Copper tube - standards and quality

[Tim Watts]

I have no complaints with BES copper tube which is:

BS 2871 : Part 1 : Table X (EN 1057 half hard). Kitemarked.

However I could do with some soon, and ToolStation have a slight discount. Theirs is:

BS EN1057 2006 R250

Is that the same or crappier quality? I have a vague memory of quality issues mentioned on here some while back...

Cheers

Tim

[Bob Minchin]

I've just completed a job using toolstation copper tube. Marked as EN1057 Wednesbury TM and BSI kitemarked.

No issues with it, bent readily without kinks etc

I can't see any reference to "2006 R250" on the pack or the tube itself.

From what I read here a while back, the table X (and table Y) is an older way of specifying it and the EN standard the newer version.

Bob

[Nightjar]

R250 is half hard and the modern equivalent of Table X.

R290 is fully hard (Table Z) and R220 is fully annealed (Table W)

Colin Bignell

[Tim Watts]

On Saturday 04 May 2013 19:56 Nightjar wrote in uk.d-i-y:

Thanks - that's useful.

So - BS2871 (blah) is the same as BS EN1057 2006 R250?

[Nightjar]

IIRC, BS EN 1057 allows a wider range of wall thickness, although I suspect that is mainly because it has to incorporate all the previous national standards.

Colin Bignell

[Fred]

But I think TS only sell 2m and 3m is more useful IMHO. 2m is unlikely to go floor to ceiling or wall to wall without a join, so I find it quicker to use 3m and not spend time jointing it. YMMV.