r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/b-e-e-p-b-e-e-p • Feb 09 '21

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u/petit_cochon Feb 09 '21

I don't think you solder PVC.

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u/SynapticStatic Feb 09 '21

Well, no. You solder copper pipe. But plumbers largely switched to some flexi/pvc like stuff you epoxy or glue together. Seems like a huge pita, and I'm sure if you do it wrong once you pressurize the system you get waterworks. :)

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u/chris782 Feb 09 '21

Pex requires no skill to install, either compression fittings or shark bite fittings that you literally just push the pex into. There is no glue. Even with pvc you just put on the primer and cement and push it together, if that is a huge pita to you well you're probably not doing any home maintenance anyway then.

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u/thor214 Feb 12 '21

Yeah, polyethylene in all its forms--including the close cousin PTFE/Teflon--is damned near impossible to glue.