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i have recently had to fix a leak on a section of old copper pipe. the pipe is slightly bigger than 22mm and is thick enough to have had a thread put on it. any ideas how to replace a section with 22mm copper?
there has been mention of a transitional coupling, however this a DHW pipe
 
it is probaly 3/4" copper you can get 3/4 to 22 soldered
couplings
 
It might be the really really old stuff before 3/4
It was more like 1/2" iron for size O.D.

Last time I dealt with it I think I soldered or brazed a female iron to copper on the end of it.
If it is that stuff ( and it sounds like it ) you won't find a manufactured fitting for it.
 
Use a drift or socket former to create a socket in the end of the old pipe, and then solder 22mm pipe into it.
 
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Use a drift or socket former to create a socket in the end of the old pipe, and then solder 22mm pipe into it.


A drift won't work Ray. It sounds like screwed copper, it it slightly larger than 22mm. Normally found in old high end houses. Nobody makes a transition fitting, and the threads are " fine taper" so BSP is nowhere near. The copper is as thick as galvanised pipe, so great for scrap.
The times I have connected to it, we used a 1"BSP male to 22 mm compression fitting. The 1" thread will slide over the pipe and either solder it using leaded solder ( I know!!) or better still hard solder or braze. Then you have a 22mm compression end to go off.
 
A drift won't work Ray. It sounds like screwed copper, it it slightly larger than 22mm. Normally found in old high end houses. Nobody makes a transition fitting, and the threads are " fine taper" so BSP is nowhere near. The copper is as thick as galvanised pipe, so great for scrap.
The times I have connected to it, we used a 1"BSP male to 22 mm compression fitting. The 1" thread will slide over the pipe and either solder it using leaded solder ( I know!!) or better still hard solder or braze. Then you have a 22mm compression end to go off.

There speaks a proper plumber. IMHO

Problem what problem !

With his skills & knowledge he can adapt, repair, overcome & only if absolutely necessary replace to fix the problem.
 
A drift won't work Ray. It sounds like screwed copper, it it slightly larger than 22mm. Normally found in old high end houses. Nobody makes a transition fitting, and the threads are " fine taper" so BSP is nowhere near. The copper is as thick as galvanised pipe, so great for scrap.
The times I have connected to it, we used a 1"BSP male to 22 mm compression fitting. The 1" thread will slide over the pipe and either solder it using leaded solder ( I know!!) or better still hard solder or braze. Then you have a 22mm compression end to go off.

Every day's a school day! I don't think I have ever seen that type of pipe.
 
i have never come across that size or type of copper before must be from the 40's or 50's ?
 
This is the only image I can find on google. This pipe is brass, but it's the same for copper and they have brass fittings.
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A drift won't work Ray. It sounds like screwed copper, it it slightly larger than 22mm. Normally found in old high end houses. Nobody makes a transition fitting, and the threads are " fine taper" so BSP is nowhere near. The copper is as thick as galvanised pipe, so great for scrap.
The times I have connected to it, we used a 1"BSP male to 22 mm compression fitting. The 1" thread will slide over the pipe and either solder it using leaded solder ( I know!!) or better still hard solder or braze. Then you have a 22mm compression end to go off.
Thank you
will give it a try tomorrow, exactly as you said, old high end house
 
Came across this pipe in the Leicestershire area (if it's the same stuff). Heavy gauge copper, screwed. It's called 20-gauge and you can buy compression and end-feed transition couplings for it. The end-feed couplings are brass and cost a fortune but it means you can convert to 15mm or 22mm and weigh in the old stuff...
 
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