The message <(E-Mail Removed)>
from Stephen <(E-Mail Removed)> contains these words:

> I was hoping to help by using one of those repair compression fittings
> only I found I could not slide the nuts on. Do you think that the ice
> stretched the pipe and made it fractionally wider?

Yes. I run a caravan site and have come across that problem frequently.

> If so, what use are
> these repair fittings?

Very little :-(

John

On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:30:08 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:45:18 +0100, John MacLeod <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>Yes. I run a caravan site and have come across that problem frequently.
>>
>>> If so, what use are
>>> these repair fittings?
>>
>>Very little :-(
>
> Thanks, that explains it.
>
> Someone mentioned HDPE but I could only find MDPE, will that do? How
> come that doesn't burst, are the walls very thick?

MDPE was used by Anglia Water to repipe our village. The engineer in charge
told me that it wasn't as good as HDPE but was adequate and cheaper.
--
Peter.
The head of a pin will hold more angels if
it's been flattened with an angel-grinder.