Plumbing & Heating Systems The Total Plumbing Solution Product Guide February 2012

POLYPIPE PLUMBING & HEATING SYSTEMS: Polypipe & CHOICE VERSATILITY, FLEXIBILITY Plumbing & Heating Systems: Polypipe is the UK’s leading and fastest growing manufacturer of plastic plumbing products for hot and cold plumbing and heating systems. Our products serve the domestic market, providing installers and end users with easy to install, reliable products. At Polypipe we have a commitment to delivering products that meet every conceivable need within our chosen market sectors, with each range designed to provide outstanding innovation, performance and value. Contents Versatility, Flexibility...

The Manufacturer of Choice Polypipe is a key player in the UK plumbing market with an unrivalled reputation for innovation, service and value. In recent years, Polypipe has consistently outstripped the overall market growth of plastic plumbing & heating systems as a growing number of merchants, developers, installers and consumers recognise the benets of the company’s product offering. Polypipe is also recognised for its innovative channel support initiatives, which provide merchants, developers and installers with access to a wide range of market support, including literature, point of sale...

Plastic Plumbing & Heating Systems: Outstanding Performance & Value The development of plastic plumbing solutions has been a signicant feature of the building products market for more than 20 years. Copper is, by its very nature, a xed and inexible material that requires time consuming joint processes during installation. As a traded metal, copper prices are also subject to the uctuations of commodity markets with resulting instability in manufacturing costs and product prices. A further consequence of price volatility is the tendency for copper, and other metals, to be the target of theft. 4...

Application Driven Product Solutions Plumbers know that no two jobs are the same. You choose your product solution to t the application. This is why Polypipe has developed a Total Plumbing Solution. You assess your job, select the most appropriate Polypipe system, match it with the correct Polypipe pipe, and install the system with condence. Every job is covered. Use the overview below as a quick guide to our product systems and consult the individual product sections within this product guide for more detailed product information. Or visit our dedicated plumbing systems website at www.totallyplumbing.com....

Polybutylene Pipe: Flexible & Sustainable At the heart of our systems is our commitment to polybutylene pipe. Unlike a number of other plumbing manufacturers, we choose polybutylene to create the most exible and efcient pipes and plumbing systems available. Polybutylene pipe is ideal for both domestic hot and cold water plumbing and heating systems, offering exceptional durability and long-term performance, which has seen it become the preferred material choice for today’s building projects. Another key advantage of polybutylene pipe is that it is extremely lightweight, particularly when compared...

Pipe selection Cut length or "Plumb straight" Although "Plumb Straight" coiled pipe is designed to effectively straighten when un-coiled, where the visual appearance of pipe is important, i.e. short visible sections of 22mm pipe in cylinder cupboards, pipe cut from straight lengths may be preferred NOTE: Polybutylene pipe must not be used for long permanently exposed runs of pipe where appearance is important. Both straight and coiled pipes As barrier pipes contain an EVOH barrier layer to reduce oxygen ingress into the system through the pipe wall it is our opinion that these pipes must be used...

The FAST & PERMANENT system PERMANENT system Polyplumb is an integrated flexible plumbing system, incorporating polybutylene pipes and a complementary range of push-fit fittings. It can be used in hot and cold water supply, and radiator and floor heating installations. The system offers a high degree of reliability, achieved through a product design that has been tried and tested over the past 30 years. The system offers a number of benefits, including: • Time efficient, no nonsense one step joint process • High performance stainless steel grab ring ensures superb joint integrity • Demountable...

PERMANENT system • WRAS Listed in the WRAS Water Fittings and Materials Directory • Standards Manufacturing Quality Assurance - in accordance with BS EN ISO 9002 (BSI registered firm • Installation Standard - to follow the requirements of BS5955 - PART 8 2001 Plastic pipework (Thermoplastic • British Standard - Class S rated to BS7291 Part 1 and Kitemark Licence Number 38148 to BS7291 Part 1 & 2 British Gas - has accepted the Polyplumb Class S Polybutylene pipe system as being acceptable for open vented and sealed central heating systems and are eligible for acceptance onto Home Care Central...

Jointing and tting instructions The FAST & PERMANENT system Jointing Step 3: Visual check of tting and tting components Step 1a: Cutting Polyplumb pipes Although every single socket is visually checked during the manufacturing process to ensure that all components are present and in the correct order, a further visual check must be carried out as tampering by others can take place on site or during distribution. Firstly check that the pipe is not scored or scratched in any way and if it is so cut back to a point where there is no damage present. CAUTION - Do not insert ngers into the Polyplumb...

Jointing and tting instructions The FAST & PERMANENT system Dismantling a Polyplumb joint Reduced component ttings Polyplumb ttings must not be dismantled for any reason prior to jointing. Changes have been made to 15mm Polyplumb couplers, elbows and tees and 22mm Polyplumb elbows and tees, which need to be considered when using Polyplumb spares kits with these ttings, as follows: Step 1: Procedure for using the component pack of spares Dismantling the joint If it is necessary to remove a jointed pipe from a tting, the cap-nut should be unscrewed and the pipe with all the socket components present...