For your amusement and to release my stress
I have come to the conclusion that I hate cuprofit....especially when trying to use compression fittings further down the line....especially the requirement for a "demounting tool"....
Idiot kitchen fitters plumber overtightened EVERYTHING, meaning when I put a compression Tee in place of the washing machine tap (compression fit also) (to take a feed for a garden tap - stopcock, drain cock, copper pipe throughout and checkvalve tap) and tried to tighten it up...it leaked, PTFE...still a minor weep, tried nipping it up...and the compression nut...split in half....
As I don't have an olive puller ended up having to saw off the compression olive, which after it finally decided to let go of the pipe.....was so damned tight it had crushed the pipe underneath, meaning it wouldn't seal, and I couldn't demount the cuprofit tee above (no demount tool) to replace the short length of pipe....so to get water back on...had to disconnect everything back to the service isolation valve, and temp fit a speedfit tee (that was to supply the pipework for the garden tap) to feed the washing machine and the cold tap.
So its off to toolstation/screwfix again for another couple of speedfit tee's, to replace the cuprofit (I am not shelling out for a demounting tool...and cuprofits all too easy rotation annoys me....I also like being able to twist locking nut, push down locking ring and pull pipe free with speedfit)
I seriously am considering shelling out for a propane /mapp torch (few bits on the car that might come off easier after exposure to a mapp flame) and just soldering stuff in future for things that wouldn't look "good" with speedfit.
So 3 hours essentially wasted, one hand sliced open, and one house with BLUE air....
