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[Sir Tigger KC]

My mate had a new combi boiler fitted in the attic and after about 6 months a push fit joint let go!    You can imagine the mess! 

[Lizzie Zoom]

My mate had a new combi boiler fitted in the attic and after about 6 months a push fit joint let go!    You can imagine the mess! 

.....and that is exactly the type of stories I have heard about the push fits and why I will never use them.

[dave the builder]

If you don't like push fit .......


use compression fittings and inserts with plastic pipe then 

I still use Ye Olde copper on central heating systems and all gas (plus the use of Tracpipe ,which is plastic coated stainless steel )
BUT for water ,John Guest fittings are well made ,
leaks happen when people damage the O rings by NOT cutting the pipe cleanly ,or run boilers at stupid high temperatures

[Andy B]

I had a radiator's feed & return pipework altered last year & the plumber used plastic  ..... it was done by the time I came home from work. I'll get around to replacing it with copper ..... one day 

[dave the builder]

I had a radiator's feed & return pipework altered last year & the plumber used plastic  ..... it was done by the time I came home from work. I'll get around to replacing it with copper ..... one day 

as long as there is 1 meter of copper pipe at the boiler manifold on the flow and return ,and you keep the central heating circulating at a sensible temp (70 degrees) all should be grand 
so don't turn your boiler up to "ELEVEN"     

[Sir Tigger KC]

I had a radiator's feed & return pipework altered last year & the plumber used plastic  ..... it was done by the time I came home from work. I'll get around to replacing it with copper ..... when it starts leaking! 

FTFY Andy! 

[Andy B]

I had a radiator's feed & return pipework altered last year & the plumber used plastic  ..... it was done by the time I came home from work. I'll get around to replacing it with copper ..... one day 

as long as there is 1 meter of copper pipe at the boiler manifold on the flow and return ,and you keep the central heating circulating at a sensible temp (70 degrees) all should be grand 
so don't turn your boiler up to "ELEVEN"     

The radiator is probably as far from the boiler as you can get. The plastic is mostly hidden behind the couch but I know it's there & I'm not keen on the idea of plastic either 

[Andy B]

I had a radiator's feed & return pipework altered last year & the plumber used plastic  ..... it was done by the time I came home from work. I'll get around to replacing it with copper ..... when it starts leaking! 

FTFY Andy! 

Probably! 

[Doctor Gollum]

I had a radiator's feed & return pipework altered last year & the plumber used plastic  ..... it was done by the time I came home from work. I'll get around to replacing it with copper ..... one day 

as long as there is 1 meter of copper pipe at the boiler manifold on the flow and return ,and you keep the central heating circulating at a sensible temp (70 degrees) all should be grand 
so don't turn your boiler up to "ELEVEN"     

Instructions of our Vailant suggest not going past 4.5 as we're in a hard water area

[dave the builder]

don't turn your boiler up to "ELEVEN"     

Instructions of our Vailant suggest not going past 4.5 as we're in a hard water area

the eleven I quoted was not a boiler setting ,it's from the film Spinal Tap ,
Nigel Tufnel proudly demonstrates the guitar amplifiers volume knobs are marked from zero to eleven, not just 10   
my Worcester Bosch only goes up to 6 ,but it's set at 4 ,
though Mrs Builder has the DHW (hot water) set to the "melt human flesh" setting quite often 

[Nick W]

My mate had a new combi boiler fitted in the attic and after about 6 months a push fit joint let go!    You can imagine the mess! 

.....and that is exactly the type of stories I have heard about the push fits and why I will never use them.

yet it's much easier to screwup metal pipe and soldered joints......

[Doctor Gollum]

don't turn your boiler up to "ELEVEN"     

Instructions of our Vailant suggest not going past 4.5 as we're in a hard water area

the eleven I quoted was not a boiler setting ,it's from the film Spinal Tap ,
Nigel Tufnel proudly demonstrates the guitar amplifiers volume knobs are marked from zero to eleven, not just 10   
my Worcester Bosch only goes up to 6 ,but it's set at 4 ,
though Mrs Builder has the DHW (hot water) set to the "melt human flesh" setting quite often 

I got the reference 

No complaints re temp though, 38 is fine for a splash, and hotter for a soak

[zirk]

Personally, I'm not qualified,

I'm not qualified either, but it didn't stop me from wiring all my lights in the home off the street light outside, it's brilliant all the lights come on when the sun goes down, downside is it all goes dark and gets switched off at 1 oclock in the morning.

[ronnyd]

Personally, I'm not qualified,

I'm not qualified either, but it didn't stop me from wiring all my lights in the home off the street light outside, it's brilliant all the lights come on when the sun goes down, downside is it all goes dark and gets switched off at 1 oclock in the morning.