"Phantasm4489" wrote in message
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Ive spent the day replacing my bathroom suite and i've come across a
significant problem.

I've successfully replaced the hot water tap on the bath with a 22mm
flexible hose with a compression fitting on one end.

Ive just cut through the cold water pipe and now discovered that it
is
not the same size as the hot. Its too wide to fit the compression
fitting onto.

The house was build in the late 40's so the original pipework is
obviously imperial, but clearly its not 3/4". Its at least a couple
of
mm wider than the 22mm compression fitting and everything ive read
on
here says that 3/4" is smaller.

I'm stuck without water now. Has anyone any idea what size this pipe
might be and if i can get anything to convert it without having to
call
in a professional plumber?


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Phantasm4489

Unusual, but perhaps 1" - which will mate with 28mm fittings iirc

AWEM

Ive spent the day replacing my bathroom suite and i've come across a significant problem.

I've successfully replaced the hot water tap on the bath with a 22mm flexible hose with a compression fitting on one end.

Ive just cut through the cold water pipe and now discovered that it is not the same size as the hot. Its too wide to fit the compression fitting onto.

The house was build in the late 40's so the original pipework is obviously imperial, but clearly its not 3/4". Its at least a couple of mm wider than the 22mm compression fitting and everything ive read on here says that 3/4" is smaller.

I'm stuck without water now. Has anyone any idea what size this pipe might be and if i can get anything to convert it without having to call in a professional plumber?

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Phantasm4489 wrote:

Ive spent the day replacing my bathroom suite and i've come across a
significant problem.

I've successfully replaced the hot water tap on the bath with a 22mm
flexible hose with a compression fitting on one end.

Ive just cut through the cold water pipe and now discovered that it is
not the same size as the hot. Its too wide to fit the compression
fitting onto.

The house was build in the late 40's so the original pipework is
obviously imperial, but clearly its not 3/4". Its at least a couple
of mm wider than the 22mm compression fitting and everything ive read
on here says that 3/4" is smaller.

I'm stuck without water now. Has anyone any idea what size this pipe
might be and if i can get anything to convert it without having to
call in a professional plumber?

If it's only a couple of mm bigger than 22mm it's inlikely to be 1"
imperial - which is nearer to 28mm.

What's the pipe made of - it isn't lead, is it? If it is, you can get
special adapters - leadlok or somesuch - for joining lead to copper.
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If it's that close to 22mm, can you slip a piece of 22mm inside it and
solder?

When I did my bathroom I bought a metric/imperial endfeed reducer to
soder in for that very problem. Cheers. Martin

On Fri, 26 May 2006 23:53:49 +0100, Phantasm4489 wrote:


Ive spent the day replacing my bathroom suite and i've come across a
significant problem.

I've successfully replaced the hot water tap on the bath with a 22mm
flexible hose with a compression fitting on one end.

Ive just cut through the cold water pipe and now discovered that it is
not the same size as the hot. Its too wide to fit the compression
fitting onto.

The house was build in the late 40's so the original pipework is
obviously imperial, but clearly its not 3/4". Its at least a couple of
mm wider than the 22mm compression fitting and everything ive read on
here says that 3/4" is smaller.

I'm stuck without water now. Has anyone any idea what size this pipe
might be and if i can get anything to convert it without having to call
in a professional plumber?

What was the pipe made of?

My house is built 1949 so I'm thinking maybe 3/4" steel pipe?
The OD of that would be around 25mm.
The usual procedure is to unscrew it at a suitable joint and use a
brass fitting to convert it to 22mm compression.
Or thread the end with a die set (last resort).

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