plumbing question

[Nick Brooks]

Are crossovers such as these

good idea or is it just as easy to use a right-angle and bend the end of the pipe a bit?

TIA

Nick Brooks

[John Rumm]

Never found the need for them really - might be handy if you need to "jump" a pipe where it might be on show. Nothing you can't do with a pipe bender or a few 45 degree bends though.

[Lurch]

On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:31:11 +0100, in uk.d-i-y Nick Brooks strung together this:

Depends how good you are at bending and how neat you want the crossing to look. I personally have never used them but there are loads of useful fittings for plumbing, electrical and other trades that are never stocked or used because of the low demand.

[Andrew Gabriel]

I've used a few half crossovers. They work out smaller than making it yourself (and if it matters, they don't have such a sharp bend as a regular elboe). Never needed a full crossover myself.

[Zymurgy]

Nick Brooks wrote

Depends if you can see it or not.

For 22mm pipe these are probably a good idea to get a neat job, for

15mm pipe you could easily form a crossover with a spring pipe bender.

For places you can't see, why not use poly pipe on the cross over run ? if you're against push fit, you can use compression on them with an insert.

Just my thoughts as i've done none of the above, but this is how i'd approach it :-)

Cheers,

Paul.