I need to do some plumbing to my central heating system soon and what I'd like to know is this....

Is there a modern, ideally flexible pipe, that I can use that will withstand the very hot temperature, instead of copper?

Cheers

Chris

Why not silicone hose?

You would use it on your car that gets passed boiling point and at pressure.

Adrian

http://www.hep2o.co.uk/

I'll need about 60m, silicone might be a tad expensive!

Cheers

Chris

Hi mate,

Hep 2o pipe(acorn as we call it)

If it's for your central heating make sure you get barrier pipe and if your connecting to the boiler make sure you are 1 meter away from the boiler before connecting plastic pipe.

Oops, but you could have most colours!

Adrian

Thanks for the info guys, I wasn't sure if plastic pipe would be ok for the temperature of a central heating system.

Cheers

Chris

Talk to Marcus see this thread
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=91145

And remember if you break into the copper pipework with plastic to put a bonding bridge in place in order to keep the electrical bonding intact

I used it when the muppets who did our loft conversion connected the heating up wrong.

Its dead easy to use and seems fine with central heating temperatures.

Stu

I've just fitted a bathroom towel radiator and used THIS STUFF, it's 30m and cheap.

No leaks yet (fingers crossed)

Edited to include link

[Edited on 29/4/09 by RoadkillUK]

Hi Chris
As above really, the current crop of plastic piping (polybutylene / pe-x) is designed for central heating and tested to withstand temperatures of 114°c for short periods (BS7291). It will happily run a central heating system for years. The only time we don't recommend it is when connecting to a back boiler system where there is no temperature control, or within 1 metre of a normal boiler.
There are 3 major manufacturers in the UK;
Hepworth (now Wavin)
John Guest
Polypipe
I work in product development for one of these, but to remain unbiassed, I'll not reveal which
Any of these pipes will do the job easily.

Cheers

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Originally posted by Marcus
Hi Chris
As above really, the current crop of plastic piping (polybutylene / pe-x) is designed for central heating and tested to withstand temperatures of 114°c for short periods (BS7291). It will happily run a central heating system for years. The only time we don't recommend it is when connecting to a back boiler system where there is no temperature control, or within 1 metre of a normal boiler.
There are 3 major manufacturers in the UK;
Hepworth (now Wavin)
John Guest
Polypipe
I work in product development for one of these, but to remain unbiassed, I'll not reveal which
Any of these pipes will do the job easily.

Cheers

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Lol Woodster, you must know something I dont