Durapipe

[ljrgas]

Durapipe
3/8 Class d plastic

Got too sort this out tomorrow
Posted Friday that the sparks had snapped it and it was ****ing it everywhere
Tried all the compressions and push fits under the sun with no results
I had to cut a my hose pipe and jubilee clip it back together only thing I could think of

It's running mains
I have nowhere to turn it off searched for ages inc cutting holes in boxes and voids guessing the only way is to turn off the block of flats around 25- 30 at a guess

does anyone no any push fit fitting that will work on this stuff that I can leave permanently
Or any they suggestion as I prob going to be working on it live
I've advised the customer find out who the concil uses but he is insistent that I do it

 

[terryplumb]

can't open your image. but if it is durapipe I think joints are made by solvent welding and you have to use their cement ,and if I remember correctly some kind of adhesion promoter or cleansing agent has to be applied first to " prime " the surface.never actually used the stuff myself . but dismissed it out of hand when learnt about it .have never actually come across it installed anywhere either.

 

[Nige F]

I did 1 install of it back in the 70's -terry is right, + you had to leave it before charging with water. The only thing I can suggest to repair is a Philmac or Plasson Universal coupler. it'll look like a carbuncle on that thin pipe but IIRC it's a bastard size ( probably so that only the correct fittings were used)

 

[dilalio]

I've come across it in a commercial building in Saville Row. It was a right bugger - had to shut a a lot of the supplies off to repair and to get the fittings and materials - bloody stuff!

 

[HERTS P&D]

Try below:

http://www.durapipe.co.uk/about/stockists/

Andy

 

[Ian H]

If it's the stuff I'm thinking of, to hard/brittle to cut with the ratchet pipe cutter, then we use these Philmac fittings: