Plastic/copper at radiators

[SimonG]

The only problem with plastic is the installation. People think its easy and dont follow the instructions. I wonder how many people pressure test it to the correct pressure?

 

[AMW]

Only ever use plastic if absoluty have to 99% of the time it's copper, plastic never looks good imho.

 

[Stanios]

The only problem with plastic is the installation. People think its easy and dont follow the instructions. I wonder how many people pressure test it to the correct pressure?

Its not even a straight forward test since plastic pipe expands under pressure

 

[SimonG]

Its not even a straight forward test since plastic pipe expands under pressure

Pretty straight forward to me. When the gauge says 10 bar then jts 10 bar.

 

[Stanios]

Pretty straight forward to me. When the gauge says 10 bar then jts 10 bar.

On large systems there will be a drop after 2 min in my experience