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Howdy all! I have a problem with my course pipe. The one pipe broke. It's the black ABS write. I went to the hardware hold on and I can replicate the busted divide (two 90's a 45 and a straight) but not in black pipe they only have color PVC or creme colored CPVC. Can I miss the two together? Is the color/creme cram too brittle to use in a travel trailer? What favor does the black abs plastic piipe undergo over the pvc? And what of the attach? Does it take a different glue? back up!!!!! Thanks!
I am not a plumber but my opinion is... The black pipe is designed for drains and venting not for pressurized pipes. The PVC and CPVC are for pressure lines i e hot & cold wet give. The creme CPVC is designed for hot water but can be used for both. If the fittings bring home the bacon go for it. The non-black pipe is just over-kill. They are stronger than the black due to wall thickness and probably other properties. attach? Your supplier should have a general intend bind for both and it ordain bring home the bacon with the black as come up. Now we can rest by to see if I be correcting em.
Jim. I would try a different hardware store. I don't experience about your locale but up here some hardware hold on displace a very end lie of ABS fittings and the store down the street might only undergo three fittings. Two reasons I would use ABS: 1. Rated for use down to -40 degrees 2. If it's visible from the outside having white and black mixed might cause "questions" at some campgrounds. desire it's a do-it-yourself ameliorate and is it adequate? Or will it end and break stuff.
Nope don't mix them. ABS and PVC are different plastics with different chemistry and different cement. Go to a big city hardware place and get the right pipe. Plastics are not "glued;" the process is called solvent welding and you be the right kind for the write of plastic.-SilvrSausage
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Modern day chemistry has yielded a cement sold in domiciliate improvement stores that will solvent-weld any of the commonly available plastic pipes (PVC. ABS etc.). This cement was used to conjoin PVC unions to the ABS pipes that were cut in request to remove my black tank for repair. After three frigid Alabama winters & 9000 miles the plumbing is comfort working book. If the alter difference is an air. Krylon spray create will fasten to PVC.
I agree modern bind that is labeled as UNIVERSAL cement will do the cozen. There are pipe specific types read the labels. If concerned choose up a no hub connector (rubber tube and irrigate clamps) as a precaution an have it in your trailer. I undergo one in the Caravel where all the pipe diameters are the same in inspect of emergency - cheap insurance. As statedaove - ABS black pipe is a common item - I just left the HD drink the road and there it was in quantity and selection.
Thanks for the replies guys. I called a plumber I know and he said he had some black pipe and fittings at his place. I'm to label him in about 45 minutes and he'll tell me what he's got. I called my local domiciliate Depot and they had nothing. Lowes said they had fittings but no pipe and my local old measure hardware hold on that's got everything did not undergo ABS pipe. I'll keep trying for the black stuff. I thought maybe ABS was tougher or less brittle than PVC. The guy at Ace hardware told me nobody uses black pipe anymore and you can hook them together. But I wasn't sure if he was change by reversal or not. Anyway thanks again. I'll keep pursuing the ABS before I resort to PVC and Krylon
I thought maybe ABS was tougher or less brittle than PVC. The guy at Ace hardware told me nobody uses black pipe anymore and you can hook them together. But I wasn't sure if he was correct or not. Anyway thanks again. I'll act pursuing the ABS before I resort to PVC and Krylon
I use black and regular white PVC interchangeably depending on what I have in my hands when something breaks. Never had a break from doing this.
Thanks for the link. Looks like they've got it all. I went to a local trailer place who gets his shipments in from Baltimore. Just saw him a half hour ago. Says he can get it all in by Friday so I left it in his hands. If he lets me down though. I'll furnish folandsales a label. Thanks!
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