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I need to blank off some pipework on a1950s house. The pipes look like 15 and 22 mm but I don't know what was used in those days. I bought some flomasta 15 and 22 mm blanking nuts to blank off one outlet each on a couple of compression tees, but the threads are just too small to fit the old compression fittings. Is there something similar I should look for? At the moment speeffit end caps on pipe stubs are working, but I don't want to leave them, as the pipework will ultimately be inaccessible.
I really want to remove the pipe stubs as one of them branches at another tee. This old compression tee is weeping, probably due to being disturbed. There isn't enough straight pipe to fit a compression end cap after the first tee before the pipe goes into the weeping one, hence wanting to simply remove the pipe and fit a blanking nut. Would a metric compression cap fit the pipe, in any case?
There may just be space to add a new, short, straight, stub on the first tee, but will 22 mm pipe and olives work? Or a length of old pipe and a new olive, or?
Metric solder fittings seem to fit the old pipe, which could be an option to replace the speedfit, but only if I can fix the weeping joints.
Hope that makes sense.
I really want to remove the pipe stubs as one of them branches at another tee. This old compression tee is weeping, probably due to being disturbed. There isn't enough straight pipe to fit a compression end cap after the first tee before the pipe goes into the weeping one, hence wanting to simply remove the pipe and fit a blanking nut. Would a metric compression cap fit the pipe, in any case?
There may just be space to add a new, short, straight, stub on the first tee, but will 22 mm pipe and olives work? Or a length of old pipe and a new olive, or?
Metric solder fittings seem to fit the old pipe, which could be an option to replace the speedfit, but only if I can fix the weeping joints.
Hope that makes sense.