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Last Updated: Monday, May 10th, 2010, Created: Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Weather Restrictions: ABS and PVC Pipe Cement

. WEATHER & RENOVATION is a joint project of CTV.ca and JonEakes.com designed to help you plan home improvement projects around weather restrictions. If you have just been checking the weather for your project on the CTV web site -- welcome to JonEakes.com where you will find all the details for your home improvements. If you started here and are looking for weather restrictions related to home improvements, follow this link to CTV.ca where you can get your local weather forecast together with weather restrictions for specific products  on the bottom of the page.

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The primary working tips for jointing ABS and PVC piping to the elbows are: - measure carefully as the solvent acts like a lubricant and the pipe will go all the way into the fitting, making your total run shorter than when you did a dry fit; - cut pipes square and remove burrs; - put a thin layer of solvent inside the fitting (so you don't push a lot of excess inside the pipe) and a generous coat on the pipe itself (the excess will remain on the outside); - push in and turn a quarter turn to assure the sealant spreads into a continuous water tight layer; - if it wants to move, hold it in place for 30 seconds; - wait 15 minutes before testing with water; - use ABS solvent for ABS joints, PVC solvent for PVC joints and special ABS/PVC solvent for joining ABS to PVC. Click here for more details on Plumbing Pipes

Keywords: Drains, Outdoors, Pipes, Plumbing, Renovation, Water, Weather

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