22mm speedfit compression connection

[plumbduff]

Is it acceptable to use 22mm speedfit pipe (using an insert) with any conventional copper pipe compression fitting to mate 22mm copper pipe to PB speedfit pipe? The guide mentions hard olives must not be used and recommends copper and not brass olives. Are fittings normally supplied with copper olives and how can you tell the difference? The fitting I wish to use is a 22mm isolation valve.

 

[PlumbBobBob]

copper olives will be copper coloured and brass olives will be brass coloured. if your compression fitting comes with brass olives, you will be able to get some copper ones readily.

 

[fast phil]

yes its acceptable what you propose to do and fittings come with brass olives which are gold in color softer olives can be obtained and are copper and copper colored

 

[AWheating]

or stick a pushfit coupler on with alittle copper and then the 22mm ballafix/isolation valve.

 

[fast phil]

or stick a pushfit coupler on with alittle copper and then the 22mm ballafix/isolation valve.

Thats the way to go good idea

 

[plumbduff]

I am assuming that the copper ones yellow -ish and the brass a sort of golden colour ? is that correct?

 

[SimonG]

I am assuming that the copper ones yellow -ish and the brass a sort of golden colour ? is that correct?

t'other way round. Brass yellowy/gold. Copper same as a shiny penny.

 

[fast phil]

I am assuming that the copper ones yellow -ish and the brass a sort of golden colour ? is that correct?

no copper more of a brown brass a gold color

 

[AWheating]

are we sure copper is copper colour??

 

[REDSAW]

if you can squash it in your fingers its copper

 

[kirkgas]

I am assuming that the copper ones yellow -ish and the brass a sort of golden colour ? is that correct?

the clue is in the name, a COPPER olive is COPPER coloured, strangely enough because its made of copper