Uses for an old inner tube

[codprawn]

Yet again our toilet packed up - not too many curries but the modern syphons are useless - the old one lasted 20 years and the new one lasted a year before the diaphragm went. Replaced the diaphragm adn it lasted 6 months - so annoying. They are made from thin poly sheet like a plastic bag - useless - to thin and too brittle. I started thinking where can I get a thin sheet of rubber from? Gloves are too thin - then it dawned on me - a quick trip down to a local tyre place and I picked up an old inner tube for nothing - it's perfect!!!

Not only good for fixing bogs but all sorts of things. Great for making gaskets and seals etc. You could also repair a leaking fuel pipe by winding some rubber around first and then a load of insulation tape.

So many uses - even the local fetish club should have some!!!

[Nasher]

I've cut them into rings in the past to use as big strong elastic bands.

Nasher

[Cookee]

They work well when filled full of sand and cable tied at either end as moveable ballast.

[Nos4r2]

Racing bicycle innertubes cut into lengths and filled with sand make good fishing weights for rough ground.

[Simon B]

A length filled with old hemp rope and tarmac makes a passable resemblance to a Woodbine cigarette, so some of my smoking friends tell me.

[Rogue Wave]

Originally Posted by codprawn

the old one lasted 20 years and the new one lasted a year before the diaphragm went. Replaced the diaphragm adn it lasted 6 months - so annoying.

Blimey that's like a two sentence description of my first two marriages