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Fitting a male hex nipple to standard 1/2 inch copper pipe

Posted: Fri May 01, 2020 5:40 pm
by Kvothe
Hi,

Hopefully quite a basic question but I cannot find the answer anywhere online - I need to fit a 1/2 inch male nipple to a 1/2 inch copper pipe (to fit new kitchen tap), but cannot get the pipe to fit.

Is there a trick to get this to work??

Re: Fitting a male hex nipple to standard 1/2 inch copper pipe

Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 12:19 am
by stoneyboy
Hi kvothe
The nipple should just slide on the pipe - looks like the pipe is distorted i.e. no longer round. You could squeeze slightly with grips to make the pipe round again.
Regards S

Re: Fitting a male hex nipple to standard 1/2 inch copper pipe

Posted: Sat May 02, 2020 11:19 am
by Kvothe
Thank you, I got some 40 grit sand paper to it and the nipple and made it work