Hi All
Decided to put some basic compression fittings into stock. Checked out Screwfix and they seemed dearer than Wickes.
Quick check on 15mm straight, 90 elbow & equal tee in packs of 10. Screwfix were dearer! Toolstation beat both of them!
Buying a pack of each from Toolstation is over a £5 (25% ish) cheaper than Screwfix.
Pays to shop around innit?
BES have various packs in different grades
Trying several kebab vans?
Compression fittings and myself fell out years ago and have never really got on. I use push-fit now, and copper push-fit where they will be seen.
It just saves so much stress and aggro checking for that little tiny drip on the bottom of the compression joint every few minutes
dg
Pop into your local plumbers merchant,you'd be suprised?
Yehbut were they all the same quality?
No but, yeh but, this fing happened what you don't know anyfing about, and anyway they is all made to BS 864 part 2, so shuddup.
So was the Titanic....
You mean the chinese interpretation of BS 864. P2!
At how expensive they are.
15mm end-feed slip coupler. B&Q £1.06, plumber's merchant over four times that!
Did you not notice the ? at the end?
What this means it might be dearer in other parts of the country,in my PM its cheaper to shop there for plumbing which is a 3min walk
Many of the Chinese compression fittings don't comply to the the specific metal content requirements of the standards. Lead content being a critical element. Importers such as distributors don't have the equipement to undertake metal analysis hence rely on the Chinese manufacturers to make the product to standard!
The UK brands Conex and Yorkshire I know analyse and control the metal contents of their compression fittings on every batch.
Lastly DZR (dezincification resistant) fittings are required for some ares of the country since the zinc can be leached out by the poor water quality. This can rot the fitting in a few years.
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Compression fittings and myself fell out years ago and have never really got on. I use push-fit now, and copper push-fit where they will be seen.
It just saves so much stress and aggro checking for that little tiny drip on the bottom of the compression joint every few minutes
dg
Mat, thet Titanic was a pipe fitting?
OK for the amateur with money to waste I suppose. But it really doesn't take too much effort to learn how to solder. And save a substantial sum on each and every joint.
Again, it's technique. A properly made one won't drip.
Terrible isn't it. He has even got me mixed up with someone else. It is best he just effs off as he really is an idiot.
Not at all. It was the unquoted text in your post. If you understand what that means - which I doubt.
Sad isn't it. It is best he just effs off as he really is an idiot.
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