Have drip coming from a pipe underneath my bath. Don't know why its leaking but discovered it after 2 hours of looking, and finally getting the bath panel off. The bathroom is old and I think the pipe is in imperial, 3/4" and not in metric 22mm. If I cut out the section and clean up and solder a new piece of 22mm pipe with 2 x 22mm straight couplers will this do the trick, or will they not be the right size and leak? do i need special 3/4" pipe and fittings, and if so where are these available from please? Cheers and all the best, Kurt.
3/4" pipe and 22mm - will it work?
- Thread starter kurtangle
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you can use 22mm compression fittings and change the olive in one end to 3/4".
or buy two solder fittings 3/4" x 22mm.
any plumbers merchant
or buy two solder fittings 3/4" x 22mm.
any plumbers merchant
cheers for advice, will pop down the road after my coffee! how comes 22mm fittings are too big for the old 3/4" size but 15mm fit the old 1/2" size well!... strange. at least i know now what to do and to get the job done without leaks.
1/2" is 13mm
3/4" is 19mm.
3/4" is 19mm.
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i have soldered a 22mm on imperial pipe before but the gaps bigger.
13mm is near 15mm than 19mm is to 22mm.
13mm is near 15mm than 19mm is to 22mm.
probably fixed after 2 yrs.
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