Hints, tips & secrets of plumbing - No Banter please!

[TBServices]

What advice are you trying to offer? Re-write, then proof read before posting again.

 

[PlumbBobBob]

no the insert should suit the pipe not the fitting you have got it the wrong way round spanner

 

[TBServices]

Well that was the point I was going to make Steve, but I wasn't sure whether his "advice" was actually contradictory to this, due to it's general incoherency.

To clarify - The insert/liner must be the correct brand for the PIPE, due to differing inside diameters of pipe between brands. NOT the fitting.

 

[kay-jay]

What a tulip!

 

[Killy Bing]

Spanner.
Pipe sizes relate to the outer diameter of a pipe.

this means jg, polyplumb, hep and the other plastic fittings will work on each others pipes as they fit the same OD

BUT
They have different internal diameters which the insert goes too.

jg could be 14mm id while hep is 13mm.
you need the correct insert to stiffen the pipe or they sit lose and are useless.

 

[Chalked]

Shall we make this easier.

Only use the same manufacturers pipe, insert and fittings.

 

[spanner]

What! My first week in the arms and look..!

 

[SafeGasInstall]

look for ?

 

[spanner]

It was the first interested thread I looked at.. and now I'm doing double work in finding out about push fit fittings... sorry for the hold up.. if I get back to administrator to get the thread removed

 

[spanner]

Spanner.
Pipe sizes relate to the outer diameter of a pipe.

this means jg, polyplumb, hep and the other plastic fittings will work on each others pipes as they fit the same OD

BUT
They have different internal diameters which the insert goes too.

jg could be 14mm id while hep is 13mm.
you need the correct insert to stiffen the pipe or they sit lose and are useless.

Okay thanks. Now let's say you have a jg tee and a polyplumb pipe! The way round would be to use the polyplumb pipe insert

 

[Dannypipe]

OK - so this isn't plumbing related specifically but is trade related, and may help someone who uses Makita cordless tools.

I have lots of Makita stuff and therefore need lots of batteries. So when one died recently, I popped to buy a new one. Toolstation are selling the new 4ah batteries for about £85 which I know isn't super cheap, but when you consider it will definitely be genuine and that until last month Screwfix wanted £149 for a 3Ah it seems a deal.

So I bought 2 of em. When they arrived they wouldn't fit into any of my 3Ah tools. I quickly realised why, and with the Dremel sorted it in under a minute. The 4Ah isn't going to damage my tools just last longer than a 3Ah. So don't worry about that.

Attached are some photos. I hope this is clear, and it may help someone!


PS - so far the 4Ah batteries do last a fair bit longer than the 3's.

 

[Dannypipe]

I must add, after doing this, I won't be able to return them if they fail in the first 12 months, but I'm not really concerned about that. Also checked the web prices out of the 4Ah I can't see anyone doing them as cheap.

 

[Whyme]

Okay thanks. Now let's say you have a jg tee and a polyplumb pipe! The way round would be to use the polyplumb pipe insert

or just use the right plastic insert and a brass compression fitting (can join many plastic sins), sorted.

 

[spanner]

I use all Bosch and always Have And always Do. Magnificent power

 

[gassafe]

I must add, after doing this, I won't be able to return them if they fail in the first 12 months, but I'm not really concerned about that. Also checked the web prices out of the 4Ah I can't see anyone doing them as cheap.

I wonder why makita bring out new 4ah battery's then try not to let us use em on are kit?