copper pipe

Hi. How do I replace this leaking elbow joint when the connecting pipes have no movement flexibility to go up, down, back and forth?

Is there any need to de-burr a pipe after using a pipe slice? I want to add some isolator valves, but I don’t want any swarf in the pipe after de-burring.

Hello everyone, I have been looking under the kitchen floor in the 1910 house we recently moved to using an endoscope, in order to check out joists etc as there was penetrating damp in two walls when we bought (have since taken steps to address this with additional airbricks, fixed guttering...

Hello, we are looking to buy a 1970s built bungalow. The neighbour not our semi detached neighbour, an ex plumber, advised he had removed the boiler to the loft and replaced all the central heating pipes as originally they were copper pipes under (within?) the concrete flooring. A neighbour...

What’s the best way to clean a copper pipe that I want to cut and add a compression fitting to The pipe is old with just a bit of emulsion paint on it It's my cold water so I want it nice and clean, would wire wool do it?

Need to do some piping for a thermostatic shower, and I am planning to use copper as the pipework will be in the stud wall. i started-out looking for WRAS approved pipe, but I couldn’t find any and so perhaps that is only relevant to fittings!? EN 1057 seems to be the specification to go for...

DIYer, I want to put coloured stickers on my domestic pipework to make it easier to identify hot, cold, flow, return, etc in the future. Could there be any harm from the adhesive on the stickers reacting with the copper over 10, 20, 30 years? I know some things make copper corrode faster. I...

Hi all, Can anyone tell me what type of pipe this is for? I tried bending some 15mm copper pipe with no success but I could be using it incorrectly. :unsure: Thanks. Mark.

I have a vented direct (immersion only no boiler) hot water system. Old pipes are all 22mm copper. Now need to replace the cylinder. I am wondering about the material compatibility of the old copper pipes with new stainless cylinder? Can I just put in the stainless cylinder as a direct...

Hello I am uncovering the path of a pipe buried in plasters in a wall and concrete in a floor The pipe is made of lead and transitions to copper What is the best way to break out plaster and concrete without damaging the pipe Thanks

Hi All, I'm looking for some advice on replacing a shower arm that I discovered ended on 15mm copper pipe. I was expecting some kind of compression adapter that I could just screw into but its just bare copper pipe as shown below. The end of the pipe sits just below the tile level and looks...

Hi All. I was just looking at the cost of a bundle of 15mm and 22mm pipe. In the middle of a huge project which requires about 6 bundles of each. Last year 15mm bundles was selling for under 70 quid at W***** and 22mm just under 120 quid, now its almost double. I cannot believe it. I am not...

Can you advise whether it's OK to use push fit fittings on 15mm copper pipe behind plasterboard and tiles when fitting a thermostatic bar shower please ? Normally I'd use Yorkshire soldered fittings but would like to use push fit in this instance if I can. Thanks

Hi all, I'm looking to reorganise some copper pipework to where a combi boiler will be installed. Planning to chase out a section of a conrete floor for the pipework and using fixing band instead of clips too so the chase doesn't have to be too wide or deep. My question is can all these pipes...

Is this a specialist job ? I just need a piece cut (so it will not protrude above some floorboards) and then joined back into the copper pipe. We had a plumber out today who said he couldn't do it because he didn't have the correct tools. Just wondering if i'm going to get major issues tracking...

Previous occupants made a right dogs dinner of tiled bathroom floor, with great globs of grout around the base of the pipes coming up to the radiator. Worried my multi-tool grout remover will go through the pipe too! Could anyone kindly suggest a way to rake away the grout without risking...

Hi, Probably a numpty question, but can anybody tell me what sort of connection or coupling is pictured below please. Background is, I've had to replace a leaking handbasin mixer tap in my downstairs WC. The new tap comes with a fixing kit and flexi tails. I'm planning on using a pipe...

Hi I just purchased a 3 way tap that came with 1/2" flexi hoses for each of the 3 holes. 1 hose is for the hot water and 1 is for the cold water. The 3rd one is for the filtered water. I am using an undersink water filter system that connects to a tap via a 1/4" plastic tubing. How on earth do...

hi in May we had a leak from the water meter Yorkshire water came and fixed it. It’s recently started again (they say condensation) we went on holiday Monday I turned the water off and put a pot underneath. We got home yesterday and the pot was full and overflown. Yorkshire water have been out...

Hello all, My brother has just had a new boiler fitted and the gas engineer routed a new copper pipe directly from the meter to the new boiler. The old copper pipe that fed the previous boiler came from under the concrete floor, where it tees off to feed the gas supply for the cooker. Although...