Quick question on bending a gas pipe

keystone

From the way the OP writes I have a feeling in me water that this thread might just be a wind-up!

Cheers

Horlock

SailorSam wrote: »

You can bend copper pipe whilst minimising getting kinks in it by filling it with sand first if you haven't got a pipe bender. Though in your circumstances you can't because the pipe is sealed so you can't get the sand in, because of the lack of space i don't think a gas fitter would even consider trying to bend it, he'd want to cut it off and seal it again.
If there's only 10cm on view, is it really worth it ?

The tip about sand is definately useful - even if I can't use it in this instance - I'm assuming gas doesn't have the same effect.

I suspect a gas fitter would cut the pipe - but then they get paid for it and materials (not that a single blank is going to be too costly - I've probably got one somewhere or may be able to recycle the one already there. Cutting the pipe off is the advice I'm getting from a good friend too. He recommends using Boswhite (if I'm spelling that correct) - which is something I've never used with water, and then checking my new compression blank with fairy liquid diluted about 50:50 (something I'd forgotton about too)

The wife seems to think 10cm does matter;). But to be fair we are 3/4 of the way through a complete redecorate of the room. New fire place. Walls have been stripped, dot and dabbed where needed and then received 5 coats of paint (talk about overkill) we've ordered new underlay and carpet to be fitted in just over a week - so having a random pipe sticking 10cm into the air and having to carpet around it doesn't appeal to her - plus I'd always regret not sorting it.

Thanks by the way way to everyone. I do appreciate the feedback. I know perhaps my attitude to life my be slightly more relaxed than most but that doesn't mean I'm not keen to get genuine advice.

Horlock

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

So, you ask advice & don't listen?


Lovely.

No one said I wasn't listening - I've got conflicting advice and I'm listening to it all - I'm just trying to make my own mind up.

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

By the way it might fracture a joint below floor level letting gas escape into your floorboards & into the wall.

This by the way is a very useful comment and something I hadn't thought of - I'll have to check how many joints there are if I can - I think that there aren't very many but one doesn't need many to fracture:eek:.

Before chatting to a friend today I was thinking about slow release of gas as something which could ignite and produce a small flame - not really thinking through the fact that the slow release would be trapped below the floor boards until there was a lot of gas.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

I just read your above 2 posts & whoever your mate is who is offering you advice I would be seriously tempted to smack them one because they are obviously trying to kill you.

Either that or you are indeed a wind up merchant.... :rotfl:

In fact every point he makes to you is wrong & dangerous & so are your ideas of a solution & how you think a gas fitter would go about fixing it.

So whats it going to be?

Are we seeing a man with a couple of freshly broken legs in your town or are you going to admit you are on the wind up?

Horlock

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

I just read your above 2 posts & whoever your mate is who is offering you advice I would be seriously tempted to smack them one because they are obviously trying to kill you.

Either that or you are indeed a wind up merchant.... :rotfl:

In fact every point he makes to you is wrong & dangerous & so are your ideas of a solution & how you think a gas fitter would go about fixing it.

So whats it going to be?

Are we seeing a man with a couple of freshly broken legs in your town or are you going to admit you are on the wind up?

Slightly confused about what is wrong with my friend's advice. He used to be a gas fitter (a long time ago) and has had a number of jobs (some related) since.

cajef

Have you thought of heating it up with a blowlamp till it is bendable, that way you get the explosion over quickly.:D

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Horlock wrote: »

Slightly confused about what is wrong with my friend's advice. He used to be a gas fitter (a long time ago) and has had a number of jobs (some related) since.

If you are serious I will tell you one thing.

NEARLY EVERYTHING YOU MENTIONED INCREASES THE RISK OF YOU, YOUR FAMILY & YOUR NEIGHBOURS BECOMING VERY MUCH DEAD

C_Mababejive

The pressure inside the pipe will stop it folding over.

Horlock

C_Mababejive wrote: »

The pressure inside the pipe will stop it folding over.

Now this is what I had thought originally, but others above suggested differently. I was using this logic along the same lines as the better to fold a pipe with sand in it logic mentioned above.

Slightly concerned though that bending will result in the inside volume being reduced (but only very very marginally) do you think that this would be irrelevant to any calculation?

loracan1

Horlock wrote: »

No one said I wasn't listening - I've got conflicting advice and I'm listening to it all - I'm just trying to make my own mind up.

Where are the conflicts?

~And if your very good mate used to be a gas fitter why isn't he offering to do this for you?