There is no problem, I'm not still stuck there scratching my head about it I drilled the hole yesterday took it off and replaced it with a t-piece, it was only there for one day so I could have the water back on overnight, and I decided if it wasn't going anywhere now it would probably survive the night (it did).
I'm not having any problem with it, it's not the first stop end I've soldered, normally I jam waterpump pliers against them to hold it in place, just forgot to do it this time (though until this thread didn't know it was because the air expanded).
The thread is only still alive because people keep offering me useful stuff I didn't know, like you can put a plastic push fitting onto a live pipe! I've had to work on a live pipe before and if I knew you could do that it would have saved buying a pipe freezing aerosol.
The problem is long ago solved, thanks for all the help everyone, I learned lots of useful things here.
P.S. Plumbing is fascinating, think I made the wrong career choice!
I'm not having any problem with it, it's not the first stop end I've soldered, normally I jam waterpump pliers against them to hold it in place, just forgot to do it this time (though until this thread didn't know it was because the air expanded).
The thread is only still alive because people keep offering me useful stuff I didn't know, like you can put a plastic push fitting onto a live pipe! I've had to work on a live pipe before and if I knew you could do that it would have saved buying a pipe freezing aerosol.
The problem is long ago solved, thanks for all the help everyone, I learned lots of useful things here.
P.S. Plumbing is fascinating, think I made the wrong career choice!