Water Distribution.

[JohnM]

I've a feeling that has been discussed at some point in the dim and distant past, but sorry, I have had a search but can't find it.

I've got some drips on the cold water system, I get brown sediment when I first arrive due to a rusty iron pipe in the system and where a bidet has been taken out, there are unnecessary capped pipes, so I've decided to replace / tidy up the pipe work.

I think I have seen a piture of (and read a discusion on) a distribution unit that gives a separate, isolatable feed to each tap. But I can't find any reference to this gizmo on the Brico web pages. (Might help if I knew the name)

Am I imagining it? If not:

      Is it better than running a single pipe and taking spurs off?

      Is it compatible with plastic pipe and the fittings?

      What's it called?

      Should I do the same on the hot?

I eagerly await and thank you for, your opinions and facts.

John

 

[shimble]

think its called a "nourrice" its like a brass manifold you can get them with between 3 to seven outlets find it in the plumbing section at the bricos

[JohnM]

Thanks, that sounds like the thing I thought I'd seen / read about. Sadly that word doesn't come up in the search of the Brico shop web sites. I'm over in a couple of weeks so will just have a mooch.

John

[expat paul]

Is this what you are after, most of the DIY sheds have them.

 its a massive link for Leroy Merlin

http://www.leroymerlin.fr/mpng2-front/pre?zone=zonecatalogue&idLSPub=1154007064&1154007131.idnode=115444256710021866&02-multicritere-render=off&01-comment-choisir-render=on&03-zoom-produit-render=off&03b-mise-en-avant-produits-render=off&04-selectionne-pour-vous-render=off&09-Q2Q-render=off&nli=29&05b-voir-aussi-famille1-render=off&05c-voir-aussi-famille2-render=off&05d-voir-aussi-famille3-render=off&05e-voir-aussi-univers-render=off&05f-voir-aussi-ss-univers-render=off&06-liste-conseils-famille-render=off&07-livres-famille-render=off&08-liste-idees-famille-render=off&feid=1154007131&ftid=1082367692&fpid=1154007064&fzn=zonecatalogue

[Iceni]

If you have a proper plumbers merchant rather than a brico you should have more choice - the latter take a dim view of breaking into plastic wrapped goods to check that fittings really fit whereas the former just dispaly loose in boxes. A bit like Aldi vs Tesco.

You should also find a better selection of valves, reducers etc though whether prices are better is a "who knows ?". Just remember the old maxim, "in France either they don't have it in stock or they don't have enough".

Good hunting

John

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[JohnM]

Ahhhh... those are the little tinkers. Thank you.

I'm glad that I wasn't dreaming them.

Good point about the proper plumbers merchant John, as a rule I've tended to go for the plastic bag, self service places because I can hold one plastic bag next to another for as long as I like while I try to decide if I've got it right, but maybe this is the time that I swallow hard and save myself some money!

John

 

[Iceni]

All of our local plumbers merchants are self-service anyway and do not care how long we spend looking and building the bits. The best of both worlds ?

John

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