Water connections

[Gozza]

Ok folks...any tips on how I undo one of these? I thought it was a push fit but it seems to have been push fit with superglue

 

[Gozza]

Ok I give up...can't post photos

 

[RogerL]

I copied/pasted the web address to see the photo.

You need to push the collar in, with a screwdriver or similar, and then the hose should pull out.

If you need more, or replacements, they're 12mm pushfit - not the more usual 13mm pushfit used in domestic plumbing.

When you reconnect, make sure you push the hose fully home - beyond the first point of resistance - otherwise it'll come out under pressure - and ALWAYS ensure you fully test it at home BEFORE you got away - got the teashirt !!!

 

[Gozza]

Thanks Roger...which bit is the collar? The bit that looks a bit mangled in the pic or something a bit further up?
Just going to have another go at posting the pics, I'm on the laptop now not the tablet...

 

[RogerL]

http://s8.photobucket.com/user/Gozza01/media/Mobile Uploads/tmp_15505-20140927_1618131261910673_zps5daa6765.jpg.html?t=1411845965Ok
The collar is the smallest diameter part adjacent to the blue hose - it does look mangled.

Try releasing the top end - then remove the connector from the blue hose, breaking it if necessary and refit with a new connector.

 

[colin-yorkshire]

Thanks Roger...which bit is the collar? The bit that looks a bit mangled in the pic or something a bit further up?
Just going to have another go at posting the pics, I'm on the laptop now not the tablet...

Gordon Bennet Paul, thats a right bodge :woohoo: :woohoo:
Yes it's the mangled bit that is supposed to be pushed in, if I were you I replace the whole lot that red pipe between the connector and the btm of the tap looks very stretched.
I would cut the pipes below the connectors and above, remove the tap [ to aid replacement it's easier with it in the hand ]
put two new bits of pipe on it then replace the connectors,
ps the white stuff lokks very much like copydex glue to me.

 

[Gozza]

Thanks everyone, yes removing the whole lot and refitting is the point of the exercise: i started down this road because I've got water leaking from somewhere around that joint every time the cold tap runs. No problem with the hot as far as i can tell but once I've got it stripped down and out of the worktop I will replace everything that's replaceable (short of the tap assembly itself!).

Thanks again for the help, I will no doubt be back with another question after the next visit to the caravan.

 

[Gozza]

Thanks for all the advice everyone: I have finally managed to get this sorted! I had to cut the spigots from the bottom of the tap, I was then able to get the tap out of the worktop and take the whole thing home where I could work on it in a bit of comfort (no heating in the 'van 'cos there's no gas bottles allowed on the storage site!)

New spigots and new push fit connectors used, and every gap that might be a point of weakness in the future stuffed with Sugru and left to set: I went back to the caravan yesterday, reassembled and tested everything and no leaks! The sink is still out because I want to use the test meter to check that 12v is going to the fridge and I ran out of time yesterday (althugh the fridge is OK on gas and mains, I'm not confident it's working when on tow).

Armed with my new knowledge of caravan plumbing, I've also stripped down the shower connections and repaired a leak in the bathroom that's been there for ages - the leak was only dripping into the shower tray so I hadn't given it that much importance before. That was remedied with a o-ring on the cold water feed spigot - I replaced all the o-rings while I was there.

So thanks for the advice and help on this - it's easy when you know how!

 

[RayS]

One other point with push-in fittings - you need a good clean cut on the end to the tube and no damage on that part of the pipe which will be in the fitting. Sawing is not a particularly good way of cutting. The pipe cutters sold for domestic plastic pipe work well on the smaller sizes - the type with a blade and ratchet handle, not the type you use for cutting copper pipe which you turn round and round on the pipe. In emergency a craft knife with a a new blade works quite well.

Back in my working days we used nylon tube for compressed air and someone invented a very nice push-in fitting but it relied on having good quality concentric nylon tube and a nice square cut end - the semi-rigid 12mm pipe used in caravans has much the same requirements