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[Closed] Doh - leak in cold feed to sink. Compression or pushfit connectors?

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Found a pinhole leak on a cold feed to a sink which I need to fix today.
Already got pipe but just deciding whether to go for push fit connectors or compression?
Access is a bit limited as the hot supply is right next to the cold.


 
Posted : 02/12/2014 9:39 am
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Push fit are easy and work


 
Posted : 02/12/2014 9:40 am
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Pushfit would be my choice unless you're sticking it under a floor somewhere.


 
Posted : 02/12/2014 9:41 am
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Pushfit work fine.


 
Posted : 02/12/2014 9:41 am
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Solder 😉


 
Posted : 02/12/2014 9:42 am
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the entirety of Casa del Stoner is plumbed with Hep2O pushfit. No problems.
But they're ugly as sin so never in sight.

Oddly though, whenever I do work as a favour for anyone else I always use solder. go figure 😉


 
Posted : 02/12/2014 9:43 am
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Oddly though, whenever I do work as a favour for anyone else I always use solder. go figure

I think it's called 'showing off' 😀


 
Posted : 02/12/2014 9:46 am
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Cheers Rachel 👿
Fair enough, push fit it is. Never a dull moment....

*makes note to keep some push fit fittings in the tool box just in case


 
Posted : 02/12/2014 9:47 am
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Is it onto copper? Don't need the inserts in that case.


 
Posted : 02/12/2014 9:58 am
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I solder everything and have only used one push fit adaptor, and that one is weeping ever so slightly. It's behind a kitchen cupboard and I only noticed the drips when I was re-fitting the sink after sanding down the worktop to re-coat. It wasn't a particularly cheap one either...


 
Posted : 02/12/2014 10:01 am
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and to counter that my downstairs is all hep2 with push fits and inserts ... upstairs is soldered copper

the only leak i have had was in a copper bend where downstairs meets upstairs that had been soldered badly by a plumber - pin hole in the joint.

Its now compression fitting due to not having soldering equipment handy at the time.


 
Posted : 02/12/2014 10:11 am

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