Do you know why some 110 mm soil pipe fittings are easy to push into the soil pipe, whilst other fittings are much, much harder to get in, given that they all need to do the same job of making a gas tight and water tight seal?
Recently I found that I could easily push into the soil pipe the end fins of a McAlpine WC-F21R (that’s the flexible connector with the metal Jubilee clip fastening on the opposite end which goes over the toilet spigot). But I could not, as the old man that I am, push the finned end of a McAlpine MAC-EXTA into the soil pipe. The same with a Multikwik MKEA extension pipe, I could not get that into a soil pipe either with my elderly fingers.
Which left me wondering, and hence my question, if they are all making a gas and watertight seal, why is one made much easier than the others? If the fitting that is made easy to get into the soil pipe works all right, why can’t they all be made similarly easy?
This question intrigues me, and if you know the answer I should be very pleased if you would kindly share that answer with me.
Many thanks,
Anode.
Recently I found that I could easily push into the soil pipe the end fins of a McAlpine WC-F21R (that’s the flexible connector with the metal Jubilee clip fastening on the opposite end which goes over the toilet spigot). But I could not, as the old man that I am, push the finned end of a McAlpine MAC-EXTA into the soil pipe. The same with a Multikwik MKEA extension pipe, I could not get that into a soil pipe either with my elderly fingers.
Which left me wondering, and hence my question, if they are all making a gas and watertight seal, why is one made much easier than the others? If the fitting that is made easy to get into the soil pipe works all right, why can’t they all be made similarly easy?
This question intrigues me, and if you know the answer I should be very pleased if you would kindly share that answer with me.
Many thanks,
Anode.
