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Technique for dry fitting PVC pipe?
In previous projects I really haven't had the need to dry assemble a
bunch of fittings to get the alignment right and make sure it would all work before gluing. In the case of some recent work with 2" PVC I had pipes making a tight 180 turn and together with a 3 way valve, it all has to align just right with the existing piping in a short distance with no wiggle room. So, I put the pipes and fittings together dry first, to make sure they aligned OK. But there were two problems: 1 - It was very hard to get the dry pipe to bottom in the sockets of the fittings 2 - It was even harder to then pull them apart. I tried using some dish washing soap, but it didn't help much. Which got me to wondering if there are any tricks the pros use? |
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