Proposed drainage connection.

[Giles]

Just bought 20 no socket 110mm pipes from Toolstation for £23 for 2 so 6m. Cheap as online sellers and half the price of my discounted merchant price of £46 for 6m length

 

[groundworker]

I pay £20 per 6m length plain end from Travis

 

[6feetdown]

I pay £20 per 6m length plain end from Travis

What make?

 

[groundworker]

What make?

Osma

 

[Giles]

I pay £20 per 6m length plain end from Travis

I get 82% off at Travis and it’s not that cheap for 6m, will have a word

 

[Monkeybusiness]

Just bought 20 no socket 110mm pipes from Toolstation for £23 for 2 so 6m. Cheap as online sellers and half the price of my discounted merchant price of £46 for 6m length

Is that some sort of Toolstation trade account? They don’t show the socket pipes online (that I can see).

 

[6feetdown]

Osma

I need to have a word think I'm 29

 

[6feetdown]

I need to have a word think I'm 29

84 for me @Giles always thought the discount is bs

 

[Giles]

Is that some sort of Toolstation trade account? They don’t show the socket pipes online (that I can see).

No sockets

Underground Pipe 110mm

This 110 mm underground pipe from Aquaflow can be used as a basic component in any underground drainage installation. Each 3m pipe comes with plain ends, to fit smoothly into different components. Use it with our range of pipe coupling bends, secure sockets and inspection covers to construct a...

www.toolstation.com

 

[hiluxman]

Toolstation and screwfix are always better on lengths of pipe.

Got some drainage the other day from local merchants who are prity good on everything else.

but here's a compare of what it would of cost if I'd gone to screw/tool on this occasion.

I should of known better but was just easier to visit merchants....but the easiest cost £50 more...purely in lengths of pipe.

 

[groundworker]

I get 82% off at Travis and it’s not that cheap for 6m, will have a word

In theory I get 87% off list but the manager is giving me more.

If I go in and he's not there or go to another branch it's a whole rigmarole getting them to match the rate as some items are showing as below cost on the system.

Not sure why he does it as I'm small fry, the other merchants are miles off.

 

[Brendan]

I have plastics express near me, bit of a twat to get to but £11 plus vat for no socket 3m 110mm and £11.10 for single socket 3m 110mm.
Double socket bends £3 or less

 

[pettsy]

11.99inc vat for a Polypipe plain 3m length delivered from one of my suppliers.

What’s the reason for using plain sections over socketed ones?

 

[hiluxman]

11.99inc vat for a Polypipe plain 3m length delivered from one of my suppliers.

What’s the reason for using plain sections over socketed ones?

In my case above....it was all that was available at the time. Otherwise I'd of gone for pipes with sockets.

Also to note, screw/tool don't do socket pipes

 

[Giles]

Socketless good if on short runs with lots of chambers bends etc and you generally keep double socket in stock , I’ve got my site stack and keep it pretty much full of double socket and some single socket joints. If on short run generally cut the socket off to get a male end etc

 

[DaveDCB]

Socketless good if on short runs with lots of chambers bends etc and you generally keep double socket in stock , I’ve got my site stack and keep it pretty much full of double socket and some single socket joints. If on short run generally cut the socket off to get a male end etc

I have a bag of cut off sockets with 100/200mm of pipe on! Handy occasionally but I only buy socketless now due to the above! You need a fair run to be using them effectively, but then always have to cut one off on the first pipe anyway!

 

[Smiffy]

I have a bag of cut off sockets with 100/200mm of pipe on! Handy occasionally but I only buy socketless now due to the above! You need a fair run to be using them effectively, but then always have to cut one off on the first pipe anyway!

Cut 600mm of the first one so it becomes a rocker ?? That way you save having the bags of left overs.

 

[DaveDCB]

Cut 600mm of the first one so it becomes a rocker ?? That way you save having the bags of left overs.

Yeah that’s that usually happens, but still end up with lots of little crappy bits! Not a problem anymore anyway, most places stock just socketless

 

[Smiffy]

Yeah that’s that usually happens, but still end up with lots of little crappy bits! Not a problem anymore anyway, most places stock just socketless

What aren't used for rockers
I like to use as upstands and then the spare bungs taken out of chamber bases can go in them and leave the system sealed so no concrete/ brick muck/ other rubbish gets in there and it's neat and tidy to hand over

 

[JerryRtilt]

What aren't used for rockers
I like to use as upstands and then the spare bungs taken out of chamber bases can go in them and leave the system sealed so no concrete/ brick muck/ other rubbish gets in there and it's neat and tidy to hand over

Then plumbers come along, extent the system upwards and leave stuff open all over the place and groundwork's get blamed for problems. At least that's what seams to be happening with us