Is it dangerous to save on plumbing pipes

When laying plumbing communications, many homeowners pay attention to the fact that in stores often presented pipes from a particular material, but at the same time prices for different brands are significantly are different. Accordingly, there immediately appears a desire to save an extra penny. Doing this is not worth it for many reasons. First, you need to understand that no store is safe from counterfeit products, which are usually purchased at ridiculous prices. For the consumer, this means a complete overhaul of the communication in the very near future after installation. Secondly, when considering the assortment, you can see pipes, it would seem, from one material. Upon closer examination, the appearance is that they can have different thicknesses, technical parameters that are capable of in some cases, significantly extend the life of the system and make the operation camphor, without unscheduled small repairs.

Most often, the buyer, having read on the Internet about the technical characteristics of a particular material, believes that this data applies to any copies. However, in such cases we are only talking about quality products, so you need to consider which brands have already worked well.

If you plan to purchase pipes made of polyethylene, then you should pay attention to such varieties of PEX-A (UPONOR, REHAU) and PEX-C (TECE, KANTHERM). If you plan to lay pipes for heating, you will have to spend a little more money than with the usual version and purchase a material with an anti-diffusion layer that protects against oxygen. Such pipes proved to be excellent when used in the role of a heated floor and heating system. So that polypropylene pipes, from which the water supply system is usually soldered, do not cause trouble, you need to focus on the KAN and ECOPLASTIC brands. The key point when choosing such pipes will be the quality of the threaded connection. The following metal grades are considered reliable: UPONOR, REHAU, VALSIR, TECE. At the same time, you need to remember that they are not suitable for use in screed or in plaster.

It is very dangerous to save on sewer pipes. Inexpensive copies, as a rule, are made from recyclable materials, without observing any requirements. Such a pipe can very quickly fail, cracks and chips appear in it, so it is more profitable to purchase more expensive high-quality material. Now usually plastic pipes are used for sewage, on which no precipitation forms. It must be remembered that there is no universal version of polymer pipes; they are intended either for external laying or for internal, in the first case they are orange, and in the second gray. In rare cases, pig-iron pipes with a special enamel coating are purchased.