set a couple of months
>ago from Aldi.

>Two weeks later, needed a tiny washer to replace
>the one in a drain cock which disintegrated when opened, and sure
>enough, the smallest ones in there were just right.
>

You are Goldilocks and ICMFP :-D

[Dave Liquorice]

On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 11:37:19 -0800 (PST), meow...@care2.com wrote:

> For most folk the 90p toolstation set might be better suited, IIRC.

What 90p O ring set from Toolstation?

I see:

220 piece in metric or imperial for £9.55 each.
85 piece fo £2.15.
419 piece for £8.71.

Page 315 of Cat 48.

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Cheers
Dave.

[fred]

In article <DG_Gs.5$po...@fx24.fr7>, The Medway Handyman
<davi...@blueyonder.co.uk> writes

>On 08/01/2013 19:18, fred wrote:
>> Aldi O-ring set avail from Thurs 10th, �6.99:
>>
>> http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_28638.htm
>>
>> Unless you're a jobbing handyman, unlikely to be used every day, but
>> well worth having in stock for the odd domestic emergency.
>
>I've had a set for a few years & only used about 3 :-)
>

It was you I was thinking of when thought of more frequent use but when
you need a guaranteed repair I suppose a new tap assembly is the way to
go.

I found a kit with many similar sizes useful when I was changing the
seal on the pivoting spout of a mixer tap. What I thought was the best
size was too tight in operation so I used a smaller one stretched to a
thinner section and it was perfect. I think it took a couple of tries to
get the optimum one and if I'd just gone and bought the 'right' size I
would have been stuffed.

[Owain]

On Jan 8, 7:44 pm, The Medway Handyman wrote:
> I've had a set for a few years & only used about 3 :-)

But what would be the cost of having to go to the shop and buy one
specially on the 3 times you did need it?

Owain

[Ericp]

On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:44:40 +0000, The Medway Handyman
<davi...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

>On 08/01/2013 19:18, fred wrote:
>> Aldi O-ring set avail from Thurs 10th, �6.99:
>>
>> http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_28638.htm
>>
>> Unless you're a jobbing handyman, unlikely to be used every day, but
>> well worth having in stock for the odd domestic emergency.
>
>I've had a set for a few years & only used about 3 :-)

Same here when I bought the first Aldi launch of these.

But once word got around I had them, my door has been regularly
banged on a Sunday morning by a sad faced biker/diy motorist clutching
a busted ring and a hopeful look on its face.

No one has left unhappy so far.

[Dave Liquorice]

On Tue, 8 Jan 2013 13:35:14 -0800 (PST), Owain wrote:

>> I've had a set for a few years & only used about 3 :-)
>
> But what would be the cost of having to go to the shop and buy one
> specially on the 3 times you did need it?

*IF* (big if) the local hardware store, a 5 mile round trip away, had the
right size about £1.75. Otherwise about £14 (40 mile round trip,
minimum).

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[meow...@care2.com]

Maybe its another brand at the nearest hardware store, but I thought it was - no, silverline not toolsatan. That might be 2 mistakes though :)


NT

[Bob Eager]

And when you did need it, the shops would be shut.

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[Dave Liquorice]

On 9 Jan 2013 00:42:01 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

>> *IF* (big if) the local hardware store, a 5 mile round trip away, had

>> the right size about £1.75. Otherwise about £14 (40 mile round trip,

>> minimum).
>
> And when you did need it, the shops would be shut.

If it was that desparate I might try calling the local hardware store at
sensible social hours say between 0900 and 1900.

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