In article , Howard Goldstein wrote:

Some of the pipes are outdoors though and the CPVC manufacturer
recommends shielding them from UV to avoid brittleness. A "water
based paint" of some unspecified type is an allowable covering.

Any outdoor LATEX paint is water based. Benjamin Moore makes a good
paint. Unless you have a huge amount of above ground pipes, you'll
probably get away with just a quart of paint and a quart of primer.
Pick a dark color - it cuts down on UV better.

On 12/23/2004 7:01 PM US(ET), Howard Goldstein took fingers to keys, and
typed the following:

On 22 Dec 2004 14:39:17 GMT, Ed Clarke wrote:
: In article , Howard Goldstein wrote:
:
: Some of the pipes are outdoors though and the CPVC manufacturer
: recommends shielding them from UV to avoid brittleness. A "water
: based paint" of some unspecified type is an allowable covering.
:
: Any outdoor LATEX paint is water based. Benjamin Moore makes a good
: paint. Unless you have a huge amount of above ground pipes, you'll
: probably get away with just a quart of paint and a quart of primer.
: Pick a dark color - it cuts down on UV better.

Thank you Ed, I'll look for the good paint. Do you think I'll be able
to get decent UV veiling with with multiple coats of a lighter color
on top of the primer to avoid a dark color? Or would a primer+darker
color+primer+lighter color be better in that the outside of my home is
painted off-white and the pipes would look funky if they weren't a
close match.


I'm lost in all of this conversation. Where the hell is pvc pipe, used
for water, above ground?
I have a couple of grey electrical conduit pipes exposed for about 16"
before they go into the ground, but no water pipes, pvc or otherwise.


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Bill

On 12/23/2004 7:54 PM US(ET), Greg took fingers to keys, and typed the
following:

I'm lost in all of this conversation. Where the hell is pvc pipe, used
for water, above ground



Places where water doesn't freeze. Generally that is coastal South Florida in
the US, maybe southern Ca?


So, when you are showing guests around your house, do you have to say,
"Watch out you don't trip over that pipe there"?

--
Bill