Piping up bath

[tomsim]

Hey how do plumbers usually pipe baths up these days? Flexi's or all in copper?

 

[denso13]

Don't use flexis if you can avoid it, but they have their uses at times.

 

[buck51]

And the point of your post is ??????

 

[tomsim]

To ask what is the best way of piping up a bath.

 

[buck51]

That would depend on the circumstances, too many variables to make it a valid question.

 

[tomsim]

was thinking flexis but then I'd have a compression fitting were it connects to copper on the hot side that would be hard to get to.

 

[Madrab]

Depends on how good the supply pressure and flow is. Good quality flexi's can be used, just get the ones with the largest ID possible, 15mm min.

 

[newbuildinstaller]

push fit flexis!!!!!!! Boom there it is.....

 

[Blagard]

Flexi's come into their own where rigid pipework would obstruct your tap spanners. With the Flexi it is usually easier to make a connection because the flexi section of pipe to the tap connector can be moved out of the way to get the connection before swinging it back to connect to the pipe and visa versa.

There are also circumstances when I have found the need to cross over hot and cold pipes to get a connection and flexi's make that easy.

The bottom line for me is fit rigid copper pipe if you can and use Flexi's to overcome situations where it is very difficult to do rigid.

 

[longdogs]

Flexis work ok on a mixer filler as the tap is rigid but if connected to individual taps, the taps can work loose after a while.