Plastic Pipe for Shower install
Discussion
Hi,
I'm just about to plumb in my new shower. The valve has 2 inlets and 2 outlets at 3/4" BSP (needing male connectors) and both showers need a female 3/4" BSP connector.
I am making a box to seat the valve so it would be nice if i can keep the 2 inlet pipes at the top close to the valve... I.e so my box doesn't have to be huge.
I was thinking of using plastic pipe but not sure how flexible it is... or should I just use brass and use elbows.
Any advise would be great! Also where is best/cheapest to buy online as I;m busy at work atm and have little time to go hunting for fittings.
Many Thanks!
I'm just about to plumb in my new shower. The valve has 2 inlets and 2 outlets at 3/4" BSP (needing male connectors) and both showers need a female 3/4" BSP connector.
I am making a box to seat the valve so it would be nice if i can keep the 2 inlet pipes at the top close to the valve... I.e so my box doesn't have to be huge.
I was thinking of using plastic pipe but not sure how flexible it is... or should I just use brass and use elbows.
Any advise would be great! Also where is best/cheapest to buy online as I;m busy at work atm and have little time to go hunting for fittings.
Many Thanks!
Elbows do reduce flow more than smooth curves in copper or plastic pipe, however a couple won't make a noticeable difference. Off the top of my head, for calculating gas pipe sizes an elbow is equivalent to an extra .5mtrs of pipe, and a bend is .3mtrs
Plastic pipe in coils by J&G or HEP2O is fairly flexible, but you're not going to get as tight a radius as you would by using a pipe bender on copper. Forcing too tight a curve near the end of a plastic pipe is going to transfer that strain into the fitting which is asking for trouble at some point in the future.
http://www.bes.co.uk/ are very well priced for online ordering of plumbing fittings, although if you have the time, a visit to your local plumber's merchants instead pays dividends if you have any questions or are at all uncertain about what you need.
At the risk of stating the obvious, if you're using plastic pipe don't forget to use pipe inserts or you will be tearing off the tiling again in the not too distant future. I've seen too many instances of these being left out and you can guarantee it'll be the most inaccessible ones that leak first
Plastic pipe in coils by J&G or HEP2O is fairly flexible, but you're not going to get as tight a radius as you would by using a pipe bender on copper. Forcing too tight a curve near the end of a plastic pipe is going to transfer that strain into the fitting which is asking for trouble at some point in the future.
http://www.bes.co.uk/ are very well priced for online ordering of plumbing fittings, although if you have the time, a visit to your local plumber's merchants instead pays dividends if you have any questions or are at all uncertain about what you need.
At the risk of stating the obvious, if you're using plastic pipe don't forget to use pipe inserts or you will be tearing off the tiling again in the not too distant future. I've seen too many instances of these being left out and you can guarantee it'll be the most inaccessible ones that leak first
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