Stiff Copper end feeds

[frank999]

Any help appreciated ...

15mm copper end feed fittings, tube bought from my Local Builders merchants (Lawton Tube) some fittings bought from them and some from Screwfix - presume its a bad idea to mix suppliers for this stuff, as some of it is a really really tight fit ...

Thanks

 

[sircerebus666]

Shouldn't matter where you bought it from , fittings are standardised and are interchangeable

Which fittings are you having problems with?

 

[ianmcd]

its fine to mix, they are just cheap fittings some are a bit tight

 

[lostinthelight]

Ive found its usually just a burr on the end of the fitting that makes it tight so a quick whip round with a deburring tool sorts it.

 

[frank999]

wondering whether a pipe cutter (am using a rothenberg) might but a bulge in the pipe next to the cut, I am sure there are no burrs on the outside of the pipe.

I have Lawton and Wednesbury Pipe, 'Primaflow' and Screwfix Flomasta fittings.

 

[Madrab]

might but a bulge in the pipe next to the cut

Shouldn't, in fact a pipeslice/cutter normally leaves a turned in end that makes it easier to fit into end feeds/yorkies.