Bending of copper pipe ensures unrestricted flow of water and can also create attractive, crafted finishes on installations. When selecting products, the total system design must be considered to ensure safe, trouble-free performance.

In this particular instance, we have designed a smaller and lighter weight pipe bender than the standard combination 15and 22mm hand bender. These are available in Monument brand widely available across the UK from plumbers merchants and e-tailers MON2600 2600K, Instinct® brand INST2600 from PHG independent plumbers merchants and also from UKPS plumbers merchants including Plumbase under Entity® brand ENT2600. And let’s face it, two separate guides just mean you have two more things to lose, and two more things you’ve got to find in your van every morning. Thanks for reading our 5-minute review of the best copper pipe benders for plumbers and heating engineers.Rubber feet are available code 2607F which fit the 1215K, 1315XVE, 1315Longarm, 1222G, 1322Extended. Each reader of the template should consult with his or her own qualified engineer prior to using the whole or any part of the template.

On a few benders we seem to have overtigtened the nyloc nut and bolt which has reduced the gap on the Lever Arm.

The standard finish of the benders is a bright zinc plate on the Arms with rumbled aluminium Former and Lever castings. It is well documented that soldered fittings and compression fittings interrupt the flow of water around a heating system. The traditional combi bender such as the Hilmor ® GLM or Irwin ® GLM or Monument ® MON2600 are offset from the bending plane. A. Cheap thin wall copper doesn’t help the issue, there was a batch a few years ago that was actually snapping. If you’re working with microbore, unfortunately, there isn’t a set from Hilmore currently available in the UK.

The complete catalog contents must be reviewed to ensure that the system designer and user make a safe product selection. Close the Arms of the benders and continue until the required bend angle is achieved, rotate the lever back to the start angle to release the two Arms.If you have questions about this product, please contact your local authorized sales and service center. When initially launched on the UK market Monument ensured that the hook stop was redesigned so as to not mark the pipe.

They weigh under 500g, and that’s pretty-lightweight, but they certainly provide more than enough power to get the job done. Before you remove the pipe from the Former, view your bend angle; remove the pipe if it is correct, or if necessary, reapply the Lever Arm and increase the bend angle. Function, material compatibility, adequate ratings, proper installation, operation, and maintenance are the responsibilities of the system designer and user. If you’re installing a whole run of heating/gas pipe, swapping out the guides is going to turn into a real bug-bear. The Monument® and Shetack® branded catalogue from June 1933 clearly shows a version of a portable pipe bender / tube bender being sold over 85 years ago.When Monument look to design, manufacture and market a new product we look to create products which will save the engineer time.