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Thanks for the help folks. I'll post experiences, maybe to help anybody doing a search. So update on the last two days of hell! Well, a bit dramatic maybe, but it's not been fun. First thing to say is - Hep2o "demountable", my arse. Yes, if you've got it right in front of you, and you can get...

As it turns out, it's less than I thought. I just measured it again, using the connection for the boiler filler loop. It measure 3 bar static, dropping to 2.5 bar dynamic (turning a tap on in the same room). So all good.

Thanks. I can do this away from the job, so can concentrate on applying heat evenly, careful prep, flux application and so on. Though I will be soldering a nearby elbow at the same time. I'm reasonably confident of my soldering (for an amateur!). The only soldered joint that's ever failed was...

When I measured it that was "static" pressure, by the way.

did you pre tin it, as recommended here? Just that I don't have any "loose" solder, all my fittings are pre soldered.

By the way, that is exactly the reason why I have soldered tap connectors on both the basin and bath/shower fittings in the bathroom. Thanks for all the info. All the parts (except 3/8 to compression adaptors) are here now, so I can start considering the arrangement. The flexis are pre-fitted...

Thanks. What do you mean by "a pig tail" please? Which part of flexies usually leak? The main body, or one of the connectors? Would I be right in thinking that a very hot supply isn't good for flexies? And/or high pressure? It's 5 bar in this house (the cold supply, that is).

Yes. The new tap hasn't arrived yet, so although a benefit of decent quality German kit (read, expensive!) is that there are good dimensional drawings and instructions available before one buys, it's still good practice to have the thing in my hands and see exactly how/if it will fit, yes? So...

Thanks (again!). I appreciate your help. Yes, I've seen those, which is why I was asking about their solderability (what do you mean, spellchecker, that's not a word!?) But for my own slightly OCD reasons I was hoping for an alternative. It's also partly due to not being sure of the length of...

I've got a tap on order. Hansgrohe, with 3/8" tails. Very long tails which aren't easily changeable. To connect up I think I will need a 1/2" female to 3/8" male adaptor. One of these: Adaptor So they exist, and are available, by post, on the interwebs. But none of the usual outlets seem to...

Yes, that's a possibility too. Though one end needs to be 3/8" (which are available). But there's a really strange 1/2 to 3/8 adaptor scarcity thing going on, or else I don't understand (which is a possibility).

Don't ask why, but can I solder this: https://directplumbingsupplies.com/product/15mm-x-3-8-m-monobloc-tail-adaptor?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=20911179545&gbraid=0AAAAACHLRPrdekpH95yDCno36FcAafI8-&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_47fyKzWkwMVuZxQBh22GgM_EAQYGiABEgJZDvD_BwE Into a 15mm straight copper...

Thanks. Probably not a problem, depending on exactly what new connections I'm making to those current fittings. I'm tempted to do as much of this as possible in copper, just to avoid the "taking the insert with it" problem in the future. And I've got a 3m length of 15mm copper that's been...

Thanks. Do you mean the connector takes the insert? That wouldn't be a problem, I'd just buy another. Whereas anything that makes the pipe unusable is a lot more problematic. Thinking about it I seem to remember that happening. This is 13 years ago, and at the time I thought I knew Hep2o...

Thanks. I must have done that, but for the life of me I can't remember what it looks like. I must have some old ones in my "Hep2o bag" in the loft.