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Thankyou everybody for replies so far, its all been noted down and will be used properly.

 

[migoplumber]

is that barbi pipe ploussane?

 

[Plouasne]

is that barbi pipe ploussane?

Giacomi (sp) is one of them, but look in the link Matériel et accessoires de plomberie en vente sur le site internet Plomberie Pro. PER-BAO top left box, the tool set is just below the fitting, its slip the ring over the pipe, insert the fitting, then draw up the ring over the barbed tail of the fitting

 

[migoplumber]

thats the one, nicknamed barbi in spain, 2nd best plastic pipe available to the proffesional, i liked thermofusion and rated that 1st.
do you have wirsbo same as barbi but outer olive is plastic, still used with an expanding machine and then plastic olive shrinks (3rd favorite)
it would be great to have some of that decent plastic over here !

 

[biofish]

Like to see you get the crimp ring over the insert then

Obviously not talking speedfit/hep then?

 

[migoplumber]

nope, take a look at plousannes link.
totally different concept, proper installers tube. wirsbo was as fast as speedfit, but still a new thing (7years ago) barbi was well established and slightly slower. thermofusion is what the gas men in the street use here, only different sizes (down to 12mm) best pipe ever and used domestically for internal installs !
ayyy the good old days.

 

[Plouasne]

thats the one, nicknamed barbi in spain, 2nd best plastic pipe available to the proffesional, i liked thermofusion and rated that 1st.
do you have wirsbo same as barbi but outer olive is plastic, still used with an expanding machine and then plastic olive shrinks (3rd favorite)
it would be great to have some of that decent plastic over here !

Shaun,

Only the sheds sell the push fit stuff and a brit sales man in the dordogne sells h2o specially for the brits, otherwise the pros use the stuff listed in the link, I am a bit out of touch being retired but still keep my eyes out for what's going on in the trade, most of the P E R or P E X tube used over here is pre-gained, I expect that you know what I mean by this, even if the Spanish use a different word for it, the tube come all ready with a light corrugated plastic sleeve over it

Thermofusion, I take this to be what I know as electrofusion welding of polyethylene pipe, biggest I have done was flat plate butt electrofusion on a 150 mm blue water main down to 25 mm saddle tappings, gas yellow was 75 mm sub mains flat plate electrofusion butt welded, with 25 mm saddle tappings these were done by hot iron shaped formers for both the main and saddle tapping, this was in the UK, the French do it slightly differently its all fittings with plug in heating element connections all computer controlled from the fusion box

 

[biofish]

nope, take a look at plousannes link.
totally different concept, proper installers tube. wirsbo was as fast as speedfit, but still a new thing (7years ago) barbi was well established and slightly slower. thermofusion is what the gas men in the street use here, only different sizes (down to 12mm) best pipe ever and used domestically for internal installs !
ayyy the good old days.

Out of my league, my bad!