Introduction & Uses
The Fernco Storm-T is a lateral pushfit saddle, designed to connect DN150 lateral pipes into primarily structured-wall, twinwall, and smooth wall plastic stormwater and rainwater host pipes.
With an innovative pushfit design, we have created our fastest and most universal saddle to date to ensure the market has an ‘off the shelf’ solution that keeps installation times and costs to a minimum.
Universal
Specific features of the saddle ensure that the unit can securely fit to various types of plastic pipe. These features include a depth setting mechanism, which allows the user to easily secure the saddle into the optimum position when being installed, allowing the saddle to achieve maximum performance on multiple thicknesses of pipe. The Fernco Storm-T also includes a tapered seal to connect to the inside of the lateral pipe; a design which connects to the internal surface of the lateral pipe ensures that any DN150 lateral pipe can be accommodated.
Saddles offer the same solution as pipe junctions, for example, lateral pipes from new industrial units, road gullies etc need to be connected into the system mains. Both saddles and junctions offer this connection but with clear differences in the installation methods.

Junction method:
excavation of the existing main pipeline around the entire external surface area, a section of pipe cut and removed, and pipe junction lifted into place and connected.

Saddle method:
excavation to a small top section of the main pipeline, a core hole created and the saddle connected into the cored hole.
Here are some of the main benefits:
• Lower materials cost – the larger the pipes the greater the savings become
• Savings in labour time and cost
• Significantly reduced excavation requirements
• No heavy lifting equipment required
• Improved health & safety