Dodgy fittings

[supper plumb]

Any one buy bulk bags of end feed fittings?
I find out the say 100 in the about 10/15 are a pain to get on the pipe or just don't fit. Is this normal?
this is from a plumbers merchant but found a really cheap supplyer on eBay now

 

[Phil_Plumb]

not really, if you have a problem take them back to merchants and complain!

 

[lame plumber]

stop using power flux as it binds

 

[Phil_Plumb]

use LA-CO

 

[Gray0689]

Any one buy bulk bags of end feed fittings?
I find out the say 100 in the about 10/15 are a pain to get on the pipe or just don't fit. Is this normal?
this is from a plumbers merchant but found a really cheap supplyer on eBay now

How much on eBay

 

[supper plumb]

JOBLOT MIXED BOX 15MM E/F COPPER PLUMBING-PIPE FITTINGS | eBay

 

[supper plumb]

Iv just payed £2.11p for 4 end feed straight couplings 15mm and 5 end feed elbows 15mm from my local plumb base!!!!!

 

[SimonG]

Not that cheap the ones from fleabay imho

 

[Howsie]

Decent fittings from a decent merchant at a decent price.

That's why Howsie's gone to Williams

 

[supper plumb]

How much will you pay for
60 + 15mm couplers
30+ 15mm elbows
10+ 15mm Tees
At your local plumbers merchant??

 

[Masood]

How much will you pay for
60 + 15mm couplers
30+ 15mm elbows
10+ 15mm Tees
At your local plumbers merchant??

That's not really the point. If you get 10-15% rejects from your bag of 100, the average price of your usable fittings goes up. 10-15% failure rate is horribly high. If you buy from your local plumbers' merchant, they will replace the dodgy ones.

But most importantly, if you buy cheap off the internet, it drives local businesses to closure, which is not a good thing. Worth paying a little bit more to support local small businesses.

 

[supper plumb]

i do use my local plumbase all the time as i can see it from the end of the carpark was just seeing if the price on ebay was a good deal or not

 

[Phil_Plumb]

dont use plumb base go and find an independant!

 

[Mike Jackson]

Any one buy bulk bags of end feed fittings?
I find out the say 100 in the about 10/15 are a pain to get on the pipe or just don't fit. Is this normal?
this is from a plumbers merchant but found a really cheap supplyer on eBay now

If you wrapped less ptfe round the pipe the fitting would slide on a lot easier.

 

[zzzjim]

Just wondering if have been roughly handled and bent a bit oval !

Is there tool to get them round again ?

 

[Mike Jackson]

I us Emmy Rothenberger expander.

 

[Keefy]

It always gets me why they like to make the majority of fittings in these 'pack/bulk deals' couplings, I'd rather have more elbows than couplings.

 

[Gray0689]

JOBLOT MIXED BOX 15MM E/F COPPER PLUMBING-PIPE FITTINGS | eBay

Pure tat
If you have a problem who you claim against ?

 

[supper plumb]

You can go through PayPal to get your money back if the fittings was pony dont have independent plumbers murchent round here we got plumb base Graham's Maidstone plumbing screw fix/plumb fix trade point b&q home base

 

[Killy Bing]

Maidstone? As in maidstone kent?

go to williams at aylesford

 

[Keefy]

You can go through PayPal to get your money back if the fittings was pony dont have independent plumbers murchent round here we got ♫♫ plumb base Graham's Maidstone plumbing screw fix/plumb fix trade point b&q home base ♫♫

♫♫ ... TROUBLE IN THE SUEZ!! We didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turnin'!!! ♫♫♫

 

[Masood]

It always gets me why they like to make the majority of fittings in these 'pack/bulk deals' couplings, I'd rather have more elbows than plings.

Same here. All these bundles have the fittings I use least..

 

[glenno1]

Not that good ask for 250 fittings at your local supplier,it includes 22mm fittings and its about £50

 

[glenno1]

ye a pair of grips for getting fitting round enough to fit over pipe

 

[supper plumb]

I use my grips some times just to nip up a fitting hold it in place if I'm doing some fiddly joints

 

[gassafe]

Iv just payed £2.11p for 4 end feed straight couplings 15mm and 5 end feed elbows 15mm from my local plumb base!!!!!

Who buys fittings in these tiny quantities?

 

[supper plumb]

me as it was for a job!!!!!

 

[lame plumber]

cmon team, how much can you carry in a wicker bike basket

 

[Masood]

me as it was for a job!!!!!

Don't you carry stock on the van?

 

[Plum Bob 66]

I use my grips some times just to nip up a fitting hold it in place if I'm doing some fiddly joints

Use a clothes peg on 15 mm

 

[HTG-Apprentice]

Make sure the ones from ebay are legit and not just chinese knock off, there much thinner and they will probably leak after 3 months

 

[supper plumb]

I didn't know this about knock off fittings ill ask them

 

[supper plumb]

Don't you carry stock on the van?

Not at the moment as plumbing isn't my main line of work but things will be changing f soon as I work with a mate I can't take over his van. But I'm starting to stock up on fitting and bits