28 mm pipe

[peterhinde]

looking for a good source of 28mm copper pipe by the meter (cheapest I have seen was 180-00 for 30 meters!) and a suitable bending tool (For wood burning stove boiler thermosyphon)..thanks..pete

 

[Softus]

Have you called any of your local plumbers' merchants and negotiated?

 

[peterhinde]

er no..partly coz I'm not much of a negotiator and secondly because I dont have a ball park price in my head apart from the single quote. I was hoping to go online as in general prices seem cheaper, but I will go the plumbers merchant route if I have to...and I havent seen a cheap 28mm pipe bender either although I guess maybe I could hire one (might be the best route given the fact I only have a handful of bends to make and most likely will never use it again)

 

[kevplumb]

if you think your arms and knees are up to it

look here

 

[Softus]

here

B*gger me - is it named after the horse that you'd need to pull on it?

 

[peterhinde]

hey...thanks for this...I would never have believed it, but might give it a try...I just dont want to ruin the expensive pipe...do you know anyone who actually uses one of these regularly aside from popeye? (kind of a serious question!)..pete

 

[Softus]

I'm guessing that doitall would pull a few 35mm sections while waiting for his spinach to cook...

 

[clf-gas]

PB12T 2" PIPE BENDER £79.92
12 TONNE ram
FORMERS: ½, ¾, 1, 1¼, 1½ & 2", bends up to 180°
Horizontal or vertical use
56kg

could use one these.

 

[Softus]

Or these?

2 x

and some of this:

 

[TicklyT]

I hired a hydraulic bender from the local hire company for half a day when I had some 2" galvanised to bend into an 'S' shape

Our local B&Q has a section of racking labelled 28mm X 3M. I can't remember the price. The only thing in the bay however was a selection of bent and crushed 15 and 22mm.