hi
i'm fitting a new toilet for my mum and currently the cold water feed is galvanised steel pipe that's half in the wall and half out. i'm going to tile the walls too so this needs to go. i've found a screw connector where 2 bits of the pipe screw together and this is where i would like to join.
my questions are:
do these steel pipes screw apart easy enough with say a pair of mole grips or does it need some heat?
i assume i use a 1/2"bsp to 15mm copper connector, does this need some ptfe and is so would the blow torch heat burn it away if i use a solder type connector?
i've read something about corrosion and using a special type of connector between copper and steel pipes, is this correct and if so does anyone know what they're called and where i can get one?
any advice apprecicated, thanks in advance
i'm fitting a new toilet for my mum and currently the cold water feed is galvanised steel pipe that's half in the wall and half out. i'm going to tile the walls too so this needs to go. i've found a screw connector where 2 bits of the pipe screw together and this is where i would like to join.
my questions are:
do these steel pipes screw apart easy enough with say a pair of mole grips or does it need some heat?
i assume i use a 1/2"bsp to 15mm copper connector, does this need some ptfe and is so would the blow torch heat burn it away if i use a solder type connector?
i've read something about corrosion and using a special type of connector between copper and steel pipes, is this correct and if so does anyone know what they're called and where i can get one?
any advice apprecicated, thanks in advance