Can anyone suggest a source of 120 degree elbows for 22mm (plastic) pipe?



I'm running 22mm Hep2o pipes from under a timber floor into a kitchen with a
solid floor. Because of the layout, the only way I can do it is to drill
holes at 30 degrees the horizontal (between the floor void and the edge of
the solid kitchen floor); where the pipes come out, they are pointing
upwards at 30 degrees, and I want them to then run horizontally.



I know I could use 135 degree elbows rotated a bit, but this would then make
the pipework skew. The Hep2o pipes are flexible, but would still have to
have tight bends, which I'd prefer to avoid. The only way I can think of is
to use 120 degree elbows but I can't find any.



Thanks

Steve

And before any wise cracks about small tools, the title should of course
have said 22mm, not 2mm.

I've never seen 120 degree elbows for this stuff. Couldn't you adapt
to Cu and use a flexi?

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:35:54 +0100, "Steve"
wrote:

And before any wise cracks about small tools, the title should of course
have said 22mm, not 2mm.

Sadly I took it for real and have just spent some time in Google
researching pipes!

Ho-hum.

"gunsmith" wrote in message
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I've never seen 120 degree elbows for this stuff. Couldn't you adapt
to Cu and use a flexi?

I can't find any 120 degree elbows either, Your idea of the 'flexi' copper
is good. I've seen them in 15mm but not 22mm - I'll have a search.
Cheers

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On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:35:54 +0100, "Steve"
wrote:

And before any wise cracks about small tools, the title should of course
have said 22mm, not 2mm.

Sadly I took it for real and have just spent some time in Google
researching pipes!

Ho-hum.

I will check things better before pressing 'send' in future. However only
the title was wrong; the actual message explicitly states 22mm (twice!).

I guess you didn't read the message, only the heading. I highly recommend
actually reading a post before doing any work! E.g. I could have been
referring to plastic or stainless steel or copper pipe. Even if I hadn't
made the mistake, you would have needed to have read the actual message
before knowing the details of what to look for. Thanks for the time spent
anyway.

"Steve" wrote in message
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And before any wise cracks about small tools, the title should of course
have said 22mm

22mm is still a small tool...............

Steve wrote:
Can anyone suggest a source of 120 degree elbows for 22mm (plastic) pipe?



I'm running 22mm Hep2o pipes from under a timber floor into a kitchen with a
solid floor. Because of the layout, the only way I can do it is to drill
holes at 30 degrees the horizontal (between the floor void and the edge of
the solid kitchen floor); where the pipes come out, they are pointing
upwards at 30 degrees, and I want them to then run horizontally.



I know I could use 135 degree elbows rotated a bit, but this would then make
the pipework skew. The Hep2o pipes are flexible, but would still have to
have tight bends, which I'd prefer to avoid. The only way I can think of is
to use 120 degree elbows but I can't find any.



Thanks

Steve



Struggling to visualise ( a picture is worth a thousand words.. ); but
from how I imagine this, cant't you use 2 90 elbows with a short stub
inbetween, and rotate to any angle you want?


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Ron

"Ron Lowe" wrote in message
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Steve wrote:
Can anyone suggest a source of 120 degree elbows for 22mm (plastic) pipe?



I'm running 22mm Hep2o pipes from under a timber floor into a kitchen
with a solid floor. Because of the layout, the only way I can do it is
to drill holes at 30 degrees the horizontal (between the floor void and
the edge of the solid kitchen floor); where the pipes come out, they are
pointing upwards at 30 degrees, and I want them to then run horizontally.



I know I could use 135 degree elbows rotated a bit, but this would then
make the pipework skew. The Hep2o pipes are flexible, but would still
have to have tight bends, which I'd prefer to avoid. The only way I can
think of is to use 120 degree elbows but I can't find any.



Thanks

Steve

Struggling to visualise ( a picture is worth a thousand words.. ); but
from how I imagine this, cant't you use 2 90 elbows with a short stub
inbetween, and rotate to any angle you want?


--
Ron

Thanks Ron. That should work. Good idea.

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Steve wrote:
I'm running 22mm Hep2o pipes from under a timber floor into a kitchen
with a solid floor. Because of the layout, the only way I can do it
is to drill holes at 30 degrees the horizontal (between the floor void
and the edge of the solid kitchen floor); where the pipes come out,
they are pointing upwards at 30 degrees, and I want them to then run
horizontally.

Use copper and bend it to suit. Then adaptors either end.

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