On 8 Jun,
"Ret." wrote:

When I replaced my bathroom 3 years ago I replaced all the piping to the
bath, sink and shower with polypipe. I looked at a couple of proper pipe
cutters but decided the cost was not worth it for a single job. I used a
junior hacksaw and then cleaned up the cut ends with a Stanley knife
(making sure no plastic swarf was left inside the pipe of course). The
entire bathroom has been 100% watertight since I did the job!

Having struggled using similar methods in the past I purchased a pipe cutter
from toolstation or screwfix for less than a tenner before replacing a basin
last year. Worth it just for the one job, it must have reduced the time taken
by at least half an hour compared with cruder methods, and did a better job.
It has been used for several other jobs since.

The price of tools at the moment it's worth investing the odd beer token or
two in tools. It makes DIY so much easier than it was.


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