3/8 " plastic water pipe

[jay1]

just wanted to know has any1 else come across this type of pipe? and if yes where did you buy a converter for it(to convert into copper)

 

[corgiman]

is it black?

 

[jay1]

nope it is grey. its solvent welded together.has a marking on it saying 3/8

 

[corgiman]

EWWWWW
that stuff

No chance its totally obslete and you wont find anything to connect it up to copper

bad bad stuff, I have not been able to source any fittings for it for about five years

good luck

 

[jay1]

sorted the job out, but just wondering if any1 knows where i can buy the fittings for it in the future.


what happend was one of my mates was doing a bit of tiling and laying some lino for a customer and he ended up putting his foot on the pipe supplying the w.c and broke the thing.he ended up ringing me asking where the mains was i told him but he couldnt find it, but luckily as i was nearby i said ill be round there asap.got there and see that they had stopped the water but by going into the loft and isolating a isolater. but the clients ceiling was packed with water by now and alot of water. we ended up making two holes to drain the water out and then after a trip to b&q where we where told that its very hard to get hold of these fittings id decided to try and re use the fitting that had snapped off. we carefully took the old plastic pipe out with a screwdriver and cleaned it up, put it onto the remaining bit of plastic and carried on with copper the rest of the way.