Olive Puller

[dougtsc]

Has anyway bought and used the 'Olive Puller' made by Monument ? It's the one that screws onto the compression fitting. I have to remove the olives from the pipes that supply a shower...the pipes come out of the wall at the back of the mixer and I can't get a regular olive 'cutter' or a hacksaw onto the old olives. This tool seems ideal !

Thanks,
Doug

P.S. I've always wondered.......why does an 'isolation valve' have an arrow on it showing the direction of flow ? Does it really matter which way round it's fitted ?

 

[DarkInferno]

because the ball was put in one way and then just basically clipped in place...

so it doesn't really matter when the valve is open... but when its closed the pressure (if the wrong way) /could/ blow the ball out/make it leak

Or so I've been lead to belive, I may be wrong.

 

[dougtsc]

....that was a quick reply !! Now the mystery of the isolation valve is solved what about the olive puller?

Many thanks

 

[DarkInferno]

never seen one mate.... sounds interesting though.

 

[dougtsc]

...this one

http://www.powertoolwarehouse.co.uk.../2108?osCsid=1d5e242caa611bae4d2651d495c12862

Cheers

 

[oilman]

The olive puller works for olives on pipes which have not been overtightened. If some gorilla has managed to put a neck in the pipe, the olive puller won't work.

 

[dougtsc]

Many thanks. Might risk a £20 investment

Cheers

 

[blahblah]

I have one . Success rate on 15mm about 8 from 10. 22mm about 2 from 10.

 

[Paul Barker]

What's wrong with a junior hacksaw and a electrical test screwdriver £1.99 works every time?

The thumbwheel adjusting Footprint 9's which are shown on the same page are an indespensible non slip plumbing tool, no more skinned nuckles.

 

[dougtsc]

thanks for that....just ordered one on the internet. (The olive puller)

Cheers

 

[dougtsc]

What's wrong with a junior hacksaw....

can't get a hacksaw anywhere near it

Cheers

 

[dougtsc]

...olive puller arrived, old olives removed in a couple of minutes. This tool is well worth buying if you need to get olives off from difficult places ...very quick and easy to use.

 

[Softus]

The olive puller works for olives on pipes which have not been overtightened. If some gorilla has managed to put a neck in the pipe, the olive puller won't work.

Oilman - why would a gorilla be working on pipework?

And anyway, surely crimping the olive is a sure-fire way of stopping the fitting blowing off under pressure? Or do you have a better method?

Softus

 

[chrishutt]

why would a gorilla be working on pipework?

Companero, perhaps this "oilman" he mean guerrilla? Who say El Che is dead?

Hasta la vitoria siempre!

 

[oilman]

Oilman - why would a gorilla be working on pipework?

And anyway, surely crimping the olive is a sure-fire way of stopping the fitting blowing off under pressure? Or do you have a better method?

Softus

They've got to earn a living somehow, unless they're diy gorillas, but rest assured there's quite a few going round doing up compression joints.

Crimping olives is NOT the way to seal the joint, in fact it is more likely to cause the joint to leak. What sort of pressure do you have on pipes that is going to cause them to blow off? If you have that sort of pressure, you should be using a different type of joint, and ALL the fittings, (taps, valves, water tank) would have to be rated to take the pressure.

The correct way to test the joints is to do a hydraulic test, not over-tighten it.