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To not highlight the power of heating PVC pipe to conform into any shape you want is to kind of miss half the PVC story. You can do without unions altogether b
by pengaru 3y ago
To not highlight the power of heating PVC pipe to conform into any shape you want is to kind of miss half the PVC story.
You can do without unions altogether by just heating one end enough to flare it, then slide the other pipe into the flare while heating more to let it conform and produce a union lap joint in-situ.
Mastering heating is key to avoiding wasting money on tons of adapters which rarely even produce exactly what you want.
- sokoloff 3y agoAt $1-2/minute of labor, there’s a reason pros use the fittings.
- pengaru 3y ago> At $1-2/minute of labor, there’s a reason pros use the fittings. This has absolutely nothing to do with "pros", we're not talking about plumbing - we're talking about alternative applications for PVC. PVC hacks if you will. The amount of time you waste trying to find fittings that match your weird ass project in the disorganized and poorly stocked shelves of the local Home Depot you probably already could have had the thing done with just some careful application of heat. You often end up with a more streamlined end result too.
- eternityforest 3y agoIt's a useful technique, but part of the fun of PVC is the limited degrees of freedom. It's like autocorrect in real life! It tends to not produce very nice looking results because it's mostly right angles, but that's doesn't matter as much if you're using it as a frame and keeping it hidden. 3D printing also greatly expands the possibilities of pipe.