Abstract: An apertured pipe segment is disclosed which is of injection moulded plastics construction and can be used to form a well screen or sub-soil drainage pipe. Each aperture comprises a longitudinally extending inner slot which extends from a slot mouth inwardly and is defined by inwardly diverging slot walls, and an outer slot which extends from the outside of the pipe segment inwardly to the slot mouth. The smallest width of the outer slot is greater than the width of the slot mouth. The inner slot is open longitudinally to one end of the pipe segment and the outer slot is open longitudinally to the other end of the pipe segment. The pipe segments can thus be made by an inexpensive two-part mould not requiring collapsible cores.

Abstract: A sub-soil drainage pipe segment 12 comprises a first round cylindrical portion 14 forming a socket 16 and a second round cylindrical portion 18 integral with and extending from the first portion, the inside diameter of the first portion being substantially equal to the outside diameter of the second portion. In the second portion there are a plurality of circumferentially spaced, longitudinally extending slots 22. The slots are defined by longitudinally extending side walls which diverge from the outside inwardly. A plain end 20 of the second portion forms a spigot which is receivable in the socket of a similar segment, so that a number of such segments can be interconnected end-to-end to form a sub-soil drainage line.