re-doing pvc attachments

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re-doing pvc attachments

Post by Commander Soakage » Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:04 pm

I cemented something and now I want to re-do it, someone tell me how or post a link
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Re: re-doing pvc attachments

Post by SSCBen » Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:23 pm

Usually you put some extra pipe between things so you can cut the pipe and reattach it to something else if you need to. That's the cheapest way. If you haven't done that you could try the techniques discussed here: http://forums.sscentral.org/t5080/

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Re: re-doing pvc attachments

Post by Silence » Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:02 pm

Commander Soakage wrote:I cemented something and now I want to re-do it, someone tell me how or post a link
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If you plan on reusing the fittings, there's not much you can do besides drilling away the PVC pipe inside and hoping it leaves a smooth, flat bore. You can replace fittings if you've left enough space to cut out the old one and stick in the remaining length of pipe.

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Re: re-doing pvc attachments

Post by Drenchenator » Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:30 pm

I would just go back to the store and buy new parts. If you didn't leave sections of pipe between you fittings, this is the only option. When you PVC cement stuff, it's permanent. I don't think it's worth the extra effort unless the parts were horribly expensive.
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