MDPE MAINS WATER PIPE - ATPLAS CHAMBER - Plumbing Tips

All about MDPE mains water pipe. How to fit on your water mains coming into your house and fit an ATPLAS chamber. We show you how the couplings work and how to fit to imperial iron thread. We show you how to measure and cut the pipe and how to make sure it's clean. We also show you how to use the inserts to prevent the pipe from collapsing.

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[nowthenad]

You deserve an award for your you deserve something (I'm not sure what) for your comedy. I confess, though, that I am starting to find your random bits of spliced in weirdness pretty hilarious.

[MrBuycycle]

Top quality video mate. Straight talking, no bs. Fkin love it m8

[Bookwolf]

I'm sitting here in my office at Philmac thoroughly enjoying your video. Well done on your very down-to-earth style and your obvious enthusiasm. We're immensely proud of this company and our products. Thank you very much and again, well done.

[Ed.R]

There can be some serious spring in the large blue MDPE pipes, think it was either 63 or 50mm. Got hit in the face by a bit as it came out of a fitting. The resulting cut required a bit of superglue.

[rockandmeatroll]

Thank you 👍👍👍👍 build is starting after years watching your vids, wow thank you

[zedman]

Nice. Did your water board not want the blue pipe ducted and insulated at entry point to the house?

[davehornet]

Epic🤣🤣 Thanks for this. Wondered why our joints didnt seal well!
Now ive got to go back to Mole valley and get some 20mm inserts🤣🤣🤦‍♂️

[knightbeat]

I have a copper pipe in the main water supply. The pipe has been damaged at the garden side. Therefore, we want to join a new pipe from that point as the builder told us. However, I started to wonder if it would be a good idea to have a joint underground and looked for any videos to see if there are any sort of inspection chamber kind of things to keep that joint accessible and observable. That's how I came across this video.

What is the common practice to follow here? Instead of replacing the entire pipe that will require breaking the concrete floor from the garden towards the main road and digging the driveway to put a new pipe, what is the best way to join a new pipe segment from the point it has actually been damaged?

[plumberparts]

LOVE GETTING MUDDY! Hows your Sunday going people!? I'm playing Ping Pong and having a BBQ....just got to do a call out first!

[garmit]

Nice demo thanks. Do you have any tips for connecting 20mm MDPE to a standard 22mm brass stopcock. I'm removing a 3/4" black water pipe that has been connected to 20mm in the ground outside the house adjacent to the D/S WC. The black pipe has a rupture in it. Inside the WC I'm working in a fairly tight space next to the stack pipe and there's also a 15mm copper cold feed in the same space that was boxed in. I thought it would be possible to get a brass 20mm to 22mm compression coupling but have only seen the plastic ones like the one you fitted here (with the 22mm copper adaptor grommets etc). These are massive by comparison. Am I just going to have to make space to fit this monster? Thanks

[steventurner]

What he did not tell you about this product is, that in cold periods down towards freezing the pipe going into this type of fitting will shrink and eventually pull out of the fitting. Also on during hot temperature it expands. If it is fitted to pipe in warm to hot weather it may seem tight but if it the pipe shrinks when cold it will leak.

[harrimi]

You deserve a comment. So here is my comment 😊

[MS-yydh]

Thanks for a great video! Can I ask - are the inserts always needed? I have read that "Most water utilities say they are not needed."

[Fran-fvpf]

I held tight today and now in hospital having a wrench removed. I will be suing!

[lauragalbraith]

This was great explains a lot. I am taking on re-plumbing our whole house and we are going from a Black Alkathene mains inlet to after the stopcock 22mm PEX (reducing to 15mm for taps etc.) We have very high water pressure so as well as a new Stop-cock we also need a new pressure reducing valve. I have looked at a few of your videos and think I can fit the stopcock no problem, but not so sure about the PRV, cant seem to find one that is compatible with PEX. Any advice? Or links to videos on how to fit a brass PRV to PEX pipe? cheers!

[steinfakinaway]

ive gotta fix a pipe and here i am doing research about the basics of plumbing on youtube

[alinmemet]

I want to extend some 25mm mdpe pipe from under a floor screed. Is it acceptable to bury the join in screed?

[jlindell]

hey mate . we have a water leak in mains water supply somewhere (1 cubic meter every 10days) . 1. how we find it? . 2. once found would you need to 2 joiners or 1? . cheers

[MatSmithLondon]

Plumbing my home from scratch and Thames Water just connected my new 25mm MDPE pipe to the street. Still need to fit internal isolator tap as it's wanging about in front yard with no stopper / tap. QUESTION: is it best to take 25mm all the way to back of house where megaflo and boiler will be, or should I convert to 15 or 22 at the incoming isolator tap at front of house? Need to get some services off it near front of house as well. What's the normal thing to do?

[MrSmid]

My old plumbing tutor always said that ptfe on threads means the plumbings failed. Should never need tape on brass or plastic threads.