Copper pipe.
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Best place to buy copper pipe is from the scrap metal dealers.
You can also pick up rolls of sheet lead for approx half the price of other outlets
You can also pick up rolls of sheet lead for approx half the price of other outlets
Probably only the retail margin Danny! ( If you mean the merchants are cheaper! )
Having said that, there is a wide difference between the bendability of the different makes on sale. This is not very important with 15 mm but with 22 m it is!
I often find that the merchants are MORE expensive than B&Q etc. One fellow at a merchant explains this as "its difficult to compete with B&Q ".
Compare the prices very carefully before coming to any conclusion on an exact like for like basis.
Tony
Having said that, there is a wide difference between the bendability of the different makes on sale. This is not very important with 15 mm but with 22 m it is!
I often find that the merchants are MORE expensive than B&Q etc. One fellow at a merchant explains this as "its difficult to compete with B&Q ".
Compare the prices very carefully before coming to any conclusion on an exact like for like basis.
Tony
Same stuff Tony BS EN 1057 table X
Just supplying a different market, over twice the price we pay at BSS
On the same subject I wanted some 22mm copper saddles, 27p each in the kings road, our price at BSS £2.80 per hundred
Just supplying a different market, over twice the price we pay at BSS
On the same subject I wanted some 22mm copper saddles, 27p each in the kings road, our price at BSS £2.80 per hundred
I agree John that all the tube is sold according to the same spec.
However I have found that the bendability significantly varies with the make or source.
I cannot remember now if the Belgium one is better or worse than the British made Black something.
Tony
However I have found that the bendability significantly varies with the make or source.
I cannot remember now if the Belgium one is better or worse than the British made Black something.
Tony
There a lot of cheap stuff on the market.
What I should have said was BS 2871 part 1 table X is made to the EN standard EN 1057.
This is a half hard tube with a wall thickness of 0.7mm
table Y BS 2871 has a wall thickness of 1mm.
The other number which si significant but rarely used is the temper
Designation in accordance with EN 1173
R250= half hard
R220= soft (annealed).
What I should have said was BS 2871 part 1 table X is made to the EN standard EN 1057.
This is a half hard tube with a wall thickness of 0.7mm
table Y BS 2871 has a wall thickness of 1mm.
The other number which si significant but rarely used is the temper
Designation in accordance with EN 1173
R250= half hard
R220= soft (annealed).
"Half hard" is an indication of "temper", bothe are supposed to mean hardness and strength , roughly. Pretty wide spec though, and it depends on the purity of the copper in the first place. It only takes 0.01% Ford Cortina...
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