Here in the US, I have never heard it called an "olive." I was taught to say, "ferrule." I also have not seen those tools for sale here. Interesting to see these solutions.

@copperflowplumbing

20 күн бұрын

Just had a quick Google (UK) of ferrule - first thing that comes up is an electrical wire crimp connector. Such a versatile word - it’s a rubber end to go on the bottom of a walking stick, binds end of rope together.. ….basically it’s used for fastening, joining, sealing or reinforcing! Sadly in the UK we call it an olive - and that’s the correct name, it’s not slang

@patterdalezipsuzilil

20 күн бұрын

That because your 100 years behind 😂😂😂😂

@arthouston7361

19 күн бұрын

@@copperflowplumbing I have to add that it is the correct name in the UK. In the US, the word "olive" is only found on a container of olives..the kind that you eat.

@iowa_don

19 күн бұрын

They make an "olive" puller for that. I bought and used one years ago in the US. His is a bit more clever than mine as it can be used on multiple pipe sizes.

@stevenlengyel9701

19 күн бұрын

I stayed in a bed in breakfast over seas and the hot and could water came out of separat spouts, so I could not combine them to produce the perfect water temperature to wash my hands. I didn’t like that.

Some people are calling it a ferrule but in Britain we call them olives or rings, a ferrule is a round piece of metal or brass put onto the end of a chisel etc to stop the handle from splitting when struck with a hammer. This is to explain to some of the reviews what we call them in the uk.

I was taught to say, "ferrule" and we never use pipe dope on drinking line because it can get into your water line and make the water taste bad.

I recently used a variation of the hacksaw trick on a 1/4" ferrule, instead of a hacksaw I used a Dremmel cutoff wheel to split the little bugger.

@copperflowplumbing

16 күн бұрын

Did it work well?

@Dhannibal01

15 күн бұрын

@@copperflowplumbing Yes, did the job.

This all very good in a bench mounted vice. Only options that work inside a confined, conjested under kitchen sink 600mm cupboard is the puller and cutter. Good vid never the less. 😊👍

@copperflowplumbing

25 күн бұрын

Completely agree 👍🏼

In America, we just easily pull it off with our massively strong manly hands

@copperflowplumbing

19 күн бұрын

💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@paulmaxwell8851

15 күн бұрын

Now why didn't I think to say that? Beefy, manly Canadian here!

Popeye the Sailor was an Olive puller 🤣

@copperflowplumbing

20 күн бұрын

😂😂

when i worked as a plumber we just used a regular pipe wrench to "chew" in different locations around the olive. This increased its diameter and it was then easy to pull the olive off moving the pipe wrench back and forth.

If it knocks off, you never did it up right! Any ferrule that slides off is a disaster waiting to pop off.....

@bobbrowne3027

8 күн бұрын

Should do compression joints up on enough to seal then maybe a touch more and you should be able knock them off. I get sick of the cowboys out there that over tighten and crunch the olive into the actual tube.

B&Q. They did a cheap and effective olive cutter. You have a bar that drops into the pipe, attached to this is a cutter that is wound into the olive from the side. Great for operating on restricted space items where time is of the essence. Think of replacing a lock shield on a rad, you have frozen the pipe, the new fitting is different to the old one and the olive is in the wrong place. Speedy replacement.

@copperflowplumbing

27 күн бұрын

Thanks for your input, it all helps 👍🏼

55th subscriber for your effort ! I hope your channel grows for you . I had not known about the olive cutters before . Thanks

@copperflowplumbing

27 күн бұрын

Thanks for subbing!

3:48 Ha! Happens to the best of us! 🤣👍

@Flash1857

20 күн бұрын

Saw that too

the puller may actually stretch the copper pipe making it slightly smaller than original. I found this out when applying the new "olive" to the same pipe and it leaked. I like the olive cutter.

@copperflowplumbing

19 күн бұрын

Thanks for your comment. I haven’t noticed that, but thanks for pointing it out. I have noticed with my olive cutters that they can mark the pipe if I’m a little over zealous 👍🏼

Ok, I have never heard of calling a ferrule an olive. Then again, I get paid in dollars not pounds.

I don't think that you had the nut 'tight' like when you do not want something to leak. If so, the olive will be sunk into the copper tube. Like a ring on a man who has become old and fat and can't get the ring off. When I find such, and need to remove the olive, then I cut the copper tube just in front of the olive and file smooth the end. Then I try to slide it off. Or, I cut it on both ends and peel the copper out from inside the harder brass. Like all things, you lose sometimes and win other times.

@copperflowplumbing

23 күн бұрын

Hi Kenneth, some were tight and some probably weren’t. I guess it all depends on the situation and do you have enough room to cut the pipe, enough pipe to cut it, get the water out to solder new pipe on. Thanks for watching though 👍🏼

@paulmaxwell8851

15 күн бұрын

Emergency rooms have ring cutters, designed to cut rings off the fingers of swollen hands. Obese men and women, yes, but also people whose extremities are enlarged.

At the end of the day you'll be reaching for the trusty junior hacksaw !

Hi I use a male stop end that fits over the pipe, and screws into the captive compression nut. Next place some plain steel washers inside the stop end not too many as you want to screw the stop end into the nut, tighten nut and stop end together and you'll feel the olive being pulled off the pipe, when you run out of movement remove stopend and add more washers and repete till the olive pulls off. This method works in the same way as an olive puller ,at a fraction of the cost, and can be used in tight places provided you can get access for two wrenches . I hope my instructions are easy to follow , as this method got me out of trouble a few times. Atb. Stuart Uk.

