Any alternative to copper for gas?

[Deansplit]

I cannot believe the price of copper coated 15mm pipe for connecting my cooker and a gas fire to a propane bottle at the end of the garden - for 40m of 15mm it's £175 - that's at a plumber's trade rate! Geee, my mate tells me it's quadrupled in the last year and rising, is that right? Don't s'pose plastic pipe buried underground is an option??

Or would 10mm be sufficient to run the 2 items? Was going to run 15mm to the house/cooker (37m), then tee off to cooker with 10mm and to a gas fire with 10mm (a further 16m).

 

[adlplumbing]

plastic not option
but get him to ask about track pipe

 

[Red_Man]

40 metres of tracpipe would be about £300-400

 

[Deleted member 105431]

Garden hose is fine but has to be the yellow stuff, green is for water only.

 

[Happyplumber]

You got to be joking about tracpipe when he is already moaning about copper,thats expensive stuff!

What about a long hose pipe and couple jubilee clips,cheap as chips and wont require digging when you finished using it for gas you could use it to water the geraniums

 

[adlplumbing]

well assuming yellow plastic coated
15mm 8.87 per meter
trac is 8.85 per meter
saving of 2p at meter

 

[Red_Man]

When did tracpipe get so cheap???

 

[adlplumbing]

when price steal droped and price copper went through the roof

 

[Onetap]

Copper coated? Shurely not.
Will 15mm be adequate for a 40m run (I dunno and can't be bothered to check)?
Why not move the gas bottle up the garden?

 

[Deansplit]

mmm, some rally helpful comments here, surprised no one's suggested a BBQ and camp fire yet! LOL

Moving the bottle is an option - had thought of that, just wanted the unsightly bottles up the back of the garden outa sight! Will actually have 2 of the buggers with a change over switch. The joys of remote not piped areas!

 

[simond]

You can use MDPE outside - it has to be buried - if you want, however the adaptors to steel or copper are quite expensive.

50m of 20mm MDPE = £40

 

[adlplumbing]

You can use MDPE outside - it has to be buried - if you want, however the adaptors to steel or copper are quite expensive.

50m of 20mm MDPE = £40

yes but don`t you need specialst ticket to do welding

 

[Deansplit]

Plastic Drainage site stipulates: It should not be used for the conveyance of gases, oil, petrol, diesel or compressed air.

!!

 

[adlplumbing]

dean mdpe is what they use for modern gas mains but it has to be done by specialist to my knoweldge

 

[simond]

It doesn't have to be fusion welded, other fittings are available.

What relevance is a Plastic Drainage website, FFS?