What is this??

[TrimTheKing]

Need help chaps. Long story short, the length of pipe that my drainage pump slides up and down for maintenance removal, then re-seating against its exit pipe has rusted away and fallen off its mount.

I need to order a replacement but I don’t know what it’s likely to be made of, or what I should use instead.

I’ve chopped a piece off and it looks like some kind of steel, clearly not stainless as it’s rusted.

Pipe length is just over 3.9m.
OD is approx 1 1/16”
Wall thickness 0.1”

So what I need is:

What is it?
Where can I get another one?
Anything else I should use instead?

I know the same will rust again but given this one has lasted 15+ years I’m not overly bothered about that.

Replacement size isn’t critical to be identical, the inner diameter is the key as that sits over a raised nub then a bracket with the sale nub is screwed into the wall at the top to hold it and the pump claw slides over so a midges whisker in size difference won’t harm.

Cheers
Mark

 

[9fingers]

That is bog standard iron pipe 3/4" see https://www.metalsupermarkets.co.uk/pip ... ule-chart/

remember iron pipe is sized by the thread that would normally be cut on the pipe - this one would be for 3/4" BSP thread.

od:1.050 and wall thickness 0.113" makes it schedule 40 pipe nominal bore 0.824"
Should be available from a real plumbers merchants but not from the sheds!
You can get it galvanised which should last longer than black iron.

hth
Bob

 

[TrimTheKing]

Fantastic, thanks Bob

Any suggestions as to where I might find some up this neck of the woods, or what I should be Googling?

Ideally I’d get it delivered to save my lazy ass from having to go hunting...

EDIT : ignore that, just seen on your link that Trafford is my nearest store, which will be an hours round trip.

 

[Robert]

Bit confusing to read that was.

Think you are asking for a 3m odd length of pipe which is probably 3/4" malleable iron pipe or steel pipe.

3/4 refers to the bore so the outside should be just over the inch. Plumbers merchants should have it in long lengths. Could be places online selling it.

I type too slow.

 

[Woodster]

The plumbers that did work at my last job used to call it Barrel Pipe.