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Hi all,
Just been to a job, ceised stopcock no outside isolation, I froze the pipe below stopcock took it off was going to put the new on old nut and olive but alas it didn't want to fit properly as olive was too far down.
Only option was olive cutters at this point and I decided to just put the old stopcock back on instead. If plug went as I cut the olive it would have been game over.
Made me think about when is it actually safe or wise to use freezing kits. When do you guys use them and are there any situations like mine where you thought it too risky?
Just been to a job, ceised stopcock no outside isolation, I froze the pipe below stopcock took it off was going to put the new on old nut and olive but alas it didn't want to fit properly as olive was too far down.
Only option was olive cutters at this point and I decided to just put the old stopcock back on instead. If plug went as I cut the olive it would have been game over.
Made me think about when is it actually safe or wise to use freezing kits. When do you guys use them and are there any situations like mine where you thought it too risky?