Dent in Microbore

I would replace the damaged section. Is it a major job eg tiled floors etc?

Adam

Thanks Adam,

Unfortunately, it would require lifting a tiled floor + skirting boards etc...in addition I've never solder pipes, I'm a compression fit only sort of DIYer.

Cheers, JohnH

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:29:05 -0000, snipped-for-privacy@googlemail.com mused:

Get a plumber in to do the repair with soldered joints, send the bill to the plasterer.

Its about ten times harder to fit a compression fitting to microbore than it is to solder it.

Every one I did on my oil pipes leaked. All needed gunk added

Leave it.

If its not leaking.

If whatever it feeds doesn't work, you will have to replace it, but if its only kinked a little it will still pass water.

Microbore is a softer copper than the usual 15mm tube so shouldn't have come to any harm. If you got a length of steel rod of the internal diameter and put a taper on it you might be able to make it look better by gently tapping it in - using some heat on the pipe. If there's room you could also cut off and replace using a end feed solder coupler.

Thanks very much chaps. Knocking it out a bit as Dave suggested looks fine and rads heating up nicely!

Thanks again!

Cheers, JohnH

:-)

That's the ticket. The Artful Bodger.

Message-ID: from The Natural Philosopher contained the following:

heh...

Heh heh - I'd call it metal working. Unless you consider knocking a dent out of a panel on the car bodging too.