In article .com,
writes

Reading many of the posts here they just slap plastic pipe anywhere.

I don't think that's true, being a fan of plastic I have read most of
the posts that have come up on the subject and I don't see any
justification for your comment. The posts I have seen all state that its
fine for out of sight but use copper in visible areas. You will find
your mentor condemns plastic out of hand and insists that the only place
for plastic is in the toybox, perhaps you would like to get into a
discussion with him about it?


you really are starting to sound like an amateur.

I am, in that I am not qualified in any way. Well I term myself as a
semi-pro as I earn a living from doing it. I am sure I know more than
all the plumbers I have come across, about the range of appliances and
types of systems available to get a decent flow at the showers and
baths, and save valuable space in a house. Thanks to forums like this.

s'funny that tradesmen are considered professionals in their field and
yet we condemn many of them as cowboys, when we claim to be semi-pro is
that like half a cowboy? doing a professional job is better than being
labelled a diyer, semi-pro or pro and that, I guess, is where this forum
comes in.
The reason the combi argument rages around is that one size does not fit
all and space taken up by a cylinder is not always that valuable, many
people find combi's to be inadequate and have no problem with
conventional systems (like me for instance), you have found that the
information gleaned from a certain poster on here is useful for what you
do, fine, but I'm sure you will agree that it won't suit everybody in
every situation and that is where John falls down, he won't accept that
at all and takes the arguments to the silly lengths that they go to (I
do agree that its takes more than one to tango)
--
David