Hi
Can anybody suggest a source of 8-10mm plastic pipe for me? I only need at max 1m.
It's for an underfloor heating system going in to my house - a temperature probe must be embedded inside the floor, inside a plastic pipe. I have max of 10mm depth for this.
Regards, Mark
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Also, if it can be *flexible* then buy a length cut to size from Halfords or almost any car accessory shop.
Cic.
8mm and 10mm are standard sizes for plastic plumbing pipe. The problem would be getting short enough lengths of it. It's usually sold on huge reels, but you could ask plumbers or plumber's merchants for offcuts if you don't want 25m of it!
Christian.
Fuel tubing probably. Any place that sells spares for e.g. motorbikes and so on.
Or a model shop that sells engines etc for models,.
I've seen 2 or 3 metre lengths of thin plastic water pipe in Wickes, although I wouldn't swear it was as thin as 8-10mm.
Would flexible polythene tubing do? If so, the larger B&Qs sell it by the metre in various diameters.
Most manufacturers let you buy 2m or 3m lengths of 15mm, but nothing smaller. There might be an exception, however, or a supplier willing to sell cut lengths from a reel.
Christian.
Thanks for the suggestions.
It needs to be solid plastic pipe, no greater than 10mm, which seems to limit things somewhat.
Regards, Mark
=============== If you can replace it occasionally then the 'home brew' pipe I suggested should be OK.
Cic.
It's not practical to do that unfortunately. It's an underfloor heating probe which gets burried in the adhesive under the ceramic tiles.
Regards, Mark
The 10mm PEX plumbing pipe is probably what you want, but as I suggested, getting small lengths may be difficult.
Christian.
Ah. Model shop then. Good one that does model railway stuff. You can get polystyrene pipe up to about 12mm diameter I think. I made a really nice pair of vickers machine guns out of some of that and some corrugated plastic for a small plane..
Another possibility is yellow pages and look for plastic suppliers. Wander down and blag an offcut.
Thanks for the suggestions.
I picked up some 15mm plastic plumbing pipe this w/e. With 5mm adhesive (x2) + 9mm board and underfloor heating webbing, this should work.
Cheers, Mark
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