Something I have not needed to do before is repair a 22mill tube with
frost damage..

It was boxed in and sealed nice an cosy with foam and yet the law of
maximum cussedness kicked in,,(as usual)

Why did it have to burst in such an awkward place ,, inside a box
filled with lovely cosey foam,, it was leaking from the top and the
bottom and I had to take the kitchen to bits to find the exact spot.

And then I find the solder on couplers will not fit,, the tubing was
slighly oversize...
I ended up having to tap a socket down to expand the couplers..

Any one come across this before,, does this usually happen,, the tube
getting bigger I mean??

Monster Link Here and the beastly box spanner from my last post..

http://s867.photobucket.com/albums/a...DInTheLoft.jpg


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On Apr 23, 2:15*am, Rupert Bear wrote:
Something I have not needed to do before is repair a 22mill tube with
frost damage..

It was boxed in and sealed nice an cosy with foam and yet the law of
maximum cussedness kicked in,,(as usual)

Why did it have to burst in such an awkward place ,, inside a box
filled with lovely cosey foam,, it was leaking from the top and the
bottom and I had to take the kitchen to bits to find the exact spot.

And then I find the solder on couplers will not fit,, the tubing was
slighly oversize...
I ended up having to tap a socket down to expand the couplers..

Any one come across this before,, does this usually happen,, the tube
getting bigger I mean??

Monster Link Here and the beastly box spanner from my last post..

http://s867.photobucket.com/albums/a...10/Miasma%20of...

.................................................. ...................

It's not 22mm pipe. It's 3/4" pipe.

On Apr 23, 2:15*am, Rupert Bear wrote:
Something I have not needed to do before is repair a 22mill tube with
frost damage..

It was boxed in and sealed nice an cosy with foam and yet the law of
maximum cussedness kicked in,,(as usual)

Why did it have to burst in such an awkward place ,, inside a box
filled with lovely cosey foam,, it was leaking from the top and the
bottom and I had to take the kitchen to bits to find the exact spot.

And then I find the solder on couplers will not fit,, the tubing was
slighly oversize...
I ended up having to tap a socket down to expand the couplers..

Any one come across this before,, does this usually happen,, the tube
getting bigger I mean??

Monster Link Here and the beastly box spanner from my last post..

http://s867.photobucket.com/albums/a...10/Miasma%20of...

.................................................. ...................

Fancy explaining how you made that box spanner, and letting it be put
on the wiki?


NT

On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:14:24 -0700 (PDT), harry
wrote:

On Apr 23, 2:15*am, Rupert Bear wrote:
Something I have not needed to do before is repair a 22mill tube with
frost damage..

It was boxed in and sealed nice an cosy with foam and yet the law of
maximum cussedness kicked in,,(as usual)

Why did it have to burst in such an awkward place ,, inside a box
filled with lovely cosey foam,, it was leaking from the top and the
bottom and I had to take the kitchen to bits to find the exact spot.

And then I find the solder on couplers will not fit,, the tubing was
slighly oversize...
I ended up having to tap a socket down to expand the couplers..

Any one come across this before,, does this usually happen,, the tube
getting bigger I mean??

Monster Link Here and the beastly box spanner from my last post..

http://s867.photobucket.com/albums/a...10/Miasma%20of...

.................................................. ...................

It's not 22mm pipe. It's 3/4" pipe.

If it is 3/4" pipe you can get straight 3/4" to 22mm couplers (either
solder or compression) from a decent plumbers merchant, probably not
from B&Q etc, then just replace the old pipe with a length of 22mm.

Make sure you cut back and clean up the ends of the old pipe
thoroughly no matter what type of coupler you use. Solder would be
better, provided you are confident of soldering 22mm pipe and you have
sufficient access to do it, as it will be all boxed back in again I
assume.

On Apr 23, 11:46*am, DavidM wrote:
On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:14:24 -0700 (PDT), harry
wrote:



On Apr 23, 2:15*am, Rupert Bear wrote:
Something I have not needed to do before is repair a 22mill tube with
frost damage..

It was boxed in and sealed nice an cosy with foam and yet the law of
maximum cussedness kicked in,,(as usual)

Why did it have to burst in such an awkward place ,, inside a box
filled with lovely cosey foam,, it was leaking from the top and the
bottom and I had to take the kitchen to bits to find the exact spot.

And then I find the solder on couplers will not fit,, the tubing was
slighly oversize...
I ended up having to tap a socket down to expand the couplers..

Any one come across this before,, does this usually happen,, the tube
getting bigger I mean??

Monster Link Here and the beastly box spanner from my last post..

http://s867.photobucket.com/albums/a...10/Miasma%20of....

.................................................. ...................

It's not 22mm pipe. It's 3/4" pipe.

