Pinhole in Black Alkathene 17.5 3/8" under concrete driveway.
Hello, we have managed to 'dink' the mains water supply to our house, during some excavations for a drain.
And we are hoping for some advice on the best way to proceed. The leak is only a pinhole, but after a few days it has escaped...
I have a problem with an old stopcock (40 years?) fitted on the old alkathene supply pipe. This is in a property owned by an elderly friend and the stopcock has been leaking from the spindle for many months. Despite several attempts to pack out the gland with PTFE the valve continues to leak. My...
ehup peeps , anybody know where I can get hold of a mains alkathene fitting to copper and liner .
No local merchants stock them the last one I needed got posted from Northern Island , but it was years ago .
Had a quick look on BES and cant find any.
Down to a bad experience with a philimac...
hi guys anyone experience using this brand? I'll be using it and since the fittings are only compatable with there own pipe. I'm not sure sure what fitting the Scottish water guys are going to make the connection as there universal saddle furrule will need to be a protectaline saddle and I'm not...
Evenings Lads
Just want your thoughts on my plan. Im currently doing my house up and have 1/2'' lead main coming in. Eventually i want to renew back to the street in alkathene. For now though I'm planning on cutting the lead where it comes under the floor and connecting onto alkathene and...
Got a mains with knackered stopcock which has got another stopcock fitted after the knackered one and lots of other garbage. The whole lot needs to come out and be sorted before I can fit a new wall mounted WC. It was all hidden behind a back to wall wc covered by tiles for the last 30...
Hi all,
I am in the process of having a kitchen revamp.
It's a Galley Kitchen (see plan), Washer Dryer Would be in the left hand corner, followed by the inset sink (left hand drainer), then the Dishwasher followed by a Gas hob. This set up would afford me lots of counter top space (750mm)...
Any one know if you are still able to get a stopcock with built in drain off to fit Alkathene pipework? the diameter is lightly larger than 15mm, thanks
I have a 32mm Alkahtene pipe that terminates on a one way valve on a pressure vessel.
To make the connection these is a metal Alkathene fitting .. consisting of a nut, compression Olive, space and an O ring.
The nut then screws onto the pressure vessel fitting, pulling olive tight onto...
I am trying to fit an outside tap by running water from a shed which used to have a toilet, but the pipe coming into the shed is black 25mm MDPE, what is the best way of connecting it to 15mm copper?
Any help please?
Cheers
chinkyboy84
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Hi All members,
I have been asked recently to remodel a customers kitchen which involves knocking out an external wall to put in bi-fold doors. However on the wall side where the doors need to go the blue alkathene comes up through the concrete floor right in the centre of the proposed door...
HI - me again!!!
At the same property as my previous post there is a leaking compression joint on black plastic to copper connection on a pipe in an outside toilet.
The OD of the black pipe is approx 22mm (21.7mm - 1/2" pipe???) - Would this accept a standard 22mm compression fitting if i...
Hi all
I have been to look at a job this morning which is to install a kitchen unit and sink into a barn on a farm being used as an office. There is currently a 1/2inch black alkathene pipe buried in concrete that runs from the water main (which is in another barn about 60m away) to the barn...
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