What to do here?

[RustyFender]

Right at the end of a big tiling job & I've drilled through the speedfit. The repair is easy enough but how do I cut the pipe? Way too right for a cutter?

 

[durhamplumber]

How is the repair easy? Pipe will kink

 

[muggles]

If it's too tight for a cutter, it's too tight to get a fitting in. You need to chop the plaster back some more to get some play on the pipe

 

[durhamplumber]

You might just get in with some types of plastic pipe cutter..but as said above...not easy fix...slip coupling not great solution either

 

[RustyFender]

Can chisel out enough to get a cutter in I think. If i have to remove more tiles to get enough flex on the pipe in order to fit a coupler that can be done too though I'd rather not obviously. It was literally the last job, refitting the shelf.

 

[cdbe]

I did similar in my new en-suite a few years ago. I stood there with my thumb over it knowing that I'd have to let go and run down to the kitchen to turn off the stoptap!
I'm pretty sure I only removed one 8" tile, cut out the damage with a sharp knife and dismantled the new pushfit coupling, putting the end caps, rings etc on the two cut ends which made the fitting a bit easier to get on.

 

[RustyFender]

Just to finish off, here's the end result. I sacrificed another tile to dig out the pipe & that gave me enough flex to get a coupling on. Used a JG cutter & it was perfect. Thanks for the advice everyone.