Help needed removing a Hepworth grey pushfit connector

[MickBee]

I'm trying to remove a Hepworth grey pushfit connector which was fitted on a 15mm copper pipe just above an elbow. I cannot move the grey outer ring clear of the white insert (on the other end of the fitting, moving the grey ring clear gave enough room to ease up the teeth on the white ring and slide it off the pipe.)
Apart from hacksawing through the grey ring (awkward given the location) are there any other suggestions?

 

[kidgreen61]

I'd go for the hacksaw if I were you

 

[MickBee]

Thanks - I just hoped there was an easier way.

 

[gas4you]

Wire cutters?

 

[MickBee]

Hacksaw blade (in a handle holder - no room for even a junior hacksaw) worked surprisingly quickly.

Incidentally, why are rectangular kitchen sinks made with the monobloc tap hole and the drain in the same corner? If they were in adjacent corners, there would be rather more room to work.

 

[Nige F]

Because they are made in China

 

[JayJay1978]

This sounds like a job for my Ray Mears style wire saw. £3- £4 on e-bay.

You get two handles and and two saws, very good in these situations especially when there's no room.

 

[MickBee]

Thanks again to all who replied. For info, there was insufficient room to use wire cutters or a wire saw which needs to be held both sides of the cut. What I used was what is on sale on e-bay as a "MINI HACKSAW TIGHT SPACES ELECTRICIAN PLUMBER" - the elegant if expensive (£1.99 javascript:emoticon('') ) alternative to wrapping insulating tape round a hacksaw blade.