will 22mm WHITE PEX pipe fit inside this 25mm black conduit?

SH

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Mar 23, 2021, 4:50:15 PM3/23/21

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I had a 10 pack of 3m x 22mm diameter White PEX barrier pipe lying about
in the garage.

It has now been used as part of a 30 m long irrigation system clipped to
a dark brown wood fence with 22mm Push fit equal tees at 3m intervals.

I thought I might as well use the 10 pack of plastic Pex rather than buy
a 10 pack of 3m copper tube and teh PEX pipe is better at taking in the
undulations of the fence than the copepr tube would ever be.

The Tees serve to join up the 3m lengths of white Pex pipe and allow a
copper manifold with 4 washing machine valves to be fitted.

Hozelock tap connectors are then screwed onto the washing machine valves.

The idea being that each washing machine valve then feeds a bradas
dripper hose via a hozelock hose connector

The main 22mm white PEX pipe run is then controlled by a water timer
connected to 25mm blue MDPE pipe.

Now, SWMBO has objected to the white plastic pipe against the dark brown
fence.

So I've been looking at:

https://www.toolstation.com/polypropylene-flexible-conduit/p47607

Does anyopne know if 22mm plastic pipe will fit within the flexible 25mm
conduit? If so, I can then temporarily disconnect the Tees and slide on
3 m lengths of flexible conduit and then reclip using 25 mm diameter
conduit pipe clips.

alan_m

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Mar 23, 2021, 5:44:08 PM3/23/21

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On 23/03/2021 20:50, SH wrote:

> Now, SWMBO has objected to the white plastic pipe against the dark brown
> fence.

Paint the white pipe with a solvent based paint.

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Robin

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Mar 23, 2021, 5:44:59 PM3/23/21

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On 23/03/2021 20:50, SH wrote:

25mm is the outside diameter and it's corrugated so the internal
diameter is a lot smaller so I'd say next to no chance..

And come to think of it sellers with more time for specs than TS
probably tell you. Ah yes:

<https://contactitsolutions.co.uk/cable-management/flexible-conduits?limit=100>

18mm

<https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/products/1781070-25mm-polypropylene-flexible-conduit-50m-reel>

19mm

I can well believe the TS one is thinner but not /that/ much thinner.

Look at 32 mm flexible conduit - c. 27 mm internal.

And worth checking it is UV stable (which IIRC PEX ain't so SWMBO may
have done you a favour).

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Rod Speed

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Mar 23, 2021, 7:30:04 PM3/23/21

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"alan_m" <ju...@admac.myzen.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 23/03/2021 20:50, SH wrote:
>
>> Now, SWMBO has objected to the white plastic pipe against the dark brown
>> fence.
>
> Paint the white pipe with a solvent based paint.

Not likely to stay looking good for very long with white under the brown.

Peeler

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Mar 23, 2021, 7:40:23 PM3/23/21

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On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 10:29:53 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

>
> Not likely to stay looking good for very long with white under the brown.

In auto-contradicting mode again, you subnormal trolling senile pest from
Oz?

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Brian Gaff (Sofa)

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Mar 24, 2021, 5:37:16 AM3/24/21

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What about some kind of paint or wood stain? I'm sure there used to be one
that made white garden furniture like pedestals look more um weathered!

Brian

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Brian Gaff (Sofa)

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Mar 24, 2021, 5:38:38 AM3/24/21

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That is why you need one with a solvent in it, but beware some of that stuff
remains sticky for life.

Brian

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SH

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Mar 24, 2021, 6:04:34 AM3/24/21

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I've come across split conduit.....

https://www.cef.co.uk/catalogue/products/1376797-25mm-split-flexible-conduit-50m-reel

That does have the advantage of not needing to disassemble the Equal
Tees or pulling the PEX pipe out of its pipe brackets. I can then add
black round conduit brackets to hold the PEX-Conduit assembly to the
fence.....

FWIW, the PEX pipe is at the bottom of the 6ft high fence on teh north
facing side and doesn't get any direct sunlight......

Andrew

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Mar 24, 2021, 6:53:51 AM3/24/21

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Rub yoghurt over it and it will soon take on a gungy patina.

Andrew

Rod Speed

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Mar 24, 2021, 1:15:27 PM3/24/21

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Brian Gaff (Sofa) <bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote

> That is why you need one with a solvent in it,

Still doesn’t stick that well to something like
that and so will look grotty very quickly.

> but beware some of that stuff remains sticky for life.

And so will look awful.

Peeler

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On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 04:15:16 +1100, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent

Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again:

> Still doesn’t stick that well to something like
> that and so will look grotty very quickly.

It can't become as grotty though as you are, senile troll!

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