If it is 3/4" pipe you can get straight 3/4" to 22mm couplers (either
solder or compression) from a decent plumbers merchant, probably not
from B&Q etc, then just replace the old pipe with a length of 22mm.

Make sure you cut back and clean up the ends of the old pipe
thoroughly no matter what type of coupler you use. Solder would be
better, provided you are confident of soldering 22mm pipe and you have
sufficient access to do it, as it will be all boxed back in again I
assume.

Do you know I wasted a day with that train of thought,,,
and trailed about till i found 3/4 to 22 mill solder couplers in
wickes..

It is not the solution,, unless the wickes coupler adaptors are
wrong...

3/4 imperial is measured on the OD ,,and 22 mill is measured on the
ID..

22 mill was the large end on the wickes ,, 22 to 3/4 adaptor..
I needed 22 mill to something slightly bigger.. 22.5 by my measure..

Thats why I posted here to ask if anyone knows that tube can be
stretched by frost..
Ive never come across it before...

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On Apr 23, 10:17*am, Tabby wrote:
On Apr 23, 2:15*am, Rupert Bear wrote:



Something I have not needed to do before is repair a 22mill tube with
frost damage..

It was boxed in and sealed nice an cosy with foam and yet the law of
maximum cussedness kicked in,,(as usual)

Why did it have to burst in such an awkward place ,, inside a box
filled with lovely cosey foam,, it was leaking from the top and the
bottom and I had to take the kitchen to bits to find the exact spot.

And then I find the solder on couplers will not fit,, the tubing was
slighly oversize...
I ended up having to tap a socket down to expand the couplers..

Any one come across this before,, does this usually happen,, the tube
getting bigger I mean??

Monster Link Here and the beastly box spanner from my last post..

http://s867.photobucket.com/albums/a...10/Miasma%20of...

.................................................. ...................

Fancy explaining how you made that box spanner, and letting it be put
on the wiki?

NT

Is that like spilling custard on me shirt,, or something..?

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On Apr 23, 1:02*pm, Rupert Bear wrote:
On Apr 23, 10:17*am, Tabby wrote:



On Apr 23, 2:15*am, Rupert Bear wrote:

Something I have not needed to do before is repair a 22mill tube with
frost damage..

It was boxed in and sealed nice an cosy with foam and yet the law of
maximum cussedness kicked in,,(as usual)

Why did it have to burst in such an awkward place ,, inside a box
filled with lovely cosey foam,, it was leaking from the top and the
bottom and I had to take the kitchen to bits to find the exact spot.

And then I find the solder on couplers will not fit,, the tubing was
slighly oversize...
I ended up having to tap a socket down to expand the couplers..

Any one come across this before,, does this usually happen,, the tube
getting bigger I mean??

Monster Link Here and the beastly box spanner from my last post..

http://s867.photobucket.com/albums/a...10/Miasma%20of....

.................................................. ...................

Fancy explaining how you made that box spanner, and letting it be put
on the wiki?

NT

Is that like spilling custard on me shirt,, or something..?

.................................................. .............................


Oh Dear,,

Custard on me shirt again,,,

Sorry Puss ,, I took your remark/suggestion the wrong way didint I...

I can post a better piccie if anyone wants to snip
and post on wiki,, feel free..

I may have some other interesting snaps
if i can find them..


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On Apr 23, 3:20*pm, John Rumm wrote:
On 23/04/2011 14:18, Rupert Bear wrote:



On Apr 23, 1:02 pm, Rupert *wrote:
On Apr 23, 10:17 am, *wrote:

On Apr 23, 2:15 am, Rupert *wrote:

Something I have not needed to do before is repair a 22mill tube with
frost damage..

It was boxed in and sealed nice an cosy with foam and yet the law of
maximum cussedness kicked in,,(as usual)

Why did it have to burst in such an awkward place ,, inside a box
filled with lovely cosey foam,, it was leaking from the top and the
bottom and I had to take the kitchen to bits to find the exact spot.

And then I find the solder on couplers will not fit,, the tubing was
slighly oversize...
I ended up having to tap a socket down to expand the couplers..

Any one come across this before,, does this usually happen,, the tube
getting bigger I mean??

Monster Link Here and the beastly box spanner from my last post..

http://s867.photobucket.com/albums/a...10/Miasma%20of....

.................................................. ....................

Fancy explaining how you made that box spanner, and letting it be put
on the wiki?

NT

Is that like spilling custard on me shirt,, or something..?

.................................................. .............................

Oh Dear,,

Custard on me shirt again,,,

Sorry Puss ,, I took your remark/suggestion the wrong way didint I...

I can post a better piccie if anyone wants to snip
and post on wiki,, feel free..

I may have some other interesting snaps
if i can find them..

Yup, why not - might help someone one day.


http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?title=Spanner

BTW pics taken on a white background have their advantages.


NT