Rods and pipes blog | UK pipe sizes, joints and cost
Guides for rods and pipes in a UK home: copper size, solder-free joints, MDPE or PVC, drainage fall, box-section cost, lagging and goods not as described.
Aluminium box section price per metre in the UK
You have a 1 m aluminium rectangle in the basket at £13.15, and a shop page for the same 30 × 15 × 1.3 mm 6063-T6 section at £2.98 inc VAT per metre.
Condensate pipe trace heating: when the run still freezes
The heating stops on the first hard frost, the radiators stay cold, and the plastic pipe that leaves the boiler through the outside wall is solid with
Copper pipe size for kitchen tap: match the supply
The old mixer is on the drainer, both isolating valves are shut, and the copper under the sink does not look like the figure on the new box. Copper pi
How often to check pipe insulation: an autumn check
You lagged the loft pipes the year you moved in, and the foam has sat there since. The first hard night is a poor time to find a split along the slit,
Push-fit copper pipe fittings: joint you can reach
The stopcock is off, a bowl is under the cabinet, and the 15 mm copper to the kitchen tap is weeping at a coupling you will not heat with a torch. Pus
Lag pipes before winter: match the pipe, then the cold
The forecast can still say 8°C while the loft is already the coldest part of the house. A 15 mm feed above the quilt, a rising main in an unheated gar
MDPE or PVC pipe for garden water: which to bury
You have marked a line from the outside tap to the greenhouse, and the trench is still a string across the lawn. In the cart sit a blue coil, a black
Push fit or solvent weld waste pipe: which joint
The basin is off the brackets, the trap is in the bucket, and the stub in the wall still says 40 mm. The pipe you bought says 40 mm as well. You line
Goods not as described Consumer Rights Act: your tube
The metre you ordered was a hollow aluminium section, and the piece on the bench is the wrong shape, the wrong size, or too light to be the bar in the
Underground drainage pipe fall: 1:40 in millimetres
You have a short run of foul drain to lay from a gully across the garden, the 110 mm pipe is still in its wrap, and the trench bed looks almost level.