The Medway Handyman wrote:

Turns out that having cut the pipe, he then set about sliding over
first the backnut, then olive, then valve body, all the time doing
the thumb hokey-kokey before finally attempting to get them all
together and doing up the nut.


This sort of thing?

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/18814/...ng-Valve-15mm#

Yup, or just an ordinary compression valve, a short stub of pipe and a
straight connector.

Presumably you need to pre clean the pipe?

Depends on the state of the pipe really. Pushfit does not usually care
about it being bright and shiny in the way solder does.


--
Cheers,

John.

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