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Default plastic plumbing vs copper - a moan.

tonyjeffs wrote:
I'm going to use one foot of plastic pipe to the outside tap.
It ,might be safer if we have a freezing cold spell- it may have some
give, some expansion capacity.
Otoh I could be completely wrong. Those joints might pop off with a
bit of frost.
To



I used plastic pipe to our new external tap. With brass compression
fittings!

But if it gets truly cold, will turn it off from inside - and, if I
remember, drain it.

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