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What Type Of Plumbing Fittings Should I Use?

Article by Peter Smith - Caravans Plus
Read Time: 2 mins

We have three styles of plumbing fittings.


RV Push-on fittings

Push-on fittings
John Guest fittings and pipe

We mostly supply John Guest push-on fittings. Other compatible brands are DM-fit and WHALE.

Push-on fittings suit the semi rigid plastic pipe and are ideal for a new installation for Caravans and Motorhomes. Many of these fittings also screw on to threaded appliances and taps.

We stock a complete range of the most popular 12mm size fittings, and a limited selection of 15mm fittings. The size is measured on the Outside of the pipe (OD) and is a true metric size.

It can be used with Hot or Cold water, under pressure.

How To Use John Guest Push-on Fittings


Residential Push-on fittings

Sharkbite image
Sharkbite brass fittings will connect to existing copper pipe

Sharkbite is a worldwide brand of push-on fittings that are of the highest quality and are made in Australia. They are recommended and fully approved for use in residential and commercial buildings in Australia & New Zealand. They have been included on the CaravansPlus website following requests from home renovators and existing plumber customers who do both RV work and Residential plumbing work.

A separate article on How to Use Sharkbite Push-on Fittings will be available soon.


Hose and Clamps

Hose and Clamps

The last more basic form, is hose that clamps onto fittings. Generally used where manual pumps and cold water only is used. Larger diameter hose is also used to fill water tanks, connect between water tanks, as well as drain from sinks and showers.


Connections between the above plumbing systems

It is possible to join from one plumbing system to another using fittings. We have designed the online shop to allow any plumbing appliance or plumbing fitting to show what connects to it.

Look for the 'Product Connections' link below each products description.


To view our full range of plumbing fittings, click the link below.

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4 Comments

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    Jim

    I am having problems with my water piping don't know what brand of red and blue tubing Halen caravans used but I am getting " pin hole" leaks under the van wich has been stationry the last 3 yrs not subject to abrasion any ideas?

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    Terry

    I have had exact same problem as Jim 12th Mar 2018, but on hot return pipe (that was blue pipe?) the pipe did not appear to be brittle.However when I cut out the pinhole using two jg joiners the joins at the existing Pipe still had slight drips. I will now wait till I get home to try to fix it.

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    Stephen

    when the van is using 12v system for water the hot water comes out the town water filler hole how can I stop this ?

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    Walter

    Hi. I'm no expert but I had almost the same problem with my slide on camper. In my camper, the town water filler assembly contains a spring-loaded non-return valve to allow water to go into the camper, but prevent water flowing back out through the assembly when the 12V pump is being used inside. It sounds to me that your non-return valve is leaking. In my case, I solved my problem by installing a new non-return valve in the piping just inside the wall where the town filler pipe enters. Alternatively, if it's not too expensive, you could replace the whole town water filler assembly that contains the non-return valve. There are several videos on YouTube that discuss this problem. In some cases, the problem has been caused by a rubber O-ring in the non-return valve becoming loose and the problem was fixed simply by pushing the O-ring back into place. Good Luck with your solution.

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