The Uponor Q&E Shrink Fit Plastic Pipe System- Installation Guide
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ค. 2024
- The video demonstrates how to put together a Q&E Shrink-Fit plumbing joint in a few short steps:
1) Cut the PEX pipe with a pair of cutters
2) Place a Q&E Shrink-Fit ring on to the pipe end
3) Expand the PEX pipe using a Milwaukee gun
4) Insert a fitting on to the end and wait 30 seconds for the Shrink-Back effect!
Q&E Shrink-Fit is ideal for behind the wall applications and a variety of tapwater and radiator plumbing installations. The unique properties of the solution include improved flexibility due to the crosslinking of the PEX pipe, joint security thanks to the Shrink-Fit technology and easy adaption to copper fittings. Whats more no hot works are required.
The video above also indicates how Q&E Shrink-fit (16-64mm) is ideal for commercial and residential applications. Please note a Milwaukee M12, M18 and VLD gun is required, however a range of exclusive deals are on offer at your local merchant! - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Been heating engineer on domestic and commercial sites for years, saw one of this methods online. Arranged meeting with my Uponor rep and tried this and other joining methods. Have to say very impressed. I take samples with me and inspected them at home. Measured internal bore and compared with Speedfit, CU etc., cut on half completed joints, bend them, try to push apart using grips. Also you can make joins when some water still in the pipes, disassemble completed fittings to do repair and joint them back. I think it’s exactly the same situation when Speedfit come out to the market and everyone afraid to use it saying it’s not reliable but now lots of engineers use it.
So those fittings shrink fit? Neat
We nearly started using it but found one major issue, none of our suppliers stock it.
@UponorUK
Where in the UK can I buy this from, only seem to be one or two online places with patchy stock.
What if the solder joint leaks. Can you solder close to it ?
0792matt You would have to cut the pex I would imagine, repair the solder connection and splice in a new small section of PEX-A. Confirm with Uponor UK but that is the way it is in the U.S.
Solder it on the copper before you Q&E the final connection after it’s cooled u doughnut
Can you use sharkbite on this pipe
This is not recommended, as the Q&E Shrink-Fit PEX System must be used as a complete solution. By combining Q&E with sharkbite, you invalidate the warranty and there is also no guarantees on joint security
But that’s the point of British standards, you can use poly plumb in speed fit (although not warrantied) it won’t leak
Yes - very good out in the open on the bench - but most plumbing joints are in corners behind kitchen cabinets, under suspended floors, in narrow ceiling voids etc. I would say that only 5% of joints are "out in the open" like this. Show us this system working at floor level, in a corner, under a kitchen cabinet. I assume it can't be used for gas - that in itself speaks volumes..
Thank you for your comments. You have raised some very valid points and we will definitely look into this for future content ideas. This initial video was only designed to raise awareness of the Q&E Shrink mechanism
The expansion system is the easiest of all the PEX systems. The tool is a one hand operation whereas compression requires two hands. With expansion, you don't need to put the tool up to the joint as you do with a compression PEX. Bend the pipe to where the tool is, expand the pipe, move the pipe back to the fitting and install in a 5 second window. No plastic system works on gas, but on the other hand, plastic pipe won't pin hole in 10 years like copper can...
I'd like to see you using it under cabinets when you just cut the pipe and water drips and you have close to no time to push a fitting in .is easy when dry and in the open hahaha even cutting the pipe under cabinet isn't easy let alone using that big tool under it.
That looks fucking terrible
Hi Matt, thanks for your comment. Can you elaborate on what you dont like about the solution and what you are currently using?
This will never take off in the UK. Just how much are they tools to buy? 16mm?? Seriously?? Why not 15mm that can be connected to say copper with a compression fitting? Leave this crap to the Americans. They love over complicated shit like this
Been heating engineer on domestic and commercial sites for years, saw one of this methods online. Arranged meeting with my Uponor rep and tried this and other joining methods. Have to say very impressed. I take samples with me and inspected them at home. Measured internal bore and compared with Speedfit, CU etc., cut on half completed joints, bend them, try to push apart using grips. Also you can make joins when some water still in the pipes, disassemble completed fittings to do repair and joint them back. I think it’s exactly the same situation when Speedfit come out to the market and everyone afraid to use it saying it’s not reliable but now lots of engineers use it.