Interior Design Fittings and Fixtures - Plumbing
Types of Pipe Work - Sanitary Plumbing
Cast Iron
Cast iron piping often used in high rise and commercial or industrial use where the pipe system is under a lot of use.
Copper
Copper a very good long life material.
Copper being a metal and subject to hot and cold water and variations of should have expansion taken into consideration.
UPVC
Unplasticised polyvinyl chloride is the common plastic pipe you see in many installations.
It is used extensively in low rise and domestic situations because it is economic and easy to use.
It is joined with solvents and with fittings on threads compressing onto "rubber rings".
