Polypipe Plumbing and Heating Systems: Our commitment to polybutylene pipe

At the heart of the Polypipe Plumbing and Heating Systems product offer is our commitment to polybutylene pipe.

We choose polybutylene to create the most flexible and efficient pipes and jointing systems available. Polybutylene pipe is ideal for both domestic hot and cold water plumbing and heating systems, offering exceptional durability and long-term performance, which has seen it become the preferred material choice for today’s building projects.

The most important characteristic of polybutylene is its natural flexibility, allowing you to bend the pipe into even the tightest of spaces. Polybutylene is the most malleable plastic used in the manufacture of piping systems.

Another key advantage of polybutylene pipe is that it is extremely lightweight, particularly when compared with copper piping systems. For example, 15mm copper tube will weigh approximately 0.28kg/m, compared to just 0.074kg/m for polybutylene. This significant weight reduction is invaluable when transporting materials to site.

Polybutylene pipe has good resistance to freezing temperatures, maintaining long-term durability in heating and water applications. This, combined with the pipe’s elasticity, means that if water is subjected to freezing temperatures, a burst pipe is less likely. Our plumbing systems also give improved performance over rigid pipe systems in terms of low noise transmission and low water hammer effect.

Our plumbing systems conform to a number of third-party accredited standards, which are listed below:

Polypipe Barrier Pipe

All of our Plumbing & Heating Pipe has a built in oxygen barrier. The pipe is of a 5 layer construction with an ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) barrier layer, to impede permeation of oxygen, incorporated between two layers of adhesive and Polybutylene (PB) inner and outer layers.

Pro-Straight Pipe

Our entire range of plumbing & heating pipe coils come with Pro-Straight technology built in, giving you unparalleled ease of use during installation. You can find out more from our Plastic Plumbing Category Manager Adam Pearson in the video below.

Grey and White Pipe Compatibility

Grey pipe and white fittings can be used together and vice versa, however, please note the ‘K’ insertion depth mark on the pipe will not be correct, therefore the insertion depth should be measured and marked on the pipe.