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PVC Tips and Tricks
Добавлен 7 июл 2017
Tips and trick for working with PVC and other plastics. I will be sharing videos on cutting, gluing, measuring and working with several types of plastics that can be used for endless amounts of applications. The majority of the content will focus on PVC as it is an extremely common product used both commercially and residentially.
DIY Easy to mow soccer goal!
Make your own soccer goal that is easy to mow around and will last for a long time! This soccer goal is made of robust material that will hold up much longer than the cheap goals you can pick up at the store. Whenever you want the goal to disappear for whatever reason just pull the goal out of the ground and it will look like a goal was never there!
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Forest River Rockwood Roo Furnace Troubleshooting and Repair!
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Parts links to amazon. I do get a small commission if you click and buy. I've made $17 in two years so it isn't much but anything helps! Multiple links to the same board! a.co/d/3Kl0jng/?tag=pvctipsandtri-20 Control Board Non HVAC guy troubleshooting and repairing my 2017 Forest River Rockwood Roo furnace. Furnace would blow cold air only! It wasn't the sail switch that was the problem! I could...
What does a fouled reverse osmosis (RO) membrane look like?
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I cut open a fouled reverse osmosis membrane to see what it looks like inside. The membrane was experiencing a low percent rejection rate and poor product water quality even after attempts were made to clean the membrane with low and high PH cleaners. This is a small reverse osmosis membrane commonly used in dialysis environments.
Best PVC cutting tool!
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This electric Milwaukee PVC shear is the best tool for anyone cutting PVC, PEX tubing, Hoses etc. Click the links below to buy the tool on Amazon.com Tool kit with carrying case, charger, and battery amzn.to/3fACHcn Replacement blade amzn.to/2V4RLWg
Fleck 2850 setting regeneration time and time of day
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How to set the time of day as well as how to set the time of day the control head will regenerate.
Fleck 2850 manual regeneration
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How to manually regenerate a fleck 2850 control head.
How to undo a glued PVC fitting
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Saving pipe length in a glued fitting Links for tools used in the video that people frequently ask about Pipe Nipple Extractor (remove broken threaded fittings) amzn.to/3llUki9 Hand Saw for PVC cutting amzn.to/3khbg8d Inexpensive sprinkler tool kit with PVC cutters, pipe nipple extractor, screw driver, teflon tape amzn.to/2UjgJRE Milwaukee electric PVC cutter (Not shown in video but a must have...
How to make your PVC project look good
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PVC etiquette, tips on how to avoid showing the ugliest parts of PVC. How to hide the words on the PVC pipe and molding imperfections on fittings. Use the right size applicator, as well as color of glue and primer for the job.
How and what to measure for PVC pipe projects
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What you need to know before you begin any project that will involve cutting and gluing PVC pipe together. How to properly measure for pipe lengths between two fittings. How to measure fittings for glue depth.
Tough work can get in trouble
Not for the faint of heart!
Very helpful, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
The information is good and well-received. The information could be given in a lot less time, giving us more time on our project and less time watching the video.
Thanks for the tips!
Thanks man!!
I’m glad I could help!
Are those slip or threaded unions? I used threaded unions and every once in a while i get a leak at a thread.
You can use both styles slip or threaded or you can buy one of each and if they are compatible use half of one and half of the other. In general I like to screw plastic into metal VS screwing metal into plastic. So if the metal piece I need to connect to has a female pipe thread then I will buy a slip by slip union and on one end I will glue into it a pipe nipple so the threads can be screwed into the metal.
as much as i like saving the original pipe as a whole, it's way too much work when you got such long pipe to work with lol
For sure! I’ve only done it to get me through an emergency situation, where the customer needed water to keep making money 💰!
Oh my god, you took a 5 minute job and turned into a project.
Sorry about that! Only do it in an emergency not for normal repairs!
may-sher? It's measure.
Haha thanks!
Save the nipples! Thanks for the info.
Always LOL
The information is good and well-received. The information could be given in a lot less time, giving us more time on our project and less time watching the video.
Thanks Don. I should make a shorter one !
Very helpful, thanks.
Glad it could help
1) 3/4 coupling 1) 3/4 90 1) 3/4 male adapter Done in 15 mins. Don't do this dumb shit
If you had this parts you should use them. If it’s the middle of the night and a customer needs water then do it the other way until you can get the right parts!
Just cut it add a coupling be done with it.
That would work!
What a waste of time this was. If my repair man didn’t have parts to fix my pipe I would send him home.
