Apart from the colour, what is the difference between the grey and white fittings and pipe.
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What's The Difference Between Speedfit Grey And White?
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H
holty
the price
L
Legion
Grey and white speedfit fittings/pipe are the same price aren`t they?
Hep20 is dearer, which is grey.
Hep20 is dearer, which is grey.
H
holty
to be honest im just guessing i dont use speedfit or anything like that. but heard a mate that they brought out grey speedfit cause it is cheaper.prob due to the white pigment,same stuff though.bit like grey soil pipe to white soil pipe.
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L
Legion
No difference apart from colour, you can use a grey fitting with white pipe and vice versa.
Ok, so its possibly cheaper to manufacture grey. Does it mean that grey is cheaper to buy?
L
Legion
Why are you asking him, he`s just guessing?
H
holty
have to agree on that one
copper rules!
L
Legion
Until head is jammed against eaves in loft and you have about 3 inches of space, can`t get fitting onto pipe, can`t get blowlamp in, can`t get in with 90 degree bend. 
Want my Mummy..no one told me there were gonna be days like this.
Want my Mummy..no one told me there were gonna be days like this.
H
holty
thats when it becomes proffesional a couple of 45s to make a bend can work a treat.i understand were your coming from though especially in this weather in a loft
a couple of 45s to make a bend can work a treat.i understand were your coming from though especially in this weather in a loft
L
Legion
thats when it becomes proffesional
And you`ve never used speedfit or Hep? behave, professional my a*se.
H
holty
ok you win, have used it a few times was on a caravan site though, and customers prefrence.and maybe on a 4 storey old house that would of took about 3 months in copper.but thats it honest
was on a caravan site though, and customers prefrence.and maybe on a 4 storey old house that would of took about 3 months in copper.but thats it honest 
If the customer wants a new system, I normally assume that the customer wants plastic and quote price and time-scale accordingly.
If you price up for copper all the time, some Herbert will keep undercutting you because using plastic is cheaper and quicker.
The customers want the cheapest job, so plastic it is!
If you price up for copper all the time, some Herbert will keep undercutting you because using plastic is cheaper and quicker.
The customers want the cheapest job, so plastic it is!
H
holty
not necesserley. last job we did the customer was shocked we did the whole house in copper. i asked why. apparently the 2 quotes we were up against both quoted plastic with the drops in copper.yet we still beat them on price. and before you say. were quite a mid range firm on price.dont want to brag but i find it easier pipe bending than trying to get flimsey plastic from not touching every thing that will make it burst.and using about a thousand pipe clips from stoping the darn stuff sagging.just the fact most of our emergency callouts is due to pushfit.is enough for me.
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