Right, so I was looking for ways of holding it or altering it ya dozy git!You are if you think there could be a way to stop a pipe rotating in a pushfit joint without holding it or altering it.
How to stop a copper pipe turning in the wall?
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Because I'd only seen them used with outside taps, and not seen a drain point with that thread. Just never bothered to look for one I guess. In fact I've never seen any drain point done this way, they all seem to just poke through the wall on the end of a copper tube on all the houses I've lived in.
Since I've bought all the bits I'll probably just put in an elbow now, but it's worth using the tap assembly next time.
cheers,
S.
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, and after his visit the drain point was pointing sideways. It made me realise I need to fix this. Didn't want to mention this earlier in case the thread went off on a tangent about how to choose a plumber or this and that, but hey, this is DIYN, why fight the inevitable? 
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Or..... Put a valve on the inside of the wall where it won't freeze and blow apart and pipe it outside to a drain...
Right, so I was looking for ways of holding it or altering it ya dozy git!You are if you think there could be a way to stop a pipe rotating in a pushfit joint without holding it or altering it.
nah...you were looking for some kind of magic solution, there ain't one,it was a daft question.
just put a plant pot in front of it if you are worried about the kids touching it, it's a drain off for the heating, why are you worried that someone may not hold it while using it, it's only likely to be used once every 10 yrs
I thought we were talking about a heating drain off not a outside tap, or do you want to take the floor up every time you wanna drain down
I thought we were talking about a heating drain off not a outside tap, or do you want to take the floor up every time you wanna drain down
You should have a trap in the floor, you sure as hell don't want a dead leg of water stuck through the wall.
I thought we were talking about a heating drain off not a outside tap, or do you want to take the floor up every time you wanna drain down
You should have a trap in the floor, you sure as hell don't want a dead leg of water stuck through the wall.
yes of course silly me & there i was thinking putting an outside drain off was suppose to make things easier, i'm sure there aren't any customers that mind having a trap in their laminate or tiled floor, or having to have their very expensive carpet pulled up, providing it's lagged under the floor & it isn't 20' long it's not gonna freeze
Funny attitude are you asking or telling.
Bring on the abuse CBF, you obviously know best.
Tell me why an outside tap will freeze and an heating pipe stuck through a wall wont.
An outside draincock enables you to drain the pipework under the floor, and no other reason.
Bring on the abuse CBF, you obviously know best.
Tell me why an outside tap will freeze and an heating pipe stuck through a wall wont.
An outside draincock enables you to drain the pipework under the floor, and no other reason.
I've had a through-the-wall drain cock on my heating system for best part of 30 yrs and never had an issue with freezing or turning (it is ALL copper pipe) or anything else for that matter. No internal shut-off. It just works, end of.
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