what to cut MDPE pipe with

[Richard Morley]

I will shortly be puchasing and running some MDPE 25 mm pipe work.

Not used it before . What tool do I need to cut it sqaure ?.

I presume that the hand "plastic pipe cutters" sold are for rigid plasic waste pipe rather than MDPE.

Something not too expensive I hope as I will not be doing this very often.

Thanks Richard

[Roger Mills]

Pipe cutters intended for plastic pipe such as Hep2O are fine. Otherwise it's easy enough to cut with a good pair of garden secateurs - the sort with curves blades which shear, not the sort with a straight blade and an anvil.

[stillnobodyhome]

Would those not give you an uneven cut? The plastic pipe cutters I have have a cutting blade that goes down in between two other parts of the lower jaw ... like these

these gap between the bottom jaw(s) is easier to see in the second item listed .

[Roger Mills]

or these

The gap between the bottom jaw(s) is easier to see in the second item

If you're doing it for a living, the proper tools are fine - even the second one at nearly £100! But if you're just cutting one or two pipes, and already have something like

you can achieve perfectly acceptable results without needing to spend any money. [In Wilkinson Sword parlance you need bypass pruners, not anvil pruners].

[newshound]

Isn't 25 mm a bit big for secateurs? I just use a hacksaw and clean off the burrs with a stanley knife or sandpaper. A tenon saw or other fairly fine toothed wood saw will also work.

[Richard Morley]

Thanks for your contributions. Having today purchased the MDPE and experimented with both secateurs and hacksaw , I think I agree with newshound.

again many thanks.

Richard

[Andy Dingley]

You are Doctor Drivel and I claim my five pounds!

Sorry, that's a fiver I owe you.

_IF_ you do this neatly, square, and you properly de-burr it afterwards, then this can work. If you're Drivel, then the burrs from sawing cause it to leak afterwards.

Use some very big bypass shears. Works fine, no burrs.

[Doctor Drivel]

You are a total idiot! Please eff off.