Speedfit Layflat compared to Hep20 for flexibility.

[ringi]

I have used the normal Speedfit pipe in the past, and found it hard to uncoil it. This project needs the pipe to be passed though lots of joists etc, so flexibility is important.

I am happy with both the Speedfit and the Hep2o fittings.
(Speedfit seems a little cheaper and is easier to get in longer lengths.)

 

[sloppytom]

I prefer to use hep20. I find best to get a bundle of straight lenghts.

 

[Dan Robinson]

Ambient temperature pays a huge roll in the ease of threading plastic pipe through a house.

 

[srhawksy]

Either or, as long as it's the Pb pipe it's easier to work with? I was using S/F because that's what my supplier carried i stock.

Now I'm using uponor Q&E shrink fit pipe..... but I'm a bit weird

Look it up if you're doing a lot of plastic plumbing

 

[TheVictorian]

I have used layflat to run a supply to an ensuite at the opposite end of the house, I found it really easy to thread through joists and around bends.

 

[SandyLyon]

Hep2o and LayFlat pipe are both PB and therefore both pretty flexible.

Speedfit original pipe is PEX and as the OP says, it is extremely difficult to use off the coil.

Which is why many people resort to straight lengths which can result in more fittings and inserts being used therefore adding additional cost to the job in terms of both materials and labour over a PB system.

My preference is Hep2o, I think the new fitting is excellent, slim, neat, you can tell when the pipe is fully installed, can't be "accidentally" demounted and comes with a 50 year warranty.