Speedfit plumbing connections

[rab1]

use kuterlite fittings if you dont want to solder copper pipe, there must be no water in the pipe to solder. was going to say crimped but you'll have no access to the kit needed.

[GB_Groundworks]

On the big house we are just finishing its all speedfit and original plumber didn't put any inserts in, lots of holes in walls and floors etc our plumbers solder everything on heating use speedfit for water but not hearing loop.

[rab1]

get them to use press mate, its the future.

[Dave_L]

speedfit for water but not hearing loop.

Hearing Loop?? Is this a new kind of piped hearing loop then??

[rimexboy]

speedfit for water but not hearing loop.

Hearing Loop?? Is this a new kind of piped hearing loop then??

lol i think its heating loop, as you know :p

[Bob_A]

On the big house we are just finishing its all speedfit and original plumber didn't put any inserts in, lots of holes in walls and floors etc our plumbers solder everything on heating use speedfit for water but not hearing loop.

You can buy Hep2o in large coils and run it in like cable.

I have 2 plastic pipes running from the loft, through the 1st floor and down to the ground. Both lengths are one continous lengths and buried into the wall.
No joints = no leaks.

If I remember rightly the only place you can't use plastic pipe is within one metre of the boiler.

[rab1]

correct.

[flowjoe]

We put a bathroom in using Hep 2o (Gold) i think it was called for one of the lads, top of the range stuff anyway as we were going belt and braces, all pipe work chased in walls and behind skirts etc.....

12 months later a major flood and we assumed we had forgot an insert on a joint, turns out it was a faulty copper ring in the joint, rep turned up checked the serial number and said rip it all out and they would cover the cost.

A rougue batch of copper had been used, must be thousands of joints out there ready to blow.

[rab1]

Pressed is the way to go, quick and clean and no frothy bubbles when you turn on the supply.

[michaelthegardener]

well took the sink out this morning put a couple of push fit isolation valves in and im not underwater yet