When digging a tree out from my front garden I unfortunately found my mains water pipe - using a spade and grubbing axe, so not a good idea !
The upshot is that I have put a significant dent in the pipe, but not actually fractured it.
Looking at the pipe is seems to be blue plastic coated copper - has anybody heard of this before ? It would have been installed early 1970's.
How do I repair such pipe ? I think it is probably 15mm, so can I use ordinary compression joints to replace a section that I have damaged, and do I also need to wrap the copper pipe in something to protect it ( I assume that is what the original plastic coating was for) ?
Any help would be very much appreciated
The upshot is that I have put a significant dent in the pipe, but not actually fractured it.
Looking at the pipe is seems to be blue plastic coated copper - has anybody heard of this before ? It would have been installed early 1970's.
How do I repair such pipe ? I think it is probably 15mm, so can I use ordinary compression joints to replace a section that I have damaged, and do I also need to wrap the copper pipe in something to protect it ( I assume that is what the original plastic coating was for) ?
Any help would be very much appreciated