Biocote – Raising the standard for above ground drainage systems
Wednesday 25th September 2019
Through a highly valued partnership with Biocote®, Polypipe Building Products have now extended its product offering far beyond what is currently available on the market by launching the world’s first antimicrobial drainage solution.
This includes our ABS solvent weld, push-fit and compression waste pipe and fittings, our traps and our Pan Connectors, which now all include BioCote® antimicrobial technology.
Benefits of integrating BioCote® Antimicrobial Technology
From a microbiological point of view, what’s happening beyond the sink drain has proven to be of considerable importance.
Polypipe products containing Biocote® have been independently proven to reduce over 99% of microbes. Benefits of this include:
- Extends the lifetime of products - By preventing microbes such as mould that can cause material degradation from negatively impacting product performance
- Reduces smells and blockages - Biocote® protects against bacteria and mould that can cause foul odours and blockages within waste system
- More hygienic - Biocote® technology consistently acts to prevent the accumulation of bacteria in the waste system
- Provides permanent protection - Integrated during the manufacturing stage, Biocote® doesn’t wash away or wear off
BioCote® Technology supported by real life data
BioCote® protected Polypipe products are supported by regular and robust quality control testing data, however they don’t just perform in the laboratory, they also perform in real life.
Two near-identical waste traps were selected for testing in a study designed to simulate real life conditions. The traps were made from the same material apart from a key difference: one trap was a product made by Polypipe, protected by Biocote®, and the other was unprotected. The selected sample images below show the results from swabbing the traps after subjecting them to contamination in situ.
The BioCote® protected traps demonstrated remarkable antimicrobial efficacy that is clearly visible in the images below:
Unprotected Trap
Polypipe Trap with Biocote Technology
Polypipe protected products containing this antimicrobial technology can reduce microbes on the surface by over 80% in as little as 15 minutes. Biocote® works constantly against contaminating microbes, providing Polypipe products with lasting protection that has been proven to perform for up to 25 years.
You can find out more about Biocote® via their website, via our brand new Above Ground Technical Installation Guide or by watching our video entitled 'What is BioCote Antimicrobial technology?' below.