screwed iron

[hammers4spanner]

Opinions fellow fitters

With the likes of mapress and aquatherm being used more on commercial - industrial
Is it time for screwed iron to be edged out for new pipe technologies ?

 

[Mike Jackson]

That's all well and good for big jobs but black iron has still got a place on smaller jobs.

 

[markfxy]

If its proving to be reliable then yes it should replace scewed where possible with prices getting tighter anything you can do to reduce labour cost is always a bonus, But I think there will always be a place for screwed fittings in confined spaces where you need a close taper nipple or on fan coil units where you can't get the mapress machine in.

 

[SimonJohns]

most local authority jobs down my way will not allow the use of mapress

all screwed and sockets

 

[hammers4spanner]

most local authority jobs down my way will not allow the use of mapress

all screwed and sockets

well thats what we get here , was doing it years ago as apprentice wondering if people thinking same as me that its antiquated of sorts , still serves purpose but now better ways to do heating etc (and cleaner)

 

[SimonJohns]

well thats what we get here , was doing it years ago as apprentice wondering if people thinking same as me that its antiquated of sorts , still serves purpose but now better ways to do heating etc (and cleaner)

do you really think steel mapress will last as long as screwed?

 

[markfxy]

nothing lasts nowadays everything is made to be thrown away not repaired just to keep profits up maybe we plumbers should start installing materials with a life of say 3 to 5 years maximum maybe it would keep us all in work:biggrin5:

 

[hammers4spanner]

Isnt carbon steel 50 years?? Could be wrong but either way more than long enough if it is

 

[Bernie2]

Similar stuff been out for years, Polyorc and welded Alkathene has been out I think since the sixties, but good old iron keeps going. You can drop the black stuff swing on it and a few other things you can't do with plastics. Its also relatively cheap. Plastic like oil is bound to go up in price. You can even get compression fittings for iron.