I would do the same Tom! You should only do this in an emergency to buy yourself enough time to get parts!
marvelous, thank you very much. My ''technician'' was not very convincing about which time my Fleck was regenerating. He told it takes 1 hour and a half to finish regeneration I can't believe it , I would like to know the real answer.
Well hopefully you can check and verify now!
@@pvctipsandtricks768 hi, my Filox tank with the Fleck 2510 is factory set at 1AM (I verified it as you show us, thanks), I have also a softener with a Fleck VC5600 which is factory set at 2AM. Do you know how many time doest it takes each regeneration? Thanks
I wouldn’t know with that model! I would hope it’s similar but I would think the user manual would show you how to program the regen time.
I found the manual for the 5600 head but there is nothing about how to change the regeneration starting time set on factory. I found in another place that the total regeneration time is 75 minutes. At least with it I can manage to set an appropriate start time for the two tanks if I suppose the regen time of the 2510 is one hour, I need to find that info to ensure both are not demanding water at the same time. @@pvctipsandtricks768
Great video, thank you for sharing it. I am replacing an old pipe, I don’t know if the pipe is galvanized or cast iron, Howe, I have question how can I remove the old piece of galvanized from a pvc which is attached to an elbow a plastic elbow I am assuming is PVC. Thank you
You could cut the pvc pipe to allow you to spin the threaded fitting off of the pipe if there is enough room to allow it to spin off. Then repair the pvc pipe with a coupler once you are ready to put it back on.
I've seen smaller/thinner see blades than 2 ft Wood Saws. But Kudos of it works for you. Then it's A Good Day
Thanks! I only do this in emergency situations but I carry a sawzall blade in my toolbox and a rag as I fly around. Then if needed I wrap the rag around one end of the blade for my handle.
Odds are you will have scrap pipe and fittings but no change over…I would save the thread connector 1st..
Thanks
Thank you!!
No problem
Terrible for this condition although the idea is good to have. Hitting that connection with a chisel will introduce other leaks somewhere else on that line. Hope my plumber did not do this because I had the same exact issue.
It’s not something most people will ever do. Use it in an emergency to buy yourself time to get parts which will probably never happen with a sprinkler system
Heat gun works great a lot easier. used many times.
Thanks I want to try that sometime
You should aviod using a PVC fitting with a "threaded end" like that. It is better and much stronger to have the metal pipe screw "into" the PCV fitting. The threaded end on that connector is the "WEAK LINK" and where it is known to crack and break. Additionally most Professional Plumber will use BOTH Teflon Pipe Dope and Teflon Tape together on the same fitting. Professional Plumbers use the Teflon Pipe Dope First, then they apply the Teflon Tape, and then apply Teflon Pipe Dope onto the Teflon Tape before screwing the connection together.
Wow most people I know prefer putting plastic into metal not screwing metal into plastic as it tends to split plastic fittings if too tight!
Chisel should have had beveled edge down, facing the reusable pipe. Pipe would have been supported more if saw blade, chisel cuts were made while still assembled, then cut apart after fitting chipped off. I have done this many times. Thanks for sharing this with others. Teflon tape (3-4 wraps) should be used on threaded fittings, regardless of material type for proper seal if under pressure. Thanks for showing the Necessity of using Primer. Unprimed fittings come apart over a period of time when under pressure. A quick wipe on the glue makes a repair look more professional. PVC pipe will hopefully be wrapped for protection against the sun and cold weather?
Thanks!
Do i choose the time for date and generation?
Yes, base it off of how many times a week you need to regenerate to keep the water soft. Once a week might be good for some locations others need more. Depends on how hard the incoming water is and your water usage.
@@pvctipsandtricks768 I don't understand but the bills is too much and when I check the time it say 5pm
I would reverse the order of the cuts and use a circular saw attachment on a Dremel to make the longitudinal cut before using the saw to cut the coupler to separate the 2 sides. I would even do the chiselling part before using the saw. Using a chisel on a free floating and sort of cantilever end of a pipe does not make sense to me. So in my book the sequence would be say 3 to 4 cuts with my Dremel moto tool, then the saw to cut around the periphery to the depth a hair less than the OD of the pipe, then chisel.
Sounds like a good plan
I would fire you immediately if I saw that kind of "fix."
Then the customer that I kept running all day long while I bought myself time to get the correct parts would fire you and hire me for keeping his operation running so he could make 30k that day!
Good video, but be sure to cap the primer and glue cans IMMEDIATELY after opening/application, as that stuff evaporates VERY quickly.
I’ll do that, thanks!
@@pvctipsandtricks768 But, if you DO leave them open, make sure no kids or hippies are around, 😁
Haha thanks for the tips
DON'T DO IT!
