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Post by tomplum on Aug 15, 2017 10:31:38 GMT
If you ever come across this and need a new stop tap, you can use a 22mm X 15mm compression reducer and use a 3/4 cone in the 22mm side, and a 15 mm stoptap like this, Attachment Deleted |
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Post by leepoll71 on Aug 15, 2017 20:12:49 GMT
Useful to know. Lots of that used in rural Devon.
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Post by crowsfoot on Aug 15, 2017 21:04:23 GMT
I once was unable to find an alkathene fitting in me van I thought I'd try a leadlock on it and it worked well.
I Gave it a good tighten up, then tried to pull it off, then twist it off but I couldn't budge it.
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Post by fathands on Aug 15, 2017 21:07:06 GMT
Only seen the blue stuff around 'ere. Is this the latest standard stuff then?
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Post by Plumberboy on Aug 15, 2017 21:09:16 GMT
Only seen the blue stuff around 'ere. Is this the latest standard stuff then? No its old shite mate. |
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Post by endfeed on Aug 15, 2017 21:29:36 GMT
Is it polyork pipe?
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Post by crowsfoot on Aug 16, 2017 6:14:13 GMT
No, black alkathene was used mainly for underground water services in the 60s/70s E/F.
Polyorc was Yorkshire fittings ill fated now defunct attempt at the plumbing plastics market.
It was a solvent weld system and is very bad news if you happen stumble upon any.
A local plumbers merchant near me actually stocks a Kuterlite compression fitting that will couple onto polyorc, however, they do cost £19.00 each! (but they do the job properly).
The guy who runs it once told me that they're so expensive because they're a gunmetal fitting.
Tappy,
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Post by tomplum on Aug 16, 2017 7:38:52 GMT
forgot to mention, its called 1/2 inch Alkathine because the bore is 1/2 inch and always use a sleeve with is, A piece of 15mm copper tube makes a perfect sleeve,  |
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Post by endfeed on Aug 16, 2017 8:33:48 GMT
No, black alkathene was used mainly for underground water services in the 60s/70s E/F. Polyorc was Yorkshire fittings ill fated now defunct attempt at the plumbing plastics market. It was a solvent weld system and is very bad news if you happen stumble upon any. A local plumbers merchant near me actually stocks a Kuterlite compression fitting that will couple onto polyorc, however, they do cost £19.00 each! (but they do the job properly). The guy who runs it once told me that they're so expensive because they're a gunmetal fitting. Tappy, Thanks for that tappy ....I stumbled accross the bogger about a year ago, the twatin pipe snapped right on the end of a coupler under a bath!!!!! My first proper house flood!!waaayyyyyy  |
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Post by endfeed on Aug 16, 2017 18:05:28 GMT
Anybody come across truwell pipe? If so what did you use to connect to it and what area is it found smiley-talk002 3 amigos
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Post by jcplumb on Aug 16, 2017 18:22:58 GMT
Came across it once and ripped it out. Was feeding a bathroom extension that was built in the 70s/80s if I remember correctly. Thought it was copper until I scraped the paint off.
Guessing it was used during the copper shortage years, if it's in a heating system I'd definitely rip it out, will corrode well before copper will so probably already paper thin in places.
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Post by arfur chrysaik on Aug 16, 2017 20:47:45 GMT
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Post by crowsfoot on Aug 17, 2017 6:13:12 GMT
No, black alkathene was used mainly for underground water services in the 60s/70s E/F. Polyorc was Yorkshire fittings ill fated now defunct attempt at the plumbing plastics market. It was a solvent weld system and is very bad news if you happen stumble upon any. A local plumbers merchant near me actually stocks a Kuterlite compression fitting that will couple onto polyorc, however, they do cost £19.00 each! (but they do the job properly). The guy who runs it once told me that they're so expensive because they're a gunmetal fitting. Tappy, Thanks for that tappy ....I stumbled accross the bogger about a year ago, the twatin pipe snapped right on the end of a coupler under a bath!!!!! My first proper house flood!!waaayyyyyy Ah, that's what polyorc is all about E/F! A plumber I knew (now retired) put his stillson wrench on a tight 3/4" polyorc stop tap snapping it clean off at the concrete floor level! It flooded 5 flats and their tenants all had to be rehoused (all on a last Friday afternoon pm job). "Flipper" was the name given to him after that incident by some of the other guys (but not me). These are the "improvised" fittings that we've used in the past to connect 3/4 "polyorc" to copper without any problems. www.gfps.com/appgate/ecat/common_flow/100026/CH/en/109868/109980/109981/P121861/product.htmlMight be useful link...you can't fit any inserts - don't overtighten them. |
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