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Default Imperial compression fitting

On 27/01/2018 18:41, GB wrote:

Dismantling some ancient piping, I got left with the hot and cold feed
in some old steel pipe. There was some sort of brass connector into that
which was so firm that I could not budge it.


Possibly they used jointing compound on it. Try a bit of heat from
blow-torch which may/will soften the compound or provide some expansion
to free the connection.



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