The Best Method to 'Cap Off' Water Pipes.
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Publicado 2024-02-11
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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It's worth mentioning your proper method for turning the main valve back on. Fully open, then back a partial turn. Lots of folks get this wrong. Good work!
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Just my personal note without any criticism, but I think this method leaves a few metres of dead leg pipe in the system which can cause serious bacterial legionella problems due to standing warm water. It would be better to locate the junction to the bathroom and cap it there. Great educational video, thanks Stuart.
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It's interesting that finishing stages like skirting boards are often the last stage of an installation, so they often block you in. It's also shows how often an oscillating cutter like that gets you out of tricky problems neatly. A really useful tool to have in your toolbox.
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Regulations state the "dead leg" length on 15mm pipe should be no more than 1.5cm ie 15mm. You have an increase chance in legionella forming anything over 150mm / 6". Best to take the floor up and cap off at the T junction. More hassle but safer in the long run
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The number of times that one of your videos covers something I have just done, or am about to do is beyond coincidence! :O One of "tomorrows" tasks is to take out and cap off the old toilet and bidet to give some work around space for the bathroom renovations. Its always good to see that great minds think alike as regard Speedfit being the best option. I been using em for 20 or so years
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JG Speedfits are great joints. I have some in my house that have been installed for 36 years. Not a single leak. We used them at work for fuel lines before they made plumbing versions. I have used their end stops, temporarily only, as I prefer to get back to the T and remove the branch from there. It helps I have a house with floors that are easy to lift!
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Thanks Stuart, very good of you to sacrifice one of your clamps just to demonstrate this for us, I too have always been a little sceptical of these fittings ! Intrigued now to hear more of why and how you take on this project !
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Great instructional as always 👍. Bonus tip you showed but didn't mention... for stop valves, open all the way but always turn back a touch. Don't leave them jammed at full travel.
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Just wish I had any of the fittings a few weeks ago. A my son's a compression fitting installed by a professional plumber had blown apart on Sunday aftenoon. Fortunately after lots of rummaging in plumbing box I managed to find compression stop end. Job done. In preparation for next time got some more compression stop ends and the plastic types. Never used them. You made these plastic fittings look so simple that even my son could fit it. Interesting coverage of the options
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WRAS guidelines state that the length of any dead leg should be limited to two times the pipe's diameter. Water cannot circulate in a dead leg, so if the dead leg is much longer than that, it could be a breeding ground for Legionella or other biofilm. If you are unsure, consult a professional plumber.
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JG speedfit having Collet Locking Clip, to reduce the risk the locking knives/tangs back out. // JG Speedfit collet locking clip prevents the accidental release of a pipe from a standard push-fit fitting. Red and blue options available to provide colour coding of hot and cold water pipes. //
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The previous owner of our house fitted those speedfit stop ends on a pair of unused 10mm heating pipes under the floor on our upstairs landing. They worked fine until about 7 years later we changed the boiler and the extra pressure popped one off and caused a leak.
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The string trick is genius, great stuff Stuart. Keep it up mate. 👍
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What a great product thanks for showing that it was most informative
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Great demo of the plastic cap grip - sorry about the clamp! The other thing about soldering end caps, is that when you're fixing them to a closed end pipe (unlike your demo where the other end of the pipe was open) the heat of the blowtorch expands the air inside the pipe, which keeps trying to pop the cap off or force its way past the solder. There's probably a trick to it, but I've not yet discovered it, so I'll use plastic next time round. I wonder if it gets brittle over time.
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Used a shark bite push on fitting 10 years ago to cap off a radiant line. I was chastised, sentenced to life in prison, stoned to death, threatened with death threats etc. etc. etc. by every arm chair plumber nay saying push on fittings. 10 years later...never dripped a drop.... take that plumbers!!!!
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Thanks for this, it was very helpful for part of today's job 🙏👍
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Noticed that you turned the main stopcock on fully then turned it back off about a half to a full turn a trick that my uncle a plumber for many years tought me but you didn't mention not everyone would know to do that
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Its always advisable to fit collet clips to these type of speedfit fittings as they can sometimes fly off if they are up against a joist.thats why john guest updated most of the fittings to a screw lock collar.
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compression fittings are a genius idea. house i bought was extended and the only way to have a tap outside was to split water under a bath to the side of the house. they even sell a plastic stopcock i fitted under a bath panel to ensure outside water doesn’t freeze!!
