On 08/06/2011 12:04, 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!


You'd make a good mate for Drivel then!

Whatever else you may do to plastic pipe, *don't* cut it with a hacksaw.
In the absence of a proper cutter, a decent pair of by-pass (*not* anvil
type) garden secateurs makes a good substitute.

The slightest roughness or burr on the outside will bugger up the O-ring
of a push-fit fitting - which will then leak like a sieve.
[Not quite so critical if you're using compression fittings].
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Cheers,
Roger
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