Hello. I'm removing a sink temporarily to have flooring fitted. The pipe isn't fitted with a ball valve to isolate at the pipe. The flexi pipe connector is a 10mm connection (not a 15mm) and I am really struggling to find something that will blank this off at the pipe (it's a 'male' fitting with the threads on the outside). I can find loads of 15mm blanks, but not something to fit a 10mm screw. The flexi pipe connector is fairly new and is also 10mm (although I cannot find any 10mm flexis online either?). Is there a solution to temporarily blank off the pipes so the water can stay on while the flooring is getting fitted. I even considered taking the tap off the sink and suspending that and just removing the physical sink..
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1. It sounds as if you want to blank off that part of the flexi which screws into the tap. Don't think you'll find a blanking cap with an M10 female thread.
2. Easier to blank off where the flex joins the main pipework of the property, usually 300 or 500 mm from the base of the tap.
3. If the main pipework (not flexi) is 15 mm, then use a JG Speedfit push fit stop end. Perfectly adequate for a temporary job. However, if the 15 mm pipe ends with a compression fitting, use a compression stop end, otherwise you will have to remove and later replace the olive.
4. If the main pipework is not 15 mm, use a push fit or compression fitting appropriate to the pipe size.
2. Easier to blank off where the flex joins the main pipework of the property, usually 300 or 500 mm from the base of the tap.
3. If the main pipework (not flexi) is 15 mm, then use a JG Speedfit push fit stop end. Perfectly adequate for a temporary job. However, if the 15 mm pipe ends with a compression fitting, use a compression stop end, otherwise you will have to remove and later replace the olive.
4. If the main pipework is not 15 mm, use a push fit or compression fitting appropriate to the pipe size.
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