Squeeze Off Tool

[WaterTight]

Aside from being the dodgiest named tool around, I bought one yesterday and - I guess - will return it tomorrow.

Was scepitcal - and even a little concerned but I had a good plan B and to be honest I just fancied trying it for a laugh as it looked fun.

Gave it a dry run on an off-cut of some l speedfit pipe and seemed pretty good. Looked compressed enough to stop flow (although I didn't blow down it.) On releasing it it barely left an impresson on pipe, a little mark but integrity looked good. But when I tried it on some live hep pipe it didn't work. Tightest I could do it by hand still didn't stop flow. Fairly new pipe, I'd say no more than 8 yrs old, only 15mm and it was tank fed so low pressure. It looked like it compressed it well but it didn't stop flow, not even enough to reduce to a dribble for making do and doing work anyway.

In the end I released it and did a live catch but bit baffled why it didn't work. Are these just rubbish? Any success stories?

 

[Last Plumber]

No success stories on copper. LOL

Only seen em used on PE Gas or water mains (externals). It is good enough in that situ due to being outside in a ditch !

 

[stani]

Does it look like this.
http://cdn.toolstation.com/images/141020-UK/800/39855.jpg
I've used mine on blue water mains only and it's good enough.
Never actually thought of trying it on hep.

 

[lame plumber]

only really for blue mdpe or the yellow gas main, why squeeze hep when you can freeze it or turn off the stopcock?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

heard too many stories of where its been squeezed blowing off due to the stress etc

 

[WaterTight]

Does it look like this.
http://cdn.toolstation.com/images/141020-UK/800/39855.jpg
I've used mine on blue water mains only and it's good enough.
Never actually thought of trying it on hep.

Yep that's it. Still confused. Surely it would be more likely to work on smaller pipes?

only really for blue mdpe or the yellow gas main, why squeeze hep when you can freeze it or turn off the stopcock?

Because...

... but I had a good plan B and to be honest I just fancied trying it for a laugh as it looked fun.

Why would it work better on blue mdpe? I mean, obviously it does. But I just presumed if t can do 32mm mdpe then 15mm hep would be a breeze.

 

[Last Plumber]

Plumbing defies logic

 

[thereisawizza]

Yep that's it. Still confused. Surely it would be more likely to work on smaller pipes?



Because...



Why would it work better on blue mdpe? I mean, obviously it does. But I just presumed if t can do 32mm mdpe then 15mm hep would be a breeze.

I think it is only designed to work on non-laminated pipes

 

[hammers4spanner]

I have never had a problem with what I use

 

[WaterTight]

which isssssssssssssssss?......

 

[WaterTight]

In any case I've decided to keep it and in fact buy another one as I'm heavily into S&M and wish to apply them with vigour to my testes.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

In any case I've decided to keep it and in fact buy another one as I'm heavily into S&M and wish to apply them with vigour to my testes.

Nipples is where it's at

 

[WaterTight]

Yes Susan.

 

[turnpin]

Here's mine... ......regards Turnpin

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Did you make that yourself

 

[turnpin]

No got a mate on Thames water he gave it to me a few years back...but if you want to copy the pattern I won't mind.....lol regards Turnpin:wink5: