29 Sep 2009 at 21:01 #1 PaulStat PaulStat Soldato Joined 1 Mar 2003 Posts 5,508 Location Cotham, Bristol Hi All, I'm after about 1ft of 8 or 10mm copper tube, but places like Wickes et al only seem to sell it in 10 metre lengths! Does anyone have any idea where I can get small quantities? Thanks, Paul
Hi All, I'm after about 1ft of 8 or 10mm copper tube, but places like Wickes et al only seem to sell it in 10 metre lengths! Does anyone have any idea where I can get small quantities? Thanks, Paul
29 Sep 2009 at 21:02 #2 Al-Ectrician Al-Ectrician Associate Joined 28 Sep 2003 Posts 1,057 Location Glasgow local plumbing merchant
29 Sep 2009 at 21:35 #3 EffBee EffBee Associate Joined 9 Dec 2006 Posts 1,323 A local plumber or heating engineer with a few offcuts? Any house being modernized might be throwing away or scrapping old copper pipes.
A local plumber or heating engineer with a few offcuts? Any house being modernized might be throwing away or scrapping old copper pipes.
29 Sep 2009 at 21:37 #4 Ricochet J Ricochet J Soldato Joined 29 Jun 2004 Posts 12,957 EffBee said: heating engineer Click to expand... lol
29 Sep 2009 at 21:44 #5 AtlanticP AtlanticP Associate Joined 3 Mar 2008 Posts 1,629 Location Cornwall Local recycle place may have some
29 Sep 2009 at 21:45 #6 TaKeN TaKeN Soldato Joined 18 Aug 2005 Posts 13,189 Location Shropshire Find a local Plumber in the yellow pages and give them a shout. or... try and find a 'Plumb Center' < Which is a chain of 'Builders Center' they should sort you out with some.
Find a local Plumber in the yellow pages and give them a shout. or... try and find a 'Plumb Center' < Which is a chain of 'Builders Center' they should sort you out with some.
29 Sep 2009 at 22:04 #7 Lopéz Lopéz Man of Honour Joined 17 Oct 2002 Posts 29,342 Location Ottakring, Vienna. PaulStat said: Hi All, I'm after about 1ft of 8 or 10mm copper tube, but places like Wickes et al only seem to sell it in 10 metre lengths! Does anyone have any idea where I can get small quantities? Thanks, Paul Click to expand... You can buy it in much shorter lengths at Wickes/B&Q, Focus, any plumb merchants. Oh and Screwfix.
PaulStat said: Hi All, I'm after about 1ft of 8 or 10mm copper tube, but places like Wickes et al only seem to sell it in 10 metre lengths! Does anyone have any idea where I can get small quantities? Thanks, Paul Click to expand... You can buy it in much shorter lengths at Wickes/B&Q, Focus, any plumb merchants. Oh and Screwfix.
29 Sep 2009 at 22:08 #8 sir_snookie sir_snookie Associate Joined 11 May 2003 Posts 132 Location Bristol I got some 15mm
29 Sep 2009 at 22:12 #9 Hedge Hedge Soldato Joined 18 Oct 2002 Posts 19,583 Location Somewhere in the middle. 3 metre lengths you mean
29 Sep 2009 at 22:14 #10 Aero Aero Soldato Joined 19 Sep 2007 Posts 3,149 Your better off buying a 3m length and then you have some spare as you will pay probably about half the cost of a 3m length for just 1m.
Your better off buying a 3m length and then you have some spare as you will pay probably about half the cost of a 3m length for just 1m.
29 Sep 2009 at 22:15 #11 The Halk The Halk Soldato Joined 13 May 2003 Posts 11,865 Location Hamilton He was after a foot not a metre.
8 Oct 2009 at 12:16 #12 TaKeN TaKeN Soldato Joined 18 Aug 2005 Posts 13,189 Location Shropshire Did you manage to get any in the end?
8 Oct 2009 at 12:34 #13 PaulStat PaulStat Soldato OP Joined 1 Mar 2003 Posts 5,508 Location Cotham, Bristol TaKeN said: Did you manage to get any in the end? Click to expand... yeah I found a guy on ebay that did all sorts of stuff
TaKeN said: Did you manage to get any in the end? Click to expand... yeah I found a guy on ebay that did all sorts of stuff
8 Oct 2009 at 12:38 #14 uber soldat uber soldat Soldato Joined 19 Oct 2007 Posts 3,739 Location Delete *.* The roof of your local church if you're a gypo/*****
8 Oct 2009 at 12:39 #15 TaKeN TaKeN Soldato Joined 18 Aug 2005 Posts 13,189 Location Shropshire uber soldat said: The roof of your local church if you're a gypo/***** Click to expand... Arn't you thinking of Lead?
uber soldat said: The roof of your local church if you're a gypo/***** Click to expand... Arn't you thinking of Lead?
8 Oct 2009 at 12:43 #16 uber soldat uber soldat Soldato Joined 19 Oct 2007 Posts 3,739 Location Delete *.* TaKeN said: Arn't you thinking of Lead? Click to expand... No church roofs have copper on to.