uncoiling plastic pipe

tangojulie

I have a 25m coil of 22mm barrier pipe that I need to straighten out - not pretty-straight, but at least enough to stop it springing out of a line of pipe clips. Anyone know how to do this please?

staffie1

uncoil it and leave it in a warm place for a day or two?

diable

staffie1 wrote: »

uncoil it and leave it in a warm place for a day or two?

This is England so may have to wait ages for another warm day.

You could bung up one end, uncoil the pipe and pour hot water through it whilst one end is tied to something and pull on it or use a heat gun carefully on it.

mikey72

Don't use a heat gun, you can damage it and won't know.
I've never got it straight from the reel, so I only use it where it won't be seen, then switch back to copper.
I usually get it clipped in ok though, gently feed it where it should go, and don't force it or you can kink it. Clip near the connectors so there's no stress, then it eventually takes up the line it should, after it been in for a while.
Oh, and clip it so it tries to spring sideways, not up or down, and it stays in the clips better.

tangojulie

Thanks for the suggestions, will give them a try.

Canucklehead

Hi


Captive pipe clips?


GSR

tangojulie

I laid it out in the garden in a straight line with both ends secured - after a few days it seemed to lose most of its memory of having been coiled up, and is now quite easy to handle. I'll use captive pipe clips though - thanks for that idea :j

ormus