Hunter pipework.

[leek]

Has anyone come across this much?

Been asked to a change a bathroom in a house where all the existing hot and cold pipework is Hunter plastic pipe. Touched this stuff a long time ago but not much experience of it to be honest, but as its been discontinued I rang Hunter/Marley technical who said to file the end of the pipes as the o/d is 16mm and use a compression fitting with a soft copper olive. I have done this today and everything seems ok, but have walked away worrying that this is going to hold up. It is on a low pressure system, any thoughts? or has anyone done similar?

Thanks, Lee.

 

[tolly]

You can get 16-15mm compression reducers.

 

[leek]

Maybe that would be better, I might feel happier about it. Will pop in tomorrow and sort it, just left the job feeling uneasy.

Thanks.

 

[Whyme]

Is it the old rigid service pipe ie solvent weld ??

 

[wiggers]

Ella mate John guest do a conversion coupler halve inch to 15 mm coupler works fine used this load of times but don't forget to put the collett clip into either end of the coupler
we have a big housing estate full of hunter Genova pipework I was also confused at first but started using this but not much else out there I'm afraid.
good luck.

 

[leek]

Whyme, yes that's the stuff..

Wiggers, great thanks for that, that's reassuring! Popping out shortly so will grab the fittings, you would have thought the technical dept would have had a better option or advice, it seems as if this stuff was massively popular in the 70's, so this must crop up pretty often.

 

[jtsplumbing]

Whyme, yes that's the stuff..

Wiggers, great thanks for that, that's reassuring! Popping out shortly so will grab the fittings, you would have thought the technical dept would have had a better option or advice, it seems as if this stuff was massively popular in the 70's, so this must crop up pretty often.

Used to be a small place in Bracknell that did the fittings [Ball-Cock & Bits]

 

[basildog]

Might be worth getting a few of these ?
ADAPTER 16mm PIPE x 15mm Compression Fittings | eBay
I f I remember rightly we are the only country in europe to use 15mm it is all 8,10.12,14,16 and so on .

 

[wiggers]

Here is the fitting that I use, get onto copper wherever you can hunter is awful pipework to work with

 

[leek]

Thanks all, managed to get them so mind at rest. Your right Wiggers, it really is. Be glad not to run into this stuff again.