Plastic or copper pipes? What type of joint? How are the joints at the top restrained /clipped?
One possible explanation is as follows...
Unrestrained plastic pipe expands in length between 0.07 (PVC) and 0.2 (PE) mm / (m °C) so if...
Thanks for your reply. The pipes are a mix of copper and plastic. Both pictures show the pipes after repair. There was a previous failure as shown in the second picture.
Hello, I’m hoping someone out there can help me with a query I have regarding my central heating system. It’s an oil fired system with 16 radiators. I’m not sure when the system was installed but certainly a long time ago, perhaps even...