Ok, so I'm in the middle of renovating my girlfriends house - I'm halfway through the bathroom and I'm about to replace a radiator (which will involve moving pipes) and I will be replacing the toilet, the bath and the sink.....which will inevitably involve moving pipes......I'll then be moving onto the kitchen.
I'm pretty competent with compression fittings but I appreciate that a soldered joint will be more robust/last longer- especially if its going under a floorboard or behind a wall.
My question is, given that I'm about to spend £60 odd quid on a blow torch, pipe deburrer, heat mat, flux etc........If I were to use solder ring fittings, would I need to buy a roll of solder as well?
As it looks like solder alone will increase my spend by at least another £25 - and after doing some research, Solder ring fittings don't seem to be that much more expensive than end feed fittings (Wickes 15 pack of 15mm solder ring elbows £3.22) - I'm wondering if I should bother buying solder as well - given that I'll probably only use it for the bathroom and the kitchen and then probably never use it again.
......I guess its all down to how often you need to add more solder to a solder ring joint?......or whether end feed fitting are much better (I can't see the saving being outweighed by the additional cost of solder though).
I'm pretty competent with compression fittings but I appreciate that a soldered joint will be more robust/last longer- especially if its going under a floorboard or behind a wall.
My question is, given that I'm about to spend £60 odd quid on a blow torch, pipe deburrer, heat mat, flux etc........If I were to use solder ring fittings, would I need to buy a roll of solder as well?
As it looks like solder alone will increase my spend by at least another £25 - and after doing some research, Solder ring fittings don't seem to be that much more expensive than end feed fittings (Wickes 15 pack of 15mm solder ring elbows £3.22) - I'm wondering if I should bother buying solder as well - given that I'll probably only use it for the bathroom and the kitchen and then probably never use it again.
......I guess its all down to how often you need to add more solder to a solder ring joint?......or whether end feed fitting are much better (I can't see the saving being outweighed by the additional cost of solder though).
