Hi all,
I am in the process of refitting my bathroom.
I recently had my boiler replaced and the plumbers were moaning about the pipes. They used compression fittings to join copper pipes onto these other pipes.
The pipes are silver and apparently much harder than copper.
The compression fittings had to be done up really tight before they would stop leaking as the plumber said that the olives don't bite into the pipe like on copper pipes as they are much harder than the copper pipes.
I'm sure that it's not stainless steel as they are not really shiny, but they aren't really dull and don't look like mild steel and aren't lead.
I have read loads on the internet and have read about galvanized steel pipes?
Anyway, long story short - is there anyway of finding out what they are and if they can be soldered as the compression fittings were a real ba***rd to stop leaking and I'd rather do it with soldered joints.
I am in the process of refitting my bathroom.
I recently had my boiler replaced and the plumbers were moaning about the pipes. They used compression fittings to join copper pipes onto these other pipes.
The pipes are silver and apparently much harder than copper.
The compression fittings had to be done up really tight before they would stop leaking as the plumber said that the olives don't bite into the pipe like on copper pipes as they are much harder than the copper pipes.
I'm sure that it's not stainless steel as they are not really shiny, but they aren't really dull and don't look like mild steel and aren't lead.
I have read loads on the internet and have read about galvanized steel pipes?
Anyway, long story short - is there anyway of finding out what they are and if they can be soldered as the compression fittings were a real ba***rd to stop leaking and I'd rather do it with soldered joints.