It's time to fit my hot and cold water pipes. I've decided on the manifold and plastic pipe approach. I like the idea of coloured pipe (red/blue).

Which suppliers can you recommend please.

Cheers

Stuart 

1 hour ago, BotusBuild said:

It's time to fit my hot and cold water pipes. I've decided on the manifold and plastic pipe approach. I like the idea of coloured pipe (red/blue).

Which suppliers can you recommend please.

Cheers

Stuart 

While I’m not a plumber I’ve been doing ours for the last couple of weekends The manifolds make things much easier 

can’t help you on the coloured pipes 

@nod Don't forget that the new building regs require that all the hot pipe, (even within the heated envelope) are lagged now. 

6 minutes ago, Big Jimbo said:

@nod Don't forget that the new building regs require that all the hot pipe, (even within the heated envelope) are lagged now. 

when did that come in? I haven't lagged my pipe runs and our BCO didn't mention anything.

New part L 2022 i believe.

I'm using HEP in our reno. Cheapest I found the pipe was from our Builders Merchant. 

 

50m 22mm pipe @ 91.92 + VAT

50m 15mm pipe @ 49.67 + VAT

100mm 10mm pipe @ 82.79 + VAT

1 minute ago, Big Jimbo said:

New part L 2022 i believe.

thanks. I started my build so long ago that those regs don't apply! 🤣

Just buy a roll of red and blue insulating tape, to mark pipes

1 hour ago, Big Jimbo said:

@nod Don't forget that the new building regs require that all the hot pipe, (even within the heated envelope) are lagged now. 

Yeah cheers 

Once I’ve air tested I’ll get my wife on it 😁

1 hour ago, nod said:

Yeah cheers 

Once I’ve air tested I’ll get my wife on it 😁

If that a euphemism???? - asking for a friend .

@nod will all those JG pushfits be hidden behind PB? The Welshman may have a view on that.

1 hour ago, dpmiller said:

@nod will all those JG pushfits be hidden behind PB? The Welshman may have a view on that.

As with our previous build everything hidden 

The only thing have done differently is Put 28 mil piping in for the heating

Ill be honest I first put 22 mil in then removed it and replaced with 28 

As I’ve said I’m not a plumber 😁

Only one fitting dripped last time and never showed up til the heating went on 

 

10 hours ago, BotusBuild said:

like the idea of coloured pipe (red/blue).

 Why ..?? Can only really get it as sleeved MLCP or PEX and it’s 4 times the price ..!!

 

Buy some rolls of insulation tape if you are worried about mixing pipes up. Or buy proper tracer tape if you want to do it really nicely !!

7 hours ago, jayc89 said:

50m 22mm pipe @ 91.92 + VAT

you sure ..?? That’s a monster saving as paying £78 ex for 25m normally !!

7 hours ago, PeterW said:

you sure ..?? That’s a monster saving as paying £78 ex for 25m normally !!

 

Yep, I'll dig out an old invoice. Suppliers are having our pants down.

21 hours ago, jayc89 said:

Cheapest I found the pipe was from our Builders Merchant. 

Go on, give us a clue as to who and where? 🙂 

14 hours ago, PeterW said:

Why ..??

Just though it would look great, but I can't find any at a decent price so will be reverting to coloured insulation tape 🙂  and a labelling machine

Edited September 25, 20233 yr by BotusBuild

As I was clipping the pipe up anyway, I opted for blue/red pipe clips.

1 hour ago, BotusBuild said:

Go on, give us a clue as to who and where? 🙂 

 

Travis Perkins, but the guy I deal with previously worked at Jewsons, so I think it's more about building a decent relationship with someone, rather than one BM being massively cheaper than any other. 

I used red and blue conduit for my water pipes, so it was easy to check my first fix was ok.

 

On 24/09/2023 at 19:46, dpmiller said:

@nod will all those JG pushfits be hidden behind PB? The Welshman may have a view on that.

I’ve been planning a suitable punishment lol.

@nod, please tell me that you’re going to put all the locking collets onto every SINGLE fitting?! If not, the punishment will have to be quite severe, sorry.

5 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

please tell me that you’re going to put all the locking collets onto every SINGLE fitting

 

It is the only way 😃.

 

16 hours ago, Gone West said:

I used red and blue conduit for my water pipes, so it was easy to check my first fix was ok.

 

I used nothing . But I insulated the hot feeds - which achieves the same ‘identification’ task .

20 minutes ago, Gone West said:

 

It is the only way 😃.

 

Sickeningly neat . Wasting time looking pretty whilst the build lags …

I was in the trade and I still bought offcuts of uponor mlcp of fleebay. Roughly £1 per m. Saved a fortune. Note I do have a crimping tool but there is mlcp push fit fittings but I don't have 1st hand knowledge of these.