Help shortening a plastic pipe

basill

The background is I put in a new basin in the ensuite over the weekend. There were no isolation valves on the pipework to make the job easier so the first thing was to put on a couple of those so the rest of the house could enjoy water whilst I worked away. The top part of the connector already had the bit of copper attached along with a compression fitting to enable the flexible hoses to connect in.

Now that I have added on the isolation valves and the new basin is much lower the plastic pipework needs to be shortened quite a bit.

As I don't have any experience of plastic pipework I don't want to start unscrewing the coupling and end up in a world of pain as I don't have any spares lying around the house for this sort of thing.

So if someone could give me a heads up on what type of connector this is and how to go about taking off a few inches off the length it would be great.

Also would I be right in thinking there are probably inserts inside the pipe that I will need to remove and reuse? before I start cutting through the pipe?

Thanks in advance.

sullzz

That's 15 mm pipe as far as i know i wouldn't use that fitting again , id cut the pipe with a hacksaw at the height you want and get a 15mm 6:10 and a 15mm insert and fit that instead .

.243

that fitting are called acorn fittings,

basill

Its actually called Polyplumb and it is 15mm (developers were from the North) as the other poster said. I posted onto a UK website and managed to crack it.

I can now go about sourcing the bits I need from the web or take a drive to Newry as it doesn't look like its something that has taken off down here in the South. Thanks.

gdavis

As said already u just have to go to ur local plumbing supplier not up the north,cut pipe below grey fitting and get a 610,make it on to grey pipe and refit ur valve and pipe up sink,job done

sullzz

gdavis wrote: »

As said already u just have to go to ur local plumbing supplier not up the north,cut pipe below grey fitting and get a 610,make it on to grey pipe and refit ur valve and pipe up sink,job done

Just make sure you get a metric insert for the pipe , a normal imperial one won't do the job.

Micky Dolenz

basill wrote: »

Its actually called Polyplumb and it is 15mm (developers were from the North) as the other poster said. I posted onto a UK website and managed to crack it.

I can now go about sourcing the bits I need from the web or take a drive to Newry as it doesn't look like its something that has taken off down here in the South. Thanks.

Just use metric brass fitting. Every plumbing supplier in the South have them and the inserts. You can reuse the insert in the pipe. I've used 1/2 inserts on 15mm, with only .3 mm difference, the brass fitting will still compress.