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    Whats the best Push Fit

    Which is the best push fit for continuous use (for testing) Has anyone found a pushfit thats good for testing use, there's nothing worse when testing all ok then you cannot remove the bloody thing, i have to cut several off and get them off in a vice. Cheers
  2. M

    Mixing plastic fittings with pipe

    Can i use hep2 fitting with john guest pipe for instance ?
    • marsaday
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    • barrier between copper difference fittings mixing pipe plastic speedfit
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  3. P

    speedfit pipe with no inserts....

    Fitted a new bathroom suite today and swapped the plastic pipe over for copper. No inserts used and customer tells me its been used for years with no leaks... Any opinions on this as i was under the assumption that it would leak if no inserts were used, thanks
  4. M

    speed fit fittings on chrome on copper pipe??

    eveneing all......just a quickie to ask if speedfit fittings will grab onto "chrome on copper" pipe?? tried one earlier and couldn't for the life of pull it off....anyone had any experiences doing this?? cheers.
  5. P

    what inserts

    should i be using metal inserts when using compression fittings with plastic pipe? thanks men also any plumbers working christmas day then,, i bet some of u cant resist.. ha
  6. S

    Can i bury plastic speedfit connectors in the floor

    I plan to terminate 2 pipes which used to provide a water supply to a washing machines and would liek to terminate them / in the concrete floor. I do not intent to re-use these. I have 2 x 15ml speedfit stop ends for the pipes (they are plastic) and I am wandering if I can simply cut the pipes...
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    Speedfit Underfloor Heating - Enginner/Plumber Required - Lincoln

    I have the following installed downstairs and am looking for an experienced plumber/engineer in Lincoln. The system works but since last winter a couple of rooms do not appear to be warming up correctly Paddy Lincoln 07545137271
    • Paddski
    • Thread
    • heating lincoln required speedfit ufh under floor heating underfloor underfloor heating
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
  8. D

    Poor cold bath flow!

    Evening All, But of advice please guys.... Started first fix on a bathroom refit today and discovered flow to (CWSS) cold bath feed is terrible to say the least. This is now the 2nd time first fix has been done as "plumber" previously c*cked things up so took out his handy work & reran...
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    Ufh

    Who makes the best ? using myson just now:winkiss:
  10. B

    speedfit pipe

    Hi all I'm in the process of fitting a new bathroom suite for my nephew, anyhow i was advised on using speedfit pipe as it would cut down on time and save messing with solder etc.etc, i have started to lay the pipe under the floorboards but one of the pipes rests very near to a hot CH pipe, my...
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    Hep20, brittle grab rings

    Last year sometime I went to an emergency caused by a failed Hep20 fitting, the grab ring (green) had become very brittle and was in little pieces inside the fitting, it also crumbled in my hand. The pipe was mains hot water by unvented cylinder. Kind of forgot all about that until yesterday...
  12. G

    I suppose it had to happen sometime....

    For the first time I had a failure with Speedfit resulting in a fitting blowing off behind a bath on the hot supply. I had connected speedfit pipe to a flexi tap connector and used the correct TS insert and the fitting was properly compressed. The only things I can think of for the reason for...
  13. L

    Plastic Push fits

    Hi My question is regarding Plastic push fittings. What in your opinion is the best Plastic fittings to use. I am fitting a Shower it is running off a Combi , the reason for the plastic is accessibility . Also I have ben reading about Collet grips for flo-fit gear. My other question is about...
  14. S

    Views on plastic pipework for heating and hot water

    Hello, I'm new to the forum and I would be interested in any views regarding the use of plastic piping for the central heating from a gas combi heating and hot water system. I'm renovating an old town house and I'm thinking of using John Guest Speedfit rather than copper. Thanks and I look...
    • squashabe
    • Thread
    • copper heating hot hot water pipework plastic properly speedfit water which
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Plumbing Jobs | The Job-board
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    Worrying my Speedfit to Copper might leak please help!

    Hello I put an outside tap in for someone today, i tee'd of the cold feed to the cold tap in the kitchen using a speedfit tee onto the copper. I connected everything up & turned the mains on and the connection to the tap was leaking at the speedfit joint. I thought i had pushed the pipe in...
  16. S

    10mm speedfit in walls.

    hello i'm after a few opinions really to get some idea which way to approch a job. Im estimating for a full heating system from scratch. The customer has warm air heating but its just been condemned so no rads anywhere. They are happy to have rads but done want any pipework on show so the...
  17. J

    Speedfit???

    Ive heard that some people dont advise using superseal inserts with compression joints has anyone had any problems with this??
  18. P

    Speedfit to copper

    Is it true that you can join JG Speedfit straight onto copper with no inserts? Just slip the Speedfit straight onto the copper?
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    Quantity of unused Speedfit fittings for sale

    Anyone interested in bidding on a quantity of unused JG Speedfit fittings please see my ebay auction. Just search for item number 300538323379.
  20. W

    White plastic pipe with non-JG end caps.

    Need to join onto them to run supplies to a basin. They end caps are not speedfit. Possibly pipe life or plumb sure or one of the others. Customer doesn't know. My question is - Since I can't tell what make the plastic pipe is - how do I know what inserts to use on pipe if joining on with...
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