Too late
Sorry, you wasted a lot of time for saving penny’s. Use pvc glue on the threads for sealant, works great every time.
I only use in an emergency.
10$ in parts + 10$ in labor VS 2$ in parts + 50$ in labor, way to save the client money.
I did it at home. If only do it to keep an operation up and running while I got parts
You can use a heat gun to heat the coupler you are removing. You only need to cut one slit. Heat it up so it’s slightly soft then use needle nose players to roll up the coupling you are removing. Kind of like the old sardine can. This helps insure from damaging the rest of the piping from the shock of hitting it with the chisel/hammer combo. Older pvc gets brittle and can easily crack where you don’t want it to.
Great ides thanks
Do I really want to watch a "pipe repair" video that starts by describing what a glued pipe joint is? I think not.
Just give it a chance!
Good vid. Thx
Thanks
Thank you! Also works for a Fleck 3200
Thanks
Thats the most ridiculous thing ive ever seen..! And ive been doing irrigation for 40+ years.. i have seen so many amateur irrigation hack jobs over the years but this takes the cake.! Lmfao why would you go through all that trouble when you can just cut the pipe and fix it right in 2 min.???
I would only do it in an emergency, but it’s hard to imagine an emergency in the sprinkler industry!
Hi mate thanks for the video. I have a wro 300 H and was wondering where i could buy a replacement RO membrane any advice would be much appreciated 👍
Look up Mar Cor Purification which became Evoqua then Xylem
@pvctipsandtricks768 perfect thank you mate 👍. Only spent the last 3 days searching the web 🤦 I currently use it for my aquarium tank as buying RO water adds up over the years. but I've noticed my us/cm is running around 11 with a rejection rate of 98% so I've had to buy a di resin vessel to remove the remaining TDS. As it should be 0 TDS for a reef tank. I don't suppose you could suggest what to look out for in terms of the start of RO fouling. Also do you know what the conversation is from μS/cm to TDS I believe it's just half so 11 μS/cm would be 5.5 TDS but not too sure Thanks again Jack 👍
@@jacko1997clarke As a quick calculation TDS is roughly half of microsiemens the actual calculation is slightly different but close enough. Oh man determining if the membrane is fouled is going to vary but to me 98% rejection and 11 microsiemen product water is pretty good. It has a lot to do with quality of your feedwater. I know nothing about aquarium water but if you weren’t polishing with DI at 99% rejection I’m not sure at what percentage you would need to start as 99% still isn’t pure water.
@@jasonrobinson3290Thanks for you reply Jason. Okay thanks for clearing that up for me as it's not that clear on the internet when you start involving scale 500 /900 ect. 🤷 Its currently running with a 5 mircon pre filter and a carbon filter before the machine. I was also thinking about installing a GAC Carbon filter with intent to extend the life of the membrane but not sure if I'm just overthinking it. On the machine it says the supply is 450 us/cm. With the product water reading 10 us/cm . At which point it then enters the DI vessel as a final filter. it come out at 0.0 TDS which is perfect for aquarium water as a rule of thumb people say not to let it go about 4 TDS. So for now it's working perfectly but id just like to know for the future as a rough gauge to know what state the membrane is in also when to start saving for a new membrane 😂
Because the WRO 300 is a medical device the price is going to be high for a new membrane. I have retrofitted a cheap membrane to fit in the WRO 300 but it changes everything and should not be used for patient use at that point. Look into membrane cleaning it may prolong the life of the membrane. Even something as simple as vinegar may help. Is your model a WRO 300H with heat disinfection?
What actually works better than a chistle and a hammer is a set of hog claw cutters. They open up about 2 1/2 inches and are compound with 18 inch handles. (they're just like end nippers but bigger). pinch the PVC off.
Thanks for the idea
Title should be: How to charge your customer $50 MORE by WASTING TIME instead of cutting it off and adding $2 in fittings...
Yeah you are probably right
Glad I’m not paying you by the hour…. Lol
Me too lol. You’d be glad if your business made 30K/day when they have purified water and nothing if they don’t and I came in and did this repair to keep you running while I ordered a rare SCHD 80 PVC part you can’t buy at the local hardware store! Then came back and did the proper repair when I had the part!
More work, than needed, cut pipe replace
I agree as well. Only do it when in a bind and you need water
How to save $5
lol
I appreciate your inventiveness but is the time and effort worth the cost of a few fittings and a small length of pipe?
This is for a situation where you need water but don’t have the parts. It can buy you time to get them. For sprinklers this will probably never happen but there are different types of PVC used in different industries where this might be done in a bind to keep water supplied to a system while you hunt down parts they don’t sell at hardware stores
😅 brilliant
Thanks
Chisel up side down? Too deep.
