Plastic or copper? which is best?

Harvest Fields · Feb 6, 2019

Rob876 said:
Copper

I think most of us prefer copper to be honest.

Rob876 · Feb 6, 2019

rpm said:
Plastic is not as good as copper if the little furry critters are around

The critters bite into plastic?

rpm · Feb 6, 2019

Why does this keep cropping up every year?

Harvest Fields · Feb 6, 2019

rpm said:
Why does this keep cropping up every year?

People cannot be bothered to search the old posts and see what comments were made. Or they have and are not happy with the answers.

Rob876 · Feb 6, 2019

I only joined yesterday

rpm · Feb 6, 2019

Rob876 said:
I only joined yesterday

Yep some of us may have noticed.

Rob876 · Feb 6, 2019

Another reason it will keep cropping up is as wonderful and quick plastic is, people are realising how long lasting, rigid and quality copper is.

Harvest Fields · Feb 6, 2019

Rob876 said:
Another reason it will keep cropping up is as wonderful and quick plastic is, people are realising how long lasting, rigid and quality copper is.

They already know mate.

Aire · Feb 6, 2019

rpm said:
Yep some of us may have noticed.

Yep, been to lots of houses near farm land etc where mice/rats have bit through plastic

Edit: I replied to the wrong comment

Riley · Feb 6, 2019

Lots of pro plumbers on here would agree

rpm · Feb 6, 2019

Rob876 said:
Another reason it will keep cropping up is as wonderful and quick plastic is, people are realising how long lasting, rigid and quality copper is.

Let's see how the quality of copper is after we crash out of the EU

Riley · Feb 6, 2019

Huzah back to microbore and that carp red stripe stuff

Harvest Fields · Feb 6, 2019

rpm said:
Let's see how the quality of copper is after we crash out of the EU

Doesn’t most of the copper come from China? Surely we could trade with them outside the EU?

ShaunCorbs · Feb 6, 2019

Copper but starting to use a bit more mlcp these days

Easier to snake around the sparkys

rpm · Feb 6, 2019

Harvest Fields said:
Doesn’t most of the copper come from China? Surely we could trade with them outside the EU?

Any friends of the US is no friend of China at the moment.

Harvest Fields · Feb 6, 2019

rpm said:
Any friends of the US is no friend of China at the moment.

True. But I honestly cannot see them turning us down.

Aire · Feb 6, 2019

ShaunCorbs said:
Copper but starting to use a bit more mlcp these days

Easier to snake around the sparkys

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Out of curiosity, is that pipe suitable for standard hep/JG push fit fittings? It could be quite easy to mistake it for standard pushfit if you only took a small section of board up and only saw the pipe, not the fittings.

ShaunCorbs · Feb 6, 2019

Craig Watson said:
Out of curiosity, is that pipe suitable for standard hep/JG push fit fittings? It could be quite easy to mistake it for standard pushfit if you only took a small section of board up and only saw the pipe, not the fittings.

No it’s not

Also you won’t get pushfit fittings to fit

16,20 and 25mm dia

Aire · Feb 6, 2019

ShaunCorbs said:
No it’s not

Also you won’t get pushfit fittings to fit

16,20 and 25mm dia

I see. Is it semi rigid pipe? Looking at the pic, your pipe tails don't seem to be curling over as standard PF would. I haven't came across the stuff before.

ShaunCorbs · Feb 6, 2019

The easiest way I can discribe it it’s like soft copper can bend by hand etc

Aire · Feb 6, 2019

ShaunCorbs said:
The easiest way I can discribe it it’s like soft copper can bend by hand etc

How does it compare price wise to copper?

ShaunCorbs · Feb 6, 2019

Craig Watson said:
How does it compare price wise to copper?

Cheaper tube wise

Fitting wise around the same ball park as press

Sharp Point · Feb 6, 2019

Rob876 said:
Another reason it will keep cropping up is as wonderful and quick plastic is, people are realising how long lasting, rigid and quality copper is.

Nope, people realised that, as soon as plastic made its debut.

Aire · Feb 6, 2019

ShaunCorbs said:
Cheaper tube wise

Fitting wise around the same ball park as press

Does it require require stupidly expensive tools, and is it suitable for gas?

ShaunCorbs · Feb 6, 2019

Craig Watson said:
Does it require require stupidly expensive tools, and is it suitable for gas?

Manual tools arnt that expensive powered tools arnt that bad around 1.2k or 1.4 with both u and m profiles

And not in the uk yet

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