Old Grey Hep20 to New White Hep2o

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• 2 Oct 2011

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Hi All,

My question is quick and easier to anyone who uses Hep20 piping.

I have lots of old fittings and piping left and I want to add to my extension in the house and I don't have enough to cover so i will need to buy more Hep. I can only find the new white kind.

Can I mix and match the system using grey hep fittings on white hep piping?

Thanks

 

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compheat

• 2 Oct 2011

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I cant see why there should be any problems, Plumbers mix and match all the time

 

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• 2 Oct 2011

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Adam, they only changed the colour to make it more appealing and less obtrusive if on display, so crack on!

 

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• 2 Oct 2011

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Thanks for the advice guys, gunna start on the new system tomorrow!

 

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• 3 Oct 2011

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For anyone else who looks for an answer to this, I had an email today from Hep Technical Support and they had confirmed that white and grey is fully compatible with each other.

 

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• 3 Oct 2011

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Good stuff. With the price of copper now plastic is the way forward.

 

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• 3 Oct 2011

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crockett said:

they only changed the colour to make it more appealing and less obtrusive if on display,

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Strangely, John Guest introduced grey Speedfit last year.

 

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JonasX

• 4 Oct 2011

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Norcon said:

Good stuff. With the price of copper now plastic is the way forward.

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What do you fellows know I do not. I find working with it a nightmare. The push on fittings are nice, with a quality compression fitting and copper I do not see any real downsides as they are simple to assemble.

On another thread one poster suggested Polyplumb as it is softer. I found Speedfit murder and very time consuming.

 

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• 4 Oct 2011

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JonasX said:

On another thread one poster suggested Polyplumb as it is softer. I found Speedfit murder and very time consuming.

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Because you were using Speedfit PEX. Polybutylene is easier to use because it is softer and has less 'memory'. Polyplumb only do polybutylene, Speedfit do both.