Screwfix are selling press fit

[ShaunCorbs]

Just wait and see, some of the fitters we have followed mash the fittings up good and proper when they press!!

already out and slighting it

"6pm .. just packing up and BANG from the garage..... Damning stupid shitty Press stupid shitty bastard fittings .. 30 mins away to the nearest Screwfix ... Not my install - just back sorting out all original Plumbers issues 'and some'.... "

hmmm look ho far its in 😀

 

[hammers4spanner]

I bought my kit second hand from Ebay for 400 quid, so it's affordable. I'll be upgrading soon to a new one. I hear that many reps will refund the cost of the gun if you spend a decent amount on fittings with them.

Yes i can confirm its true , my friend was given a free geberit press gun after bluffing the rep about hiw much he rents out a press gun

 

[Harvest Fields]

already out and slighting it

"6pm .. just packing up and BANG from the garage... ****ing stupid shitty Press stupid shitty bastard fittings .. 30 mins away to the nearest Screwfix . Not my install - just back sorting out all original Plumbers issues 'and some'.. "

hmmm look ho far its in 😀

Ohhh hhhh hhhhh hhhh no!

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

The worst thing about pressing that nobody has mentioned is if there's a problem you have to cut the fittings out and add in couplings to make up the difference!

Oh and there's a massive difference between pressing 15mm and 88mm!!!

 

[Deleted member 96286]

Let me know where you heard that😛

Post made on this forum.

 

[Deleted member 96286]

The worst thing about pressing that nobody has mentioned is if there's a problem you have to cut the fittings out and add in couplings to make up the difference!

Oh and there's a massive difference between pressing 15mm and 88mm!!!

You have to cut out a soldered fitting if there's a problem. Tectite is also non demountable.

 

[Deleted member 96286]

This is turning into a good wee thread. Keep the comments coming chappies

 

[ShaunCorbs]

The worst thing about pressing that nobody has mentioned is if there's a problem you have to cut the fittings out and add in couplings to make up the difference!

Oh and there's a massive difference between pressing 15mm and 88mm!!!

you could grind the fittings out and then put a new one in

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

If an endfeed fitting fails we would sweat off clean and replace, absolutely no way would we grind off a fitting, if your prepared to do that you might as well either Weld or solder in the 1st place.

 

[Deleted member 96286]

If an endfeed fitting fails we would sweat off clean and replace, absolutely no way would we grind off a fitting, if your prepared to do that you might as well either Weld or solder in the 1st place.

If there's water in the system, then sweating off and replacing a soldered fitting is going to take a lot longer than cutting off a pressfit fitting with a multi tool and pressing a new one on in its place which will take a few minutes to do and can be done with water still in the pipe line.
It's not for everyone but after 35 years of soldering I prefer press fit and copper pushfit.

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

I've never either used a grinder or a multitool to take a press fit fitting off after a bad press, normally when you press a fitting onto copper pipe it deforms the pipe slightly ( you would notice this if you tried to slip an olive over the pipe near to a press) so would it provide a correct seal and would it be covered under the manufacturer?

I have always been told that incorrect pressed fittings should always be cut out and replaced along with the section of pipe.

 

[Deleted member 96286]

I've never had one fail and I'm not saying that this is never going to happen but if faced with replacing a dodgy one, I would as a matter of good practice cut out the fitting completely to a section of good pipe and replace it. Same goes with non demountable Tectite.

 

[Millsy 82]

Just wait and see, some of the fitters we have followed mash the fittings up good and proper when they press!!

How do they mash up the fittings?

I must admit when I have a leak on soldered I just cut the br out and redo. They are usually the ones that have that odd drip which is why they leaked in the first place so sweating off is usually not an option.

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

If you dont align the jaws onto the fitting properly or force the jaws whilst you press the gun will press as normal but knarl up the fitting

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

somthing like this, bad press caused by user error.

 

[Deleted member 96286]

View attachment 39936somthing like this, bad press caused by user error.

User errors are the reason for most types of installation fails and why pushfit gets a bad name. It's not just restricted to press fit. If the tongs don't sit right on the fitting, I don't press it. If a pushfit fitting doesn't feel like I've pushed it fully home, I'll remove it and refit it. Fitting things incorrectly is the sign of a chancer not a good tradesman.

 

[Harvest Fields]

Enough about press. In other news I threw my rattle out today at the suppliers. It wasn’t even their fault 😛😛😉

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Enough about press. In other news I threw my rattle out today at the suppliers. It wasn’t even their fault 😛😛😉

you cant leave it there

 

[Deleted member 96286]

Enough about press. In other news I threw my rattle out today at the suppliers. It wasn’t even their fault 😛😛😉

Right, now you've started, you'll need to spill the beans. A new thread is starting about this.......

 

[Ch4 plumbing]

I dont agree with that Cailean and think that's a very rash comment to make (Fitting things incorrectly is the sign of a chancer not a good tradesman)

I dont know what kind of work you do but the guys who work for me are extremely professional and visually check there work in stages prior to wet testing, hence why bad pressed fittings are picked up at an early stage.