Ok, im looking for a bit of advice and or reassurance really.
I have replaced my Kitchen sink (stainless steel) with a black Astracast sink. I decided to fit the sink myself and connect up the plumbing.
As the stainless sink was connected from the hot / cold inlet to the tap via copper pipe I had to cut through the copper to release the sink.
All went well with the cold feed, then I cut through the hot feed, at this point I got a bit nervous. As the pipe cutter went completely through the pipe, the hot pipe dropped to rest on the hole coming through the back of the kitchen cupboard.
The pipe could easily move up and down and, I would have thought, done a complete 360 degree rotation
As nothing was leaking etc, I carried on. I fitted the sink and turned the water back on. It has been like this for about a month but as the new tap uses flexi pipes, the hot inlet is still resting on the hole in the back of the cupboard.
The cold feed is fine as there is a number of pipes connected to the cold feed and as such this is still fixed rigid.
I had a plumber look at the work and he said that the copper pipe was on a speed fit fitting
Im slightly concerned that the hot pipe is slack and not supported.
Is there any chance that the speedfit fitting could be pushed out under
pressure ?
Does the pipe need to be supported?
Finally, should I have a plumber come in and fit the sink using copper ?
Thanks for your help.
I have replaced my Kitchen sink (stainless steel) with a black Astracast sink. I decided to fit the sink myself and connect up the plumbing.
As the stainless sink was connected from the hot / cold inlet to the tap via copper pipe I had to cut through the copper to release the sink.
All went well with the cold feed, then I cut through the hot feed, at this point I got a bit nervous. As the pipe cutter went completely through the pipe, the hot pipe dropped to rest on the hole coming through the back of the kitchen cupboard.
The pipe could easily move up and down and, I would have thought, done a complete 360 degree rotation
As nothing was leaking etc, I carried on. I fitted the sink and turned the water back on. It has been like this for about a month but as the new tap uses flexi pipes, the hot inlet is still resting on the hole in the back of the cupboard.
The cold feed is fine as there is a number of pipes connected to the cold feed and as such this is still fixed rigid.
I had a plumber look at the work and he said that the copper pipe was on a speed fit fitting
Im slightly concerned that the hot pipe is slack and not supported.
Is there any chance that the speedfit fitting could be pushed out under
pressure ?
Does the pipe need to be supported?
Finally, should I have a plumber come in and fit the sink using copper ?
Thanks for your help.