A Hole in my Radiator

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  1. Jojobobo

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    So a hole has rusted out in one of my radiators this morning, and what should be a simple case of getting my landlord on it is not because my landlord is incredibly lazy and it will probably take him at least a week to do anything about it. Yahoo answers says the entire thing needs to be replaced, still that doesn't change the fact I'm going to have a hole in my radiator for - at the bare minimum - a few days.

    Anyone have any advice for a stopgap solution? Anyone ever had the same problem?
     
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    If it's a temporary solution I suppose you could just patch it up with some duct tape or whatever you have at hand.

    Of course, should you meet the standards laid out in your very own "Have you ever..." thread, you should be able to plug the hole by other means.
     
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    I'm not too keen on getting filthy rust water all over my schlong, so I think the duct tape will do grand. Thanks!
     
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    MacGyver once sealed a crack in a car radiator by breaking an egg into it.
     
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    You would be surprised how many people list that as a credible means of fixing a radiator on Yahoo Answers.
     
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    Worked on mythbusters.

    Oh, wait, you mean a radiator in a house.

    Hmm, have you considered emmigrating to a more clement climate?
     
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    That's typical ytzk - encouraging the spread of Englishmen.
     
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    Oh please, don't get me started on the merits of British architecture.
     
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    Go on, get started.
     
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    I just can't get behind the idea that a Northern European nation sees it fit to equip their houses with single pane windows, inadequate/nonexistent insulation and just enough heating to avoid frost heaves in the fucking toilet. I once spent six weeks in England, and when you have water running down the inside of your windows, when shelves on the walls function as efficient beer coolers and when it's so damp you feel the need to squeeze the water out of your linen prior to going to bed - well, you get to understand where that stiff upper lip comes from.
     
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    Where on earth did you stay? Was the house derelict or something? I know my flat isn't that great, but it's certainly nothing like that! Likewise neither have the other 5 or 6 houses been that I've lived in in the past.
     
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    I suppose Leeds is a funny place.
     
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    Oh man, this must be like porn to ytzk.
     
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    Broken radiators - now Rule 34:ed!
     
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    Oh yes, don't stop, keep going!
     
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    And then she said "I have found there to be damp rising up the skirting boards", and I was like "Indeed, I have probed the area extensively and I concur with your analysis."
     
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    DE, you've set back my desire to visit England (which was never very high in the first place) by a good decade or so.
     
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    Result! Thanks, we appreciate it, Dark Elf.

    Now, how do we dissuade the rest of these horrible foreigners from soiling our fine country?
     
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    I'm pretty sure marmite would have to enter the equation somewhere.
     
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    ALready been to England. No big deal.
     
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