Uponor revolutionises plumbing with Q&E launch

Uponor has launched its new Q&E complete plumbing system in the UK, offering a direct alternative to copper and plastic push-fit systems for heating, hot water and cold water services.

Q&E is already the plumbing system of choice for the majority of European installers with more than 75 million fittings sold worldwide. The system was fully launched in the UK at Ecobuild 2013 and is now available at all leading plumbing merchants.

The revolutionary new jointing system relies on the memory of Uponor’s PEX pipe and uses a specialist tool to rapidly expand the diameter of the pipe and Q&E ring to secure the fitting. The subsequent joint becomes watertight within seconds.

Mark Dowdeswell, plumbing application manager for Uponor UK, comments: “Many UK installers currently believe there is only a straight choice between copper or plastic plumbing products. Q&E provides a third option which has the potential to revolutionise the UK plumbing market.”

The Q&E system offers all the cost and installation benefits of push-fit in terms of speed of installation, but with a more robust joint. This directly eliminates the potential for leakages and, more importantly, the issue of tampering which push-fit systems are susceptible to.

Additionally, the Q&E system avoids the need for any hot work such as soldering and does not possess the same corrosion risk as copper. There is also no potential for theft of copper pipe from the installation or plumber’s van.

Uponor’s Q&E system is suitable for a wide range of domestic and commercial applications. It can also be adapted to fit other heating systems.

Q&E is a comprehensive all-plastic plumbing system which includes a wide range of products such as couplings, reducers, elbows, tees, tap connectors and M/F threaded adaptors. It is also WRAS approved.