> I've never heard of plastic piping for radiators. O_O

Nor had I until I moved into a house built in this century! The pipes 
are on 90 degree exit from the bottom corners of the radiator and bend 
back behind in to the centre and through a hole in the wall, it's all 
very neat with virtually no pipes visible (and no annoying pipes going 
down through the floor).

> The flexibility of plastic piping is great. I had to do some pipework
> when I worked offshore. 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2" stainless steel. You had to
> be very accurate with your measurements. It looks better, though.

You can get chrome plated plastic covers to go over copper pipes, to 
match fancy bathroom radiators and that sort of thing :-) But I guess 
you were using stainless due to its corrosion resistance rather than its 
looks. The stuff we make here is mostly stainless too for the same 
reason, but we are gradually changing over to PEEK, I wonder if you can 
get PEEK pipes <quick google> yes of course you can, first hit is for 
off-shore applications!

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