On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 10:29:17 -0000, "IMM" wrote:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message


It's also important to follow the manufacturer's recommendation and
use a proper pipe cutter for the plastic and not a hack saw.

You cab use as hacksaw as long as the cut is square and the burrs are
trimmed off with a Stanley knife. No sense in spending £15 to do a few
plastic joints.


You mean as described in

http://www.johnguest.co.uk/makeconnect.asp

and

http://www.hep2o.co.uk/v2Opipecutting1.cfm

and

http://www.equator.co.uk/newwebsite/...on_making.html

and

http://www.polypipe.com/polypipe/pp_...sys_02-02.html

and probably every other manufacturer.

??

None of these leading manufacturers recommend the use of a hacksaw
to cut their products, but presumably you know better than all of
them.

The whole purpose of using a cutter is to cut the pipe cleanly and
squarely.

The application is to go under a bathroom floor where there will later
be limited access. In that context, spending £15 on a proper pipe
cutter as recommended by the manufacturers is a sensible investment in
doing the job properly rather than bodging it as you are suggesting.



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