On 04/04/2013 14:54, Judith in England wrote:


I am making an irrigation layout at the moment :13mm and 4mm piping - for some
raised beds

I need to cut the 13mm to quite precise lengths with L's and T's. I was then
finding it quite difficult to push the piping over the barbs with the pipes in
situ

Ding!!

Put the end of the pipe in a jug of near boiling water - and then the piping
just pushes on with no problem after becoming quite soft.


To make it even easier, don't use a jug.
Fill a large flask with the boiling water, it will remain usable for a
good hour, though it doesn't make very good tea afterwords. though it
would probably still be OK for coffee.
I have an old flask kept for this sort of job.