Building and DIY translations

[truebrit]

Just read your reply. Feeling awful praying for rain so I can check it out!

[elizabennett]

Does anyone know what the English word for bote sifonico is? It's something to do with plumbing. It's not in any dictionary. I searched it on Google images in Spanish, but I still don't know what the term is in English.

[quebin]

Siphon bottle? Siphon boat?
https://translate.google.es/translate?h ... rev=search

[country boy]

Bottle Trap? Is it for a sink/basin?

[elizabennett]

Google Translate is useless. It translates everything literally. I searched for "bote sifonico" on Google images, so I know what it looks like. I just don't know the English word, and it's not in any dictionary. I think the nearest translation is "drain trap".

[peteroldracer]

Why do you need to know? If you need a new one here in Spain then you have the name of it in Spanish already?
If you are in England you don't need the name in Spanish!

[chrissiehope]

I googled too, and I can see that it's what they put in bathrooms etc - an access point for the drains. We don't have them in UK so that's probably why there's no equivalent in English !

[peteroldracer]

http://www.latiendadefontaneria.com/bot ... de-50.html

[elizabennett]

@petroldracer: I need to know because there is a leak from my bathroom to the apartment below. The plumber sent me an email saying "creemos que puede ser de la conexión desde el bote sifónico". That's why I need to know!

[elizabennett]

@chrissiehope, many thanks

[peteroldracer]

You should find that there is a chrome circular cover on the floor where the bote is, with a central screw. If you unscrew this there will be the bote itself. The cover may then be removed, probably revealing a mess of 'crud' blocking the free flow of drain water - hair, sludgy shampoo and the like - anything that has rightly or wrongly put down a shower, basin or bidet. On with the Marigolds!
Worth a look, as there should be no reason for the thing to leak with normal use?

[truebrit]

Doing a quick plumbing job and need waterproof tape for sealing, anyone know what it is in Spanish?

[peteroldracer]

http://www.leroymerlin.es/
Deoends what you mean - PTFE tape for threaded joints, "bodge"temporary leak repair tape.....try the link.
Look under "Estanqueidad y protección" in products.

[ajtg1952]

Go into Sanaxa and ask for self vulcanising tape. If you have a problem there's a girl in the office speaks good English

[Fincaman]

There is a very good English/Spanish pictorial dictionary of technical terms, with pages on construction, DIY, engineering, plumbing, electrics etc., and every item is iillustrated. I can't quote the exact title as I don't have it with me; assuming it is still in print, any good English bookshop should be able to track it down. There is just one drawback - it has so much information packed into it that the print is really small! Another good source of building terms (and tips) is the finca book, with a couple of hundred of the most usual terms listed in both English and Spanish, which is now republished for the Kindle reader by Amazon. It includes most of the terms which were queried earlier in this forum!

[hangoverocks]

Good little list for basic DIY and building terms a friend passed to us a while back...........it's helped us at the ferriterias on a few occasions.

Kenny


http://www.spanishstuff.co.uk/language.htm

Sadly this link no longer works!
I am haphazardly compiling my own Builder´s Dictionary, it gets bigger nearly every day.

[zanuck]

I want to replace the mirror in our cloakroom, with one that's plain, nothing fancy.

Found one in BricoMart, which will do the job, but it's just a sheet of mirror glass, without fixings.

The existing mirror has bent/angled (90degs) metal mounts stuck to the back of it and they fit onto hooks in the wall.

Anyone know what the brackets are called? I've looked on BricoMart and Leroy Merlin's website - both sell mirrors but I can't find the self adhesive metal mounts/brackets listed.

I've tried searching with soportes espejos and apoyos, but without success.

Hopefully if I can get the correct name, a local ferreteria or glass merchant will have them, thus saving a 120km round trip to Leroy or BricoMart....

[Enrique]

Hi zanuck,
Good you made it out there finally..............

I've used Heavy Duty Velcro to attach various items to the walls............this link is just to show the product.

Our local ferreteria had this product.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/VELCRO-Brand-S ... B00186Q9AK

The other thing to do is take a photo of your brackets and visit the local ferreteria or glass merchant .

[zanuck]

Hi Enrique

Yes we arrived safely after the third attempt in June to leave the UK....

Thanks for the tip, I'll take photos and go to the ferreteria and see what they have.