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How to select the correct plumbing material for your pipework?

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Choosing the Right Plumbing Pipe for the Project

All project need to select a suitable plumbing material for their plumbing system. The selected material should be secured and easy installed by the plumbers, so that the pipework will be free from problem in the future.

There are many different kinds of plumbing materials in the market, but which one is suitable for your plumbing system? You will need to purchase from proprofessional plumbing material supplier.

There are some factors you need to consider when you select the plumbing materials: flow rate, anti-corrosion ability, water working pressure, working temperature, soil characteristic, sunlight condition and pipe performance etc.

We offer some professional introduction of different plumbing materials for your reference:

*** Stainless steel pipework:
Stainless steel material is one of the best performance plumbing material among all kinds of pipeline materials. It is well known for the reliability, durability and good performance for anti rust ability. It is a good option for the areas which require anti-corrosion ability. Stainless steel material also have different anti-rust ability for different application, stainless steel 304 is for common daily used, while stainless steel 316 have better anti-rust ability.
Stainless steel pipework is more expensive then other materials, but its high performance deserve the cost, it also make a high class looking among all selections in the market.

*** Copper pipework:
Copper material is also well known for its durability, and reliability and also have anti rust ability. At the same time, it has a golden look which seems high class.

*** PVC pipework:
PVC pipework is low cost and popular system for daily life. It has wide range of thickness for different application (Sewerage system and rainstorm drainage system).

*** Galvanized pipework:
Galvanized pipework is widely used for long run water transport, and also popular in residential application, but it also easily to get into rust problem. It would be a good choice for transporting of grey water and non potable water.

*** Cast iron pipework:
Cast iron pipe is a option for sewerage system and drainage system, but it is consider to be too heavy and too bulky to be used for residential purposes.

*** Brass pipework:
Brass material is an alloy of copper material, brass provide a good anti rust ability. Red brass pipe is the best grade of brass material in the market. Brass pipework is suitable for using of cold and hot water, it is a also a good option for using in residential plumbing pipework.

*** PEX pipework:
PEX pipework has good leak proof ability, it is suitable for using indoor, but not suitable for outdoor, because sunlight UV rays will damange the plastic layer of PEX pipe.

Above information is breif introduction of some different kinds of plumbing materials. You can choose suitable materials for your specific application. If you have some more question, please remember Pursue Plumbing is one of the most professional plumbing material supplier. You can email Pursue plumbing to get free catalogue: admin@pursueplumbing.com

Pursue Plumbing is willing to quote for your according to your enquiry.

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