Is it ok to bend an old 15mm copper pipe in situ?

[REDSAW]

blowtorch £20-£30
gas £13
Solder £6
flux £6
Wire wool £4
(estimated price)

that isnt a super fire or a kilo of la-co,

yea! or £40 for some one to do it?.
providing you dont naff up the copper tail or preceeding elbow under the floor d.i.y other wise double it.
good luck.

 

[leelister6]

The bloke asked for advice and he has lots to choose from. If he ballses it up he may learn from his mistake and leave it to the mesters. If he sorts it, there will be an outside tap going on then a new boiler with an unvented cylinder & underfloor heating!

 

[jase158]

Blow torch with gas £20 - ScrewfixSolder and flux £8 - ScrewfixWire wool £2 - Any diy shopNeither is that!!

I hope you aint using those on your every day plumbing, very proffesional. I'm worried how you know so much about them, obviously your work is so bad you need to cut back on expenditure as your not making any money from plumbing.Good on him, if he wants to learn and give it a go, we should encourage more people to diy, then there will be less work for us plumbers, hey I got an idea, I might open a training centre, seems to be the only way to make money out of pllumbing.

 

[leelister6]

I hope you aint using those on your every day plumbing, very proffesional. I'm worried how you know so much about them, obviously your work is so bad you need to cut back on expenditure as your not making any money from plumbing.Good on him, if he wants to learn and give it a go, we should encourage more people to diy, then there will be less work for us plumbers, hey I got an idea, I might open a training centre, seems to be the only way to make money out of pllumbing.

Pllumbing? :freak: :iamwithstupid:


It took me 5 minutes to look it up on tinternet Dilbert! And don't you EVER judge me! That is Jesus's job

 

[jase158]

Pllumbing? :freak: :iamwithstupid:It took me 5 minutes to look it up on tinternet Dilbert! And don't you EVER judge me! That is Jesus's job

Really? You obviouslly have to much timme on your handds, are you actualy a pllumber or just a forrum adicct

 

[REDSAW]

stick to the thread topic, be civil to each other or go else where.
if you need help, let me know.

 

[EPH]

Don't feed the trolls

 

[kay-jay]

to the op

if you are going to try bending the pipe make sure you heat it right up with a blowtorch as this will soften the copper (annealing) and make it easier to bend and less likely to cause problems elsewhere on the pipe from the stress of bending.

otherwise just use speedfit fittings and fit a new piece of pipe.

let us know what you end up doing.......




KJ

 

[quality]

Don't forget to quench with water while the pipe is still hot for better results

 

[Resolute]

to the op

if you are going to try bending the pipe make sure you heat it right up with a blowtorch as this will soften the copper (annealing) and make it easier to bend and less likely to cause problems elsewhere on the pipe from the stress of bending.

otherwise just use speedfit fittings and fit a new piece of pipe.

let us know what you end up doing.......




KJ

Would this not melt the solder on a nearby joint under the floor and cause a leak though? (only asking as I'm relatively new to the game - will bow down to yours and others experience and knowledge).

 

[WaterTight]

You can melt solder on nearby fittings but you do have to use a lot of heat very nearby to be unlucky in my experience. Just think about how long you need to heat a joint to make solder run anyway - keep under that and you should be ok. I've risked it quite a few times and been lucky so far. The amount of heat to just soften the pipe a bit, probably not an issue.

 

[Paulus]

I wouldn't even consider bending the pipe in situ. unless I had loads of time on my hands and some spare tiles. You have no idea what's under them tiles, there could be compression joint just under the surface which you could damage. Thre could be a soldered joint which you may melt if you heat it.

Don't get me wrong it may all go hunky-dory as jobs do 50% of the time but the potential risk of having to damage tiles and floor is far too great for my liking. Cut it off and fit compression joints, play it safe.

 

[John Findlay]

I wouldn't even consider bending the pipe in situ. unless I had loads of time on my hands and some spare tiles. You have no idea what's under them tiles, there could be compression joint just under the surface which you could damage. Thre could be a soldered joint which you may melt if you heat it.

Don't get me wrong it may all go hunky-dory as jobs do 50% of the time but the potential risk of having to damage tiles and floor is far too great for my liking. Cut it off and fit compression joints, play it safe.

I totally agree with this above - I'd solder a new length on and expect most others here to do the same BUT I can solder and learning this skill on a vertical dirty pipe 6" off the floor wouldn't be a lot of joy I reckon.........

 

[SafeWithGas]

Is there room to cut the olive off, preferably with a pipeslice and still leave sufficient length to fully insert a pushfit elbow, such as "Speedfit"...............................?

 

[ononotagain]

use compression fittings---safer

 

[glenno1]

cut it down slightly and put a 90 degree elbow or 45 degree elbow and work from there

 

[markfxy]

give it a kick