Help me with this fitting

[snes]

For my sins, I've got to help my son out with some galvanised pipe he needs removing. I know all the bits I need except for this connection to the strainer. Hopefully, as the photo shows, the cold supply enters the strainer fitting through the galvanised into 15mm copper.

What fittings do I need to ask for to convert the galvanised end to accept 15mm copper?

Or would it be easier to source and fit a strainer with 15mm compression at each end?

 

[muggles]

What are you actually trying to achieve, IE what will change in the photo when you've finished?

 

[snes]

The galvanised side will become 15mm copper.

 

[snes]

I'm half thinking a 15-22m reducing connector would do the job - assuming it is a metric fitting.

Does that sound feasible?

 

[Dan Robinson]

3/4" to 15mm male iron.

 

[Dan Robinson]

22mm fittings are not the same thread as imperial.

 

[picasso]

Have you ever had the need to clean the strainer out ? if not I would probably get rid of it.

 

[snes]

Thanks Dan, much appreciated.

Picasso, ironically the strainer was put in because of the rust and muck that (unbeknown to us) was coming from the slowly rusting galvanised pipe! So, probably we don't need it anymore - but as it is already there, if I can get Dan's fitting in, we might as well keep it.

As usual, grateful thanks for the help and knowledge shared on here!

 

[Agile]

Has the strainer ever been opened?

Without obvious isolation valves perhaps NOT?

In any case, with it that way up, if opened most of any trapped dirt will just fall back into the pipe!

 

[snes]

Actually Tony, I've opened it a couple of times to clean it, and the lack of isolation valves makes it a tricky job. In fact, I've yet to discover an internal stopcock, so have to shut off the mains water via the outside hydrant!

The strainer was "as fitted", I assumed correctly. The flow goes from bottom to top in the picture - should the strainer therefore be turned?