I would just like to say

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Up lateish. dottir couldn't get the air saw I wanted so she asked me if another one would be OK.
I had a look and changed my mind. asked her to get me a set of fixed head ratchet spanners instead.
Nearly went for an electric impact wrench.
Need to get a bit closer to my projects before I make my mind up, AND I remembered I have a nibbler attachment that goes on a drill. (Only used it twice or so.)
If you ask tinternet "What is the best tool for cutting into car body panels" you get SUCH conflicting comments. So I gave up!
Have a nice day folks!
:):):):):)
 
Tis feckin nippy out.
Started my plumberin. God I hate it.
Within about 5 minutes I hit a problem I'd never met before.:rolleyes:
To isolate the sink I am about to take out I got a selection of offcuts of copper and PEX pipe together, along with pushfit isolator valves and one odd compression fit one I happened to have around.
Found a handy short length of copper with an olive on the end. (The plumbing I am going to be working with under/behind the sink has a lot of comp fittings on it.)
Thought, " I'll put a push fit isolator on the end of that after putting the nut on then I can undo a pipe, tighten the stubby bit onto the fitting, make sure the isolator is turned to "off" and that'll be that. One down one to go.
So I did exactly that, then test fitted the fitting onto a spare fitting and found that the bloody olive on the off cut was moving, ever so slightly. Not along the pipe, but in a circular direction. Only a couple of mm. did the usual bodger's thing, tightened it a bit further, no difference.
So I thought, :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: OK take the isolator off and start again.
Having tried the usual thing to get a push-fit fitting off, no dice.
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:.
Got ont internet. "No with that make you wont do it"
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:.
So, sh!t or bust, took the fitting into the garage, put it in the vice, tightened an adjustable around the pipe then pushed down on it to push the collar back into the fitting, it moved but I couldn't pull the stub of pipe off.:mad::mad:
Then, as the bit with the wonky olive was so close to the fitting I tried prying the nut and olive, attached to the pipe upwards, against the adjustable, while still shoving down on the adjustable.
Very slowly it started to move. Eventually it came off.
Thank the Lord.:):):):)
What a complete pain!

So I'm now a bit hyper about the selection of off-cuts I've got especially the ones with olives already on them.
Now this is one of the problems with my condition, namely Yorkshiremantightarsitis.:rolleyes:
I will have to use a fresh bit of pipe, prolly PEX, and hunt around for new olives etc.
CBA today.:(:(:(:(
 
And having used chrome plated copper in both bathrooms where the radiator pipe passes through the tiled floor, I am now wondering.:eek::eek::eek:
Because although I used comp fittings I am sure the bloke who did the other bathroom used PEX. Did he scrape the chrome off like apparently you are supposed to? Lord knows. did he even know you should?
Hmmmm.:(:(:(
Well we'll know if it starts to leak.:(:(:(
 
Stanleysteamer said:
Tis feckin nippy out.
Started my plumberin. God I hate it.
Within about 5 minutes I hit a problem I'd never met before.:rolleyes:
To isolate the sink I am about to take out I got a selection of offcuts of copper and PEX pipe together, along with pushfit isolator valves and one odd compression fit one I happened to have around.
Found a handy short length of copper with an olive on the end. (The plumbing I am going to be working with under/behind the sink has a lot of comp fittings on it.)
Thought, " I'll put a push fit isolator on the end of that after putting the nut on then I can undo a pipe, tighten the stubby bit onto the fitting, make sure the isolator is turned to "off" and that'll be that. One down one to go.
So I did exactly that, then test fitted the fitting onto a spare fitting and found that the bloody olive on the off cut was moving, ever so slightly. Not along the pipe, but in a circular direction. Only a couple of mm. did the usual bodger's thing, tightened it a bit further, no difference.
So I thought, :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: OK take the isolator off and start again.
Having tried the usual thing to get a push-fit fitting off, no dice.
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:.
Got ont internet. "No with that make you wont do it"
:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:.
So, sh!t or bust, took the fitting into the garage, put it in the vice, tightened an adjustable around the pipe then pushed down on it to push the collar back into the fitting, it moved but I couldn't pull the stub of pipe off.:mad::mad:
Then, as the bit with the wonky olive was so close to the fitting I tried prying the nut and olive, attached to the pipe upwards, against the adjustable, while still shoving down on the adjustable.
Very slowly it started to move. Eventually it came off.
Thank the Lord.:):):):)
What a complete pain!

So I'm now a bit hyper about the selection of off-cuts I've got especially the ones with olives already on them.
Now this is one of the problems with my condition, namely Yorkshiremantightarsitis.:rolleyes:
I will have to use a fresh bit of pipe, prolly PEX, and hunt around for new olives etc.
CBA today.:(:(:(:(
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No ptfe tape ffs what sort of plumberer are ye :p
 
Make a coal bunker cover today, not too bad for an hours work. :)
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