Blocking off shower pipes

tom foster · 11 Feb 2010

I'm in the process of removing a Jacuzzi shower unit and to get it out completely, I now need to disconnect it from the hot and cold water supplies.

I have attached a couple of pictures of the fittings and would really appreciate any advice on the best way to get these off and then block them off for a week or two till the new shower is ready to be installed. They look like copper pipes coming out of the wall with screw-on fittings connecting them to metal flexihoses?!

seco services · 11 Feb 2010

isolate the hot/cold remove the brass elbows and fit two cap ends.
just remove the nut off the cap end and use the cap on existing nut/olive.

sidepipe · 11 Feb 2010

I think that you would also need a straight coupler before you could fit the end cap? Either that be it may be possible to leave the elbows on and fit the cap directly to the elbow ( though the thread may be different. )

Nope... ignore that - I was thinking of a different end cap!

seco services · 11 Feb 2010

sidepipe said:
I think that you would also need a straight coupler before you could fit the end cap?

no

Either that be it may be possible to leave the elbows on and fit the cap directly to the elbow ( though the thread may be different. )

Nope... ignore that - I was thinking of a different end cap!

if you leave the elbows on then you need this cap end with a rubber seal inside.

1/2" bsp.

Gasop · 11 Feb 2010

Go Seco services way. Absolutely right.

tom foster · 11 Feb 2010

Thanks a lot for the reply - I think I'd prefer to leave the elbows on, so I'll try to get some of those cap ends with the rubber seals in 'em!

seco services · 11 Feb 2010

the seal comes seperate from the 1/2" cap.

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Blocking off shower pipes

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