Any plumbers out there?

[gumboil]

I'm replacing my bath with a free standing shower cubicle that will be assembled around the present electric shower that is sited on the wall above the bath at present.

I now need to remove the bath and the 15mm copper pipe that feeds the cold water bath tap and the 22mm copper pipe that feeds the hot water bath tap. Both of these pipes also supply the bathroom sink, with the 22mm pipe being reduced in an unequal size T piece to 15mm to feed the sink.

What I'd like to do is to cut off the T pieced sections of the 15mm and 22mm pipe under the bath that supply the bath taps, effectively leaving me with two pairs of straight pipe on the left and right hand side with a gap in between. I'd then like to fit a straight section of new pipe in both situations via solderable straight couplers, in effect closing the gap and restoring the supply. I'm trying to avoid fitting T Pieces in the pipe and closing them off using stop ends as I don't want a stub of pipe sticking up in the air.

I can't visualise how I can do this job as both the pipes are immovable on the left and right hand sides, which wouldn't allow me to put the new pipes and couplers in the gaps. I don't really want to go to the expense of two flexible hose sections as they'll look untidy.

Is there some other way of solving this problem please? I have a feeling I'll kick myself when I'm told the answer!

Many thanks

[buildersmate]

You maybe will have to consider using the (more expensive) compression fittings in this application. These are more able to be pushed far into one side to get enough clearance to move the other end past the pipe end, then equalise. Soldered fittings have to be pushed deep into the recess on both sides.