Yea I messed up
beyond lame!!!!!!
Oh man
I just did a 4-incher with a heat gun from the roofers it took about 20 minutes but I peeled that thing off like a can opener come out beautiful
Haha awesome
Excellent plumbing!
Only for emergencies lol
I would have and have used a cordless Dremel tool to cut off that threaded bushing.
I like the way you think
If you turn your chisel over, you can control the depth, also a heat gun or a torch will work if you're careful.
Thanks
I have done this in a pinch to get something going, but I look at it as a "temporary fix". There's a couple reasons why this won't achieve the full strength of a proper joint. Ideally, the dry fit is very snug, because the glue does not really hold it together. it is the PVC itself from the pipe and fitting that create a "weld" of PVC and the glue is more like the method of dissolving the PVC. Using this method on a very well made PVC joint, is not so easy because done right, the pipe and the fitting become one part. If it peels off easy, it really wasn't a great joint. Another downside to this repair is that without being able to twist the joint and work the dissolved PVC, you just have glue holding it together. This indeed will hold up, but you technically give up some of the spec strength. Odds are that you aren't going to use it at max pressure or max heat, so you'll probably not notice what spec strength you gave up. I've seen people glue up one piece after another without thinking about really needing the twist part of making a joint. Ideally, when this was assembled, the last glued section should have been the vertical pipe. But I've watched pros do it wrong and not just DIYers. Personally, I don't like using PVC pipe to make something that can't be dissembled. And your idea of putting a union in the vertical, is what should have been done in the first place. Or having a union or other fitting that can be dissembled in the steel pipe. I like to view it as if it were all rigid steel pipe and use the same function fittings but with PVC instead of steel. The one word you used that made me a bit uncomfortable was, "customer". I really hate the idea of a "pro" using these kinds of shortcuts and not doing it right. But plumbing is even worse than electrical in the US where we have "installers" vs, trained and certified plumbers and electricians. More often than not, we have general contractors who may buy a "license" but are not even skilled or certified in the trades they contract. And they employ "self proclaimed plumbers and electricians". In reality, these folks are really just "installers" without the in depth training and certification. Sometime you will find some of these guys who have a lot of experience and also spent their own time to learn technically proper theory and standards. But as a customer, you have no way of knowing this. It is far too common in the residential market while in industry, they tend to use trained and certified tradesmen.
I agree 100% that this is only to be used in a pinch. For instance I did it at midnight when I didn’t have a SCHD 80 reducer fitting that I couldn’t pick up at a store at that hour or any hour of the day in the town I was working in. I did this repair then the next weekend when I had the correct part I redid that section with new parts. I kept a dialysis clinic running all week on that repair while I got the correct parts. I’m not doing this for pay by the hour customers. These are quoted jobs for weekend remodels and if you don’t get it working hundreds of patients have to find new centers that will do their 3 time a week treatment to keep them alive.
@@pvctipsandtricks768 Thank you for that info, I have helped people out similarly doing what it takes to get them through a crisis and coming back to help them make a proper fix. I'm an electrical engineer by career and quite a long one at that. As a young man I used my hand skills a lot but as my career developed, I became less about doing and more abut planning, managing, troubleshooting and teaching. But I have long been a DIYer just to keep doing some work with my own two hands. I was a firm believer that if I learned well enough, no one could do it better than I could. I learned a lot from old time tradesman and books and classes. As I managed multi-million dollar projects and direct the work of dozens on tradesmen and other engineers, I still enjoyed my time in my shop, doing as much of my own work as I could. As I went into semi-retirement, I started teaching. Mostly Electrical but closely involved with other trade crafts through our group and at the community college. I still go some custom classes too for employers trying to improve the skills of their maintenance people. Mostly electrical, but quite a bit of mechanical too as I have a broad range of industrial knowledge and it seem that students love how I teach. Being an engineer at heart, I emphasis doing stuff the right way, but I also teach some little tricks to help get through a crisis, while insisting that the job isn't done until it is fixed correctly. I have some mixed feelings about all the RUclips videos by people who think they know what they are doing or try to show shortcuts to doing things correctly. I sometimes make comments to try to emphasis the right way and why we do things the right way and according to standards. As you can probably tell, I'm not really happy with how the residential building trades have devolved. Too many places allow substandard work by untrained people. And too many people watch a video or two and think they are electricians or plumbers. Take pride in your work and strive to learn the right way to do things, not just the quickest or the cheapest ways,