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Hi all
I'm just posting to ask if it is okay to use plastic pipe for drinking water?
Me and my girlfriend are slowly renovating our first house and one of the first things we did was put a new kitchen in. My dad has had some experience fitting kitchens so between the two of us we did it ourselves. He also brought with him a coil of hep2o plastic pipe which he'd been told was fine for "hot and cold water" which we used to plumb in the sink.
A friend at work has recently mentioned that plastic pipe shouldn't be used for drinking water as the plasticizers leach out into the water.
Is this correct? Does it make any difference if there is an inline filter on a separate drinking water tap?
cheers for any advice
I'm just posting to ask if it is okay to use plastic pipe for drinking water?
Me and my girlfriend are slowly renovating our first house and one of the first things we did was put a new kitchen in. My dad has had some experience fitting kitchens so between the two of us we did it ourselves. He also brought with him a coil of hep2o plastic pipe which he'd been told was fine for "hot and cold water" which we used to plumb in the sink.
A friend at work has recently mentioned that plastic pipe shouldn't be used for drinking water as the plasticizers leach out into the water.
Is this correct? Does it make any difference if there is an inline filter on a separate drinking water tap?
cheers for any advice