Plumbing: Name of a male female coupling

Horlock

Edit - that is a definate negative. I've just snapped the bend in half trying to undo the old nut

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Horlock wrote: »

Edit - that is a definate negative. I've just snapped the bend in half trying to undo the old nut

Put a picture up of the old trap & let us know what it is attached to.

Horlock

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I would be tempted to build my own trap or remove/extend the copper pipe out from the wall.
If you extend the pipe you need an end feed or solder ring coupling & a piece of copper pipe the right diameter & length.

To build your own trap you can do it by coming in from an angle & putting a universal adjustable joint on to the copper or just make the bottom of the trap longer & just come up & onto it with a 90 degree compression elbow but you need to ensure you have enough copper to insert.

Or remove the copper & go through the wall in plastic.

Horlock

Just had another thought but do you think that something like
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/47926/Plumbing/Wastes-and-Traps/Standard-Bottle-Trap-32mm
might save me enough space so that I could then fit my standard coupling plus a short piece of pipe?

roger196

Have you had a look at www.bes.co.uk
part nos 11141 or 11849 or 11867
A certain amount of experiment is required. I wish you luck

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Horlock wrote: »

Just had another thought but do you think that something like
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/47926/Plumbing/Wastes-and-Traps/Standard-Bottle-Trap-32mm
might save me enough space so that I could then fit my standard coupling plus a short piece of pipe?

You have 2 problems from what I can see.

I am unsure if you can use a standard plastic waste compression fitting onto that copper pipe because I am unsure if it extends out of the wall enough to get the collar around & it inserted fully into the fitting.

You can use whatever trap you want but with sinks the preferred option is not to use a bottle trap due to the collection of waste at the bottom.

If you look at the trap you took off the collar that fits around the sink waste is quite low compared to the exiting collar for the waste pipe to the wall. I cant see it fitting myself.

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roger196 wrote: »

Have you had a look at www.bes.co.uk
part nos 11141 or 11849 or 11867
A certain amount of experiment is required. I wish you luck

Those would do it if there is enough copper extending from the wall to insert.

ormus

plastic waste pipe and fittings are so cheap id just replace the whole lot.

iveco_man

Use a bottle trap then that will allow you to extend pipe work with a straight coupling.