worker applying blue pvc glue on pipe placed on sandy ground with few grasses - Photovs/Getty Images Let's say you've busted out your DIY gloves and want to glue some PVC pipes together. PVC gluing, ...
Make an improvised guide by screwing together scraps of 2×4. Saw using a handsaw with a blade that’s 3 or 4 inches wide. Note: Square pipe ends fit snugly into the fittings, allowing plenty of contact ...
Joining a PVC pipe to a pipe fitting requires special primer and cement that melts the surface of the PVC before fusing the pieces together (like welding metal) to make an airtight bond. Here's a ...
Applying all-in-one glue to PVC pipe - ungvar/Shutterstock Don't ask this at Home Depot: "I need to glue pipes together. Do you have that stuff that comes in metal cans with a little applicator?" The ...
Q: On my top floor the waste stack has a hub with a 1 1\\2 -inch fitting with no threads. 1 1\\2 inch PVC slides in snug and tight. Can I glue it? -Jim T. A: You can’t glue PVC pipe directly to metal ...
A Flexible PVC pipe union. Bill Bowin, CSRE/CBNT, chief engineer at North American Broadcasting, writes that we’ve “beaten to death’” the topic of condensate drains over the last six months, but Bill ...