Doing a 'quick' plumbing job on the way home today, had to dismantle a
Speedfit elbow to get at another pipe. T'was under a bath.

Came to reassemble it, no 'O' ring to be found. Searched the entire
bathroom with a torch and concluded that said 'O' ring had fallen down a
hole in the floor.

Didn't have another fitting on the van, off to B&Q through terrible traffic
(we have a Dickens Xmas festival going on),

New pushfit fitting purchased, back to the job and there in plain view is
the missing bloody 'O' ring!

Sometimes I hate plumbing.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On 5 Dec, 18:47, "The Medway Handyman" wrote:
Doing a 'quick' plumbing job on the way home today, had to dismantle a
Speedfit elbow to get at another pipe. T'was under a bath.
Came to reassemble it, no 'O' ring to be found. *Searched the entire
bathroom with a torch and concluded that said 'O' ring had fallen down a
hole in the floor.
Didn't have another fitting on the van, off to B&Q through terrible traffic
(we have a Dickens Xmas festival going on),
New pushfit fitting purchased, back to the job and there in plain view is
the missing bloody 'O' ring!
Sometimes I hate plumbing.

And they have the nerve to call it 'speed'-fit

Owain

On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:54:26 -0800, Owain wrote:

And they have the nerve to call it 'speed'-fit

What do you mean? It's as "speed"-y as any other push-fit to "fit".

And if you do need to demount one they have the advantage over types such
as Hep2O which you can unscrew but are then a PITA to remove the grab-
ring to re-use, or require you to cut off and source a replacement grab-
ring to re-use the fitting, and they beat hands down the types which
require a proprietary demounting tool (different design for each make of
fitting) which you (a) don't have when you come across a fitting you need
to remove or (b) can't get into the fitting because it's too close to
something else that blocks the demount tool.

As long as you don't lose the O-rings, of course, but I don't think that's
(and I don't think TMH meant that as) a criticism of Speedfit's design.
TBH with the greatest respect to TMH I'd expect someone in his position
to have a small stock of Speedfit fittings in stock in his van, even if
it's just stop-ends (which have O-rings one can scrounge for use in other
fittings).

--
John Stumbles

John Stumbles wrote:
On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:54:26 -0800, Owain wrote:

And they have the nerve to call it 'speed'-fit

What do you mean? It's as "speed"-y as any other push-fit to "fit".

And if you do need to demount one they have the advantage over types
such as Hep2O which you can unscrew but are then a PITA to remove the
grab- ring to re-use, or require you to cut off and source a
replacement grab- ring to re-use the fitting, and they beat hands
down the types which require a proprietary demounting tool (different
design for each make of fitting) which you (a) don't have when you
come across a fitting you need to remove or (b) can't get into the
fitting because it's too close to something else that blocks the
demount tool.

As long as you don't lose the O-rings, of course, but I don't think
that's (and I don't think TMH meant that as) a criticism of
Speedfit's design.

No, just Sods Law :-)


TBH with the greatest respect to TMH I'd expect
someone in his position to have a small stock of Speedfit fittings in
stock in his van, even if it's just stop-ends (which have O-rings one
can scrounge for use in other fittings).

I don't really use Speedfit given the minor plumbibg jobs I do. I have got
a few stop ends recycled from other jobs, but they don't unscrew, so I
couldn't get the 'O' rings out.


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:37:19 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote:

I don't really use Speedfit given the minor plumbibg jobs I do. I have
got a few stop ends recycled from other jobs, but they don't unscrew, so
I couldn't get the 'O' rings out.

You can pry out the collet bit, or break one up to get to the O-ring,
rather than drive to the shops!


--
John Stumbles -- http://yaph.co.uk

YAPH wrote:
On Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:37:19 +0000, The Medway Handyman wrote:

I don't really use Speedfit given the minor plumbibg jobs I do. I
have got a few stop ends recycled from other jobs, but they don't
unscrew, so I couldn't get the 'O' rings out.

You can pry out the collet bit, or break one up to get to the O-ring,
rather than drive to the shops!

Now he tells me :-(



--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
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On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:54:26 -0800, Owain wrote:




TBH with the greatest respect to TMH I'd expect someone in his position
to have a small stock of Speedfit fittings in stock in his van, even if
it's just stop-ends (which have O-rings one can scrounge for use in other
fittings).

--
John Stumbles

Now in my van door pocket sits the pushfit stop ends and the pipeslices just
in case of emergencies.

I have damaged pipes on more than one occasion

Adam

In message , ARWadsworth
writes

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
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On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:54:26 -0800, Owain wrote:




TBH with the greatest respect to TMH I'd expect someone in his position
to have a small stock of Speedfit fittings in stock in his van, even if
it's just stop-ends (which have O-rings one can scrounge for use in other
fittings).

-- John Stumbles

Now in my van door pocket sits the pushfit stop ends and the pipeslices
just in case of emergencies.

I have damaged pipes on more than one occasion

You need to get drivel in ...


--
geoff

"geoff" wrote in message
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In message , ARWadsworth
writes

"John Stumbles" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:54:26 -0800, Owain wrote:




TBH with the greatest respect to TMH I'd expect someone in his position
to have a small stock of Speedfit fittings in stock in his van, even if
it's just stop-ends (which have O-rings one can scrounge for use in
other
fittings).

-- John Stumbles

Now in my van door pocket sits the pushfit stop ends and the pipeslices
just in case of emergencies.

I have damaged pipes on more than one occasion

You need to get drivel in ...


--
geoff

Not after he tried to fix my keyboard

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Adam

On 05/12/2009 18:47 The Medway Handyman wrote:

New pushfit fitting purchased, back to the job and there in plain view is
the missing bloody 'O' ring!

Next time, ring home, speak to Management, and she'll ask you where you
had it last (the O ring, the O ring!)...

--
F