thescruff wrote on Sep 29th, 2016, 7:15am:Don't know if they sorted since I retired but Vermin was proving a problem with some plastic pipe and fittings, Hep²0 especially, underfloors and lofts can be a problem in some areas.
About 12 or 13 years ago I was working for wolseley. I asked the hepworth rep about this, and apparently barrier pipe is less attractive to our furry friends than the non barrier. I don't know if this was true or not, or if it was just another way of convincing people to buy the more expensive barrier pipe, as both types were stocked at the time.
I also noticed how all the regular "proper" plumbers all seemed to favour copper pipe, whereas plastics and pushfit were mainly bought by general builders and the t***urday morning diyers