@copperflowplumbing

22 күн бұрын

I like the creativity of it 👍🏼

I ran into a situation where the thing was too tight, and it caused the pipe to shrink when pulled out. I had to cut that part of the pipe in the end because it wouldn't seal with the new ring.

You didn't admit to catching the pipe with the hacksaw which was clearly visible when the olive came off.

@copperflowplumbing

6 күн бұрын

Yeah I know, too busy filming 🙈👍🏼

First example of removing an olive using the 'knock it with an adjustable spanner. Do that in a confined space - say an airing cupboard. Then spend the next half hour looking for the compression nut that has flown off under the floorboards ! I always shove a little peice of cloth or hook some solder wire into open end of the pipe. This cloth or solder wire will prevent the compression nut flying off into the abyss. Second were you used the hack saw. You cut through the olive and into the pipe ! Leaving a scar ! You need to cut trying to follow the shape of the pipe through the olive - ie in a curve so as not to cut all the way through the olive. Not easy to do but you get the hang of it. Then use a flat screwdrive to split open the olive.

“Unloosen” if it were a word would mean “tighten”. The word is “loosen”.

@copperflowplumbing

20 күн бұрын

😂😂 very good point!

@martinconnelly1473

20 күн бұрын

Been watching Joe Pieczynski? It is something he jokingly puts into his videos if he can.

Great work.

I bought a olive puller way back, unbranded but good quality . Did the 15 mm bit fit inside the fitted pipe? Nope as pipe still had that lip inside, unburred ., which i knew nothing about at that time, which makes using a OP useless .

3:38 "making sure you don't nick the pipe" you mean like you did 😂

@copperflowplumbing

6 күн бұрын

Yeah I know! Too busy filming to pay attention to what’s going on 🙈👍🏼

Good video. Which way, forward or reverse, should you run the impact when using the olive removal tool?

@copperflowplumbing

22 күн бұрын

Forward, as you want to tighten the nut to pull it off 👍🏼

Easy when it’s in vise, try that in close quarters.

@copperflowplumbing

20 күн бұрын

Appreciate that, but people have to learn somewhere 👍🏼

Very informative!

@BlueWahoosFan

Ай бұрын

I'm watching from across the pond...Brewton. AL.

@copperflowplumbing

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

thanks for sharing! very interesting!

@copperflowplumbing

16 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Recently saw a tool that removes them easily. Its called a ferrule

@copperflowplumbing

26 күн бұрын

Hi, thanks for your comment. I’ll look into that one 👍🏼

@sunoclockoneday2576

25 күн бұрын

@@copperflowplumbing I think you showed the one I was thinking of ! ... I commented too soon 🤣. The puller In the US we call it a ferrule, never heard it called an olive ; )

Wow ! Great !

That olive couldn't have been done good enough if all it took was an adjustable spanner to knock it off, frightening what could happen if it was under a lot of pressure, why bother removing an olive when its easier cutting the pipe and adding a piece on.

You too love Bahco wrenches the best in the world

Black or green? With or without pimento?

@copperflowplumbing

19 күн бұрын

😂😂

Very nice🎉

@copperflowplumbing

Ай бұрын

Thanks 🤗

If you unloosen something does that mean you tighten it.

@copperflowplumbing

11 күн бұрын

No it means it comes off twice as fast 😉

Can an olive be re-used?

@copperflowplumbing

11 күн бұрын

If you can get it back I’ve the end of a pipe, possibly if it’s still in good shape. But they are so cheap, you probably wouldn’t bother 👍🏼

Why is the music always ten times louder than the speaking????

@copperflowplumbing

11 күн бұрын

No idea sorry 🤷🏼

The title of this clip should be " How to remove an olive with pipe clamped in a vise". In real world it is a wishful thinking, the pipe moves freely when any force is applied to the end of it, when one is replacing a faucet and having a garbage disposer + a T-junction for drain inside of a kitchen cabinet, a hacksaw option is a pure fantasy( not to mention the first method of knocking the olive out). I count myself lucky if I can fully disconnect the line, with connection not touched in 15 years and enough room to turn the spanner around without getting a black eye or a tooth knocked out.But then I'm not familiar with vanities/cabinets in England, there might enough space to use a vise. The last tool makes sense although I did not see it in US, it should be available ,I guess

I am sure all those methods will will just as discarded while laying on you back in a crawl space.

@copperflowplumbing

20 күн бұрын

Appreciate your comment, but not all plumbing takes place in a crawl space and students don’t really learn in a crawl space.

Too bad you nicked that pipe with your hacksaw. Use a couple of wraps of teflon tape over the "olive" for lubricant instead of that pipe dope.

@copperflowplumbing

16 күн бұрын

I’ve had a few comments saying I nicked it, so I’ve just revisited the video……yes I did 🙈. I was too busy trying to film and talk rather than completely focussing on what I was doing!

Not really something for the inexperienced. Good way to create plumbing nightmare

Really 8 min on that

@copperflowplumbing

20 күн бұрын

I like to be thorough and cover everything

Open end of a ring spanner and a hammer 😂😂

That is so strange calling that an olive.

@copperflowplumbing

20 күн бұрын

Don’t advise eating them and defo not one of your 5 a day 😆

@Tekwyzard

18 күн бұрын

Why? They've always been called olives in England, literally always. Over here, ferrules are something crimped onto the end of a stranded wire, or around the wooden handle of a tool to strengthen the wood. The world doesn't revolve around America.

@axeman33333

17 күн бұрын

@@Tekwyzard kinda does smart aleck

Unloosen. How about loosen. Sorry pet peeve.

@copperflowplumbing

16 күн бұрын

Yeah already had that one pointed out 🙈. I will try and improve my grammar in the future videos. It’s a huge learning curve stepping way out of my comfort zone