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Material choices, installation mistakes we have watched other people make, and what we changed on our own lines.
Metal-covered, rubber composite or corrugated stainless — which gas hose?
Three constructions, three price points, and a lot of salespeople who will sell you the wrong one. Here is how we decide, based on where the hose actually sits.
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PE-RT or PEX for underfloor heating? An honest comparison
Both are sold as 'the best'. The real answer depends on your site labour, your heat source temperature and whether anyone will ever kink a coil in a corner.
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The cheapest metre on a gas job is the one that stops the excavator
A PE steel-strip warning plate costs a fraction of the trench it sits in, and it is the only part of the job that speaks to whoever digs next.
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Solar pipe heat loss: what 20 metres actually costs you
Pre-insulated twin pipe is not a luxury item. Run the numbers on an uninsulated roof-to-tank line and the payback is shorter than the sales cycle.
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Canton Fair 139: booth 12.2 J31
We will be showing the full gas hose range plus PE warning plates and pre-insulated solar pipe. Bring a sample you are unhappy with — that conversation is usually the useful one.
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Our engineers quote from your specification — bore, length, fitting and the gas or fluid it will carry. Tell us the application and we will tell you which construction actually holds, including when the cheaper one does.
