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04-01-2007, 08:01 PM
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 Hard plumbing over tubing Whats the benefits of using PVC for your plumbing vs. using tubing?
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04-01-2007, 09:23 PM
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| Re: Hard plumbing over tubing I think the only benefit is a cleaner look IMO... I know if your gonna hard plumb all with pvc, that unions and ball valves are your friends  |
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04-01-2007, 09:55 PM
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| Re: Hard plumbing over tubing I would think that glued pvc connections are less likely to leak. |
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04-02-2007, 09:33 AM
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| Re: Hard plumbing over tubing True, the glued connections don't leak as much...but....You need to have some way of getting the connections removed in case of maintainence/emergency/etc. I wouldn't want to have all of the connections hard plumbed in. Myself, I am hard plumbing, so here's my plan for it. At any turn, 45 or 90, I am going to put a union in. I figure that way, should I have to take anything apart, I'll be able to without the use of a hacksaw. |
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04-04-2007, 10:08 PM
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| Re: Hard plumbing over tubing I hard plumbed my whole overflow system, but did half and half with my return to give me a little more flexibility in the placement of my pump.
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04-12-2007, 02:53 PM
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| Re: Hard plumbing over tubing i like the hard plumbing just looks nicer then all the flex line that can kink |
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06-06-2007, 03:55 PM
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| Re: Hard plumbing over tubing also if u have real sunlihgt comming in then it wont grow in the pvc |
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