Grunff wrote:
Lobster wrote:

Grunff you put me in mind of a certain individual who replies to posts
asking for advice on boiler selection which include the phrase "...but
not a combi...", by advising the OP that he should fit two
combis.......! ;-)

That's very hurtful.

Yeah I'm sorry...

There's actually a very good reason why I asked the question. Let's say
you're avoiding pushfit because of potential longevity issues, ok? Now,
I have no problem with that if you're going to be using copper throughout.

However, these hoses are all rubber anyway, so the hose itself wil last
as long as the pushfit connector O ring.

It's just that in fact I'm getting some help on this job from an old
retired plumber friend, who refuses point-blank to touch push-fit with
a bargepole, and I know for sure that if I bought some, he wouldn't
use it.

Surely it follows that he wouldn't want to use these rubber hose things
either?

You'd think so, wouldn't you! My theory is that he thinks the
steel braided hoses are steel all the way through or something; far be
it from me to enlighten him. I do know he doesn't mind using them,
whereas he would spit at pushfit fittings for sure. He's very - how can
I put this - set in his ways? and there's no telling him (as in, him, a
pro of 40-odd years experience being told something new by a d-i-yer
like me? Let's not even go there... However, he does a very good job
so I just shut up and permit him his idiosyncracies.

Thanks
David

(PS apologies for the odd partly-duped postings earlier today - didn't
realise I'd sent the first one; I meant to dump it and start again)