Copper pipe joining in the UK

[F Murtz]

I am in Australia and have been having a discussion in a usenet group about soldering pipe. I have been assuming that Australia and UK would be similar.I have a son who is a plumber and he says that In Australia silver solder is specified in new buildings (units, flats,domestic complexes, high rises, industrial) for copper pipe (mostly 5% sometimes 2% And is used by most plumbers in other places.
In this discussion in the UK usenet group I have been told plumbers in the UK don't use silver solder (copper silver phosphor alloy) just soft solder,which I find hard to believe.

Do British plumbers use silver solder (copper silver phosphor alloy)for joining copper pipe in the uk or are they stuck with the old fashioned methods . May be joints are not soldered as much in the UK and you use quickfit substitutes but if they are soldered what do you use?
What is specified on new jobs?

 

[Dotty]

Now't wrong with soft soldering. There's obviously circumstances where we need to silver solder but those are few and far between.

Guess that's the difference between being trained to do it properly and not..........

 

[SimonG]

Nowt wrong with soft solder. Silver solder is a bit of overkill. Leaves the pipes in a mess as well.

Theres always good old plastic

 

[Plumbstar Tom]

I know the water is hugely different in Australia, so much so that the Brass has to be Dezincification stuff

 

[Dotty]

I know the water is hugely different in Australia, so much so that the Brass has to be Dezincification stuff

So what you're saying is they haven't got real water down under? Just some unnatural wet stuff with all the MAN stuff taken out?

And they call us poofters!

 

[Plumbstar Tom]

So what you're saying is they haven't got real water down under? Just some unnatural wet stuff with all the MAN stuff taken out?

And they call us poofters!

Well hopefully one day i will go there and I shall bring a bottle back for you to compare

 

[Dotty]

Well hopefully one day i will go there and I shall bring a bottle back for you to compare

Appreciate that Tom. It ain't going in my whisky mind!

 

[Toxic Ted]

So what you're saying is they haven't got real water down under? Just some unnatural wet stuff with all the MAN stuff taken out?

And they call us poofters!

Think about it John.......they even refer to thier watery lager as "p**s"..........cant be a good sign can it?