Kevin Brady wrote:
This weekend I'll be practising with the capillary (end feed) joints. Thanks
for the help and encouragement.

On the same topic, part of the pipework will be buried beneath the floor
within a space I've left in the slab. The plumber suggests i simply lag the
pipe in grey foam before burying in sand/cement screed. For this purpose, I
don't want any joints down there. So do I

1. Use copper pipe, single length and bent at each end to come up the wall
either side of the room. Then copper fittings as already discussed.

OR

2. Use plastic pipe for this section, with plastic to copper adaptor each
end (accessible), then copper capillary from then on.


I'd go option 2 in that scenario. in fact, I'd go pushfit and plastic everywhere
that couldn't be seen and avoid as many joints as possible. yes I can sweat
a joint up but since I don't do it everyday there's a good chance that when the
water is turned on at the end of a tiring day, there's a leak and you have to
drain the system down and dry the joint out and sweat it up proper.

for the sake of a few quid I take the line of least resistance, every time.



RT