Moving a radiator - plastic tubing

[Mitch1976]

I have been told that you can get felexible plastic tubing suitable for heating systems. However my local B&Q does not do it, despite the fact that their website "How To" also tells you to use it!

The system in my house is based on 8mm mocrobore copper piping and I am moving a radiator. Although compression connectors seem ok, I would prefer to just use a plastic pipe as this will also be more flexible than a rigid copper pipe.

Any ideas anyone?

Thanks,
Chris
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[kevplumb]

you cant get 8mm plastic

 

[Mitch1976]

you cant get 8mm plastic

Well what diameter plastic is avaiable? And more importantly: where from?

 

[kevplumb]

10 mm from any plumbers merchants

 

[Mitch1976]

10 mm from any plumbers merchants

One last question - can I get connectors which will reduce the 10mm pipe to the 8mm microbore?

 

[kevplumb]

yes

 

[chrishutt]

Mitch,

Why don't you stick with 8mm copper? It's not rigid, but very easy to bend, even with something as cheap and simple as an external bending spring. Being smaller, its fits more discretely clipped to skirting boards, etc.

 

[ChrisR]

ANd it goes to tighter radius than plastic and stays where you damn well put it, unlike plastic!

 

[Agile]

And if you are careful you can bend it pretty well by hand too.

My engineer could not do some 15 mm pipework last week "because he had forgotten his bender"

I took the tube and bent it with my right "bender". Pity about the leaks but he has to learn the hard way. His text said the client seemed "OK", hope he will pay now!

Tony Glazier