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MarkR
Hi All,
First post but I've been reading a few threads on here and love the honest, and sometimes much needed, blunt advice. I hope you can advise...
First off I'm not a plumber (I know, I know) but need to reroute some existing copper water pipes (currently a mixture of 15mm cold and a short run of 22mm hot with reducers at either end) in my mum's upstairs bathroom so (hopefully) the plasterer can start on the room. I can't get the skirting boards off without moving the pipes first.
In planning how to neatly change the existing pipes I am thinking of using an end feed cross but while they exist on the internet (Googling 'copper end feed cross') none of the regular DIY places stock them (I've checked Screwfix, Wickes, B&Q). Maybe I'm searching for the wrong phrase?
I fine it odd that they exist but aren't easy to purchase. Is there something wrong with using them? Perhaps issues with flow?
BTW: If anyone would like to take a gander at the job here's a picture: https://goo.gl/yb1bxF. Note: This job started with the phrase "son I need the bath taps changing and hmm, the (cast iron) bath looks a bit yellow" :smile5:. The cross is needed to take the incoming cold feed and split into three (one off to go through the wall in the corner to the existing and separate upstairs toilet; one to go straight on to the eventual bath tap; and one to carry on the supply to a downstairs shower room).
Any comments on whether this is not a DIY job etc. are welcome too. I can twist a pipeslice and solder leak free end feed - that's my only qualifications in plumbing.
First post but I've been reading a few threads on here and love the honest, and sometimes much needed, blunt advice. I hope you can advise...
First off I'm not a plumber (I know, I know) but need to reroute some existing copper water pipes (currently a mixture of 15mm cold and a short run of 22mm hot with reducers at either end) in my mum's upstairs bathroom so (hopefully) the plasterer can start on the room. I can't get the skirting boards off without moving the pipes first.
In planning how to neatly change the existing pipes I am thinking of using an end feed cross but while they exist on the internet (Googling 'copper end feed cross') none of the regular DIY places stock them (I've checked Screwfix, Wickes, B&Q). Maybe I'm searching for the wrong phrase?
I fine it odd that they exist but aren't easy to purchase. Is there something wrong with using them? Perhaps issues with flow?
BTW: If anyone would like to take a gander at the job here's a picture: https://goo.gl/yb1bxF. Note: This job started with the phrase "son I need the bath taps changing and hmm, the (cast iron) bath looks a bit yellow" :smile5:. The cross is needed to take the incoming cold feed and split into three (one off to go through the wall in the corner to the existing and separate upstairs toilet; one to go straight on to the eventual bath tap; and one to carry on the supply to a downstairs shower room).
Any comments on whether this is not a DIY job etc. are welcome too. I can twist a pipeslice and solder leak free end feed - that's my only qualifications in plumbing.