Silver tape

[billybongo]

Evening all , just enquireing as to what is the cheapest /most reasonably priced silver tape to go round copper pipes going into channel in wall , duct or duck tape seems quite expensive for the job .
Cheers Mark

 

[lame plumber]

that is because the both tapes u mention are wrong, try denso tape, its the only thing that will prevent the Cu rotting out or you could use plastic coated pipe designed to be buried in walls and screed, but you have to pay to do the job right

 

[billybongo]

Hi lame plumber , i took a stab at the tapes , the reason i wanted to know about the silver tape is that i saw a heating engineer putting pipes in wall with said silver tape and i am caurious to know what this tape is , he had disappeared before i could ask .
Do you have any idea ! have used denso tape in the past ( yuk) but if needs must .
Cheers Mark

 

[Destroyer2813]

All the oils from denso will bleed through the plaster though lame won't they ?

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

All the oils from denso will bleed through the plaster though lame won't they ?

yes they will

 

[billybongo]

What tape would you guys recommend then .
Mark

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

pvc tape,wont rot like duct tape

 

[lame plumber]

forgot it was plaster , I always use plastic coated tube in plaster, cant be faffing around with tape.

I pulled some copper out of a wall today, wrapped with insulation tape, 15mm copper, full of corrosion and holes, just proved to me to do it right first time if you want it to last

 

[wattsie1987]

It was prob foil tape and plastic pipe so they can be detected if needs be.

 

[Billy Bob Bob]

forgot it was plaster , I always use plastic coated tube in plaster, cant be faffing around with tape.

I pulled some copper out of a wall today, wrapped with insulation tape, 15mm copper, full of corrosion and holes, just proved to me to do it right first time if you want it to last

if the 2 inch pvc tape is used no issues its when the chepo normal stuff is put on theres issues

 

[AWheating]

double wrap of pvc or sillicone tape should be fine, put inside some stichfelt if movement/expansion may cause an issue.

silver foil is used on plastic as mentioned to enable detection by scanners, but the adhesive of the silver foil should not make contact with the plastic pipe unless the pipe manufacturer agrees the tapes adhesive can not have a chemical reaction with the pipe.