On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 23:24:05 +0000, Frank Erskine wrote:

What "was" this incident? I've seen plenty of references to it, but I
must've missed the original, since a certain person is kf'd and I only
see responses to his postings ...

He tried to use pushfit fittings and plastic tube. Despite the clear
instructions from the maker to use a pipe cutter and to *not* use a hacksaw
to cut the tube, Drivel used a hacksaw to cut the tube.

Then the fitting leaked. Drivel blamed this on the manufacturer of the
fitting. OTOH experience of everyone here was that if a tube has burrs on
it (caused by using a hacksaw) the burrs will scratch the sealing O-ring in
the push-fit fitting and cause a leak, or worse the burred tube will
displace the O-ring from its location and cause a massive leak.

Drivel has ever since argued that he is right and everyone else including
the manufacturer is wrong. Total number of people reading this group who
have had problems with pushfit, 1. Drivel and no one else.

I've just finished plumbing a barn using 100% pushfit. It was fast, easy
and using a decent tube cutter (cost £12) I was able to get through the job
far faster than I could install copper tube.

BTW, when challenged about this Drivel gets nasty and starts to call others
"amateurs". This from a man who didn't possess a plastic tube cutter, or to
be honest a clue.