On Nov 16, 9:37*am, tonyjeffs wrote:
Aarrgh - need a break - I'm plumbing a new kitchen.

Lots of people say how good the plastic pipe is, and it is used on a
lot of newbuild, so I thought I'd try it.
But I hate it. *It curls up on itself,

Not if you buy the straight stuff.

you can't put a bend in it,

Yes you can. You can buy formers to hold it in place at the minimum
radius.

the joints are huge,

So? They're mostly hidden. They're not a lot bigger than copper
compression joints.

and because it is flexable I find *I measure it
inaccurately.

That's user error.

So I'm going to bin it and buy some 15mm copper.

Which needs special tools to put a bend in it, is harder to thread
through joists, etc...

MBQ