Polyplumb pipes

johneym

Hi,

I am in Galway and need to replumb my wholehouse. Costing 2000 only for the lenghts of copper. Anyone worked with polyplumb or an alternative and know how good it is? Where can I buy the pipes an fittings?
Heard someone that its ok if you use copper the first few metres from tank the run the lines down the house with this?

All help[ appreciated,

Thanks

AckwelFoley

Not a fan of any of those quick fittings, the pipe yes, such as acorn or qualpex, bt the use of the quich fit fittings no.

Iv gotton a few phone calls from people asking me to rush to the house because there ceiling is like Niagra falls... Ive seen the fittings pop away from the pipe, between ceiling josits etc..

For my book, you cant beat genuine sanbra fyffe fittings and copper.

Joey the lips

snyper wrote: »

Not a fan of any of those quick fittings, the pipe yes, such as acorn or qualpex, bt the use of the quich fit fittings no.

Iv gotton a few phone calls from people asking me to rush to the house because there ceiling is like Niagra falls... Ive seen the fittings pop away from the pipe, between ceiling josits etc..

For my book, you cant beat genuine sanbra fyffe fittings and copper.

Agree with you on the fittings.... but the only thing genuine about a sambra fyffe fitting is there ability to import them from china and instant them here... I have friends working there and they know this is the final nail in there coffin.

AckwelFoley

Joey the lips wrote: »

Agree with you on the fittings.... but the only thing genuine about a sambra fyffe fitting is there ability to import them from china and instant them here... I have friends working there and they know this is the final nail in there coffin.

Well, i wasnt aware of that... as its a few years since i was involved in selling hardware. I did mention them because they are/were good, but there are other brands, some italian ones that are pretty good too..

Joey the lips

snyper wrote: »

Well, i wasnt aware of that... as its a few years since i was involved in selling hardware. I did mention them because they are/were good, but there are other brands, some italian ones that are pretty good too..

Sambra started to import italian fittings at first. So did national brass by a strange irony. Gave them nothing but problems. The sambra push fit were italian.

Sambra fittings were such a brand at one stage people use to walk into plumbers providers and ask for instantor fittings which of course was a reference to sambra fyffe fitting....

But all this is just about gone....


Haveing said that... I would never use any fitting thats a rich yellow... Its a sign off less zinc which strengthens the brass....

There is not many fittings on the market that is not a rich yellow lately....

AckwelFoley

Joey the lips wrote: »

Sambra started to import italian fittings at first. So did national brass by a strange irony. Gave them nothing but problems. The sambra push fit were italian.

Sambra fittings were such a brand at one stage people use to walk into plumbers providers and ask for instantor fittings which of course was a reference to sambra fyffe fitting....

But all this is just about gone....


Haveing said that... I would never use any fitting thats a rich yellow... Its a sign off less zinc which strengthens the brass....

There is not many fittings on the market that is not a rich yellow lately....

Are the "stamped" instantor fittings that is a darker colour, not the yellow you speak of, are they foreign made too?