Plastic pipes !

[Best]

I got a fair number of drifted fittings from someone a few years ago.
All unused brand new condition & heavy.
A real shame, but just put them in the scrap box!
Did the same with a load of fittings, mostly unused, that a very elderly man give me. Had lots of "new" imperial Yorkshire 3/4" tees, copper traps & things I never expected to see new. Such good quality large & heavy fittings! Also had a British made black W.C. cistern from the 50s/early60s still in it's cardboard box. All brass works Inc the o/f standpipe, except the syphon. But what struck me was the cistern handle quality - it was a large heavy chromed brass handle (with brass link bar etc) & the handle was still in it's protective gum it had been dipped in. Nowadays it's a cheap chromed plastic handle thrown in a bag along with all the other cistern tat!

 

[Gray0689]

Which system do you use dude?

Cheaper jobs poly plumb brass manifolds
More expensive uponor emmeti glo manifolds

 

[TBServices]

Cheaper jobs poly plumb brass manifolds
More expensive uponor emmeti glo manifolds

Seems like the most sensible way to plumb a house if its all brand new. Everything on manifolds!

 

[stevetheplumber]

ive been a fan of manifolds since plastic came in we used to bring the main in below the bath and run every thing out from there usually just one tee on the hot below the boiler for the kitchen

 

[sheff paul]

I think it is actually immoral to use cheap materials on a job where the customer is prepared to pay for better quality stuff. Seems bad to, for example, use plastic fittings & pipe on a small alteration to a nice quality all copper heating system.
Hate also all this "throw it in a skip" mentality on a lot of house fixing & clearing out programmes on tv these days.

On a contract basis we get less problems with plastic than copper,we have been using poly pipe barrier pipe(white fittings) and got to say it is good kit,with the manifold you use very few fittings

 

[AWheating]

i dont use manifolds very offten on heatings done in 10mm plastic on my newbuilds. Yon can only run the 10mm for about 5m so it makes using manifolds problematic unless all the rads are near each other.