Black plastic Cold Water feed - solvent weld? Help!

[Nige F]

Check out how cheap the blue mdpe ( for underground) is I found a multiquik eaten by rats once. And a great horror story called "the copper bowl" that`s about rats, I read it when I was about 11...had nightmares till I was 20

 

[AND1234]

Check out how cheap the blue mdpe ( for underground) is I found a multiquik eaten by rats once. And a great horror story called "the copper bowl" that`s about rats, I read it when I was about 11...had nightmares till I was 20

Presumably MDPE plastic "blue" pipe is resilient to vermin in some way? Being an underground product?

 

[AND1234]

Check out how cheap the blue mdpe ( for underground) is I found a multiquik eaten by rats once. And a great horror story called "the copper bowl" that`s about rats, I read it when I was about 11...had nightmares till I was 20

Presumably MDPE plastic "blue" pipe is resilient to vermin in some way? Being an underground product?

What do the "Regs" say about how long blue MDPE can be run above ground? Does a stop tap have to be straight out of the ground then change to copper or can this be used to get to say the kitchen before using stop tap and changing to copper?

 

[IJWS15]

If it is black it IS NOT durapipe.

We had a house in Derby (built late 70s) where all the cold water pipes INSIDE the house were grey durapipe - all solvent welded joints - real pain in the neck.

All the hot was copper (imperial)

The cold incomer was Black plastic and compression fitteings with inserts were used on it - we shortened it a little. Sounds just like yours, not sure what it is but durapipe it isnt.

 

[AND1234]

If it is black it IS NOT durapipe.

We had a house in Derby (built late 70s) where all the cold water pipes INSIDE the house were grey durapipe - all solvent welded joints - real pain in the neck.

All the hot was copper (imperial)

The cold incomer was Black plastic and compression fitteings with inserts were used on it - we shortened it a little. Sounds just like yours, not sure what it is but durapipe it isnt.

This IS all solvent welded joints!