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Newbie

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Thursday, June 6th 2002, 12:54pm

PVC vs Poly

Where can I find information on the relative advantages and disadvantages of each? Poly seems like it would be easier to work with, but I assume there is a downside, too. Is it significant?

Rays Sprinklers

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Monday, May 12th 2003, 11:49am

PVC leading to the valves (schedule 40) because that can only hold constant pressure, and poly for downstream piping. Poly has really no disadvantages, but these are the advantages
- Can be pulled by a contractor, no damage or digging
- Is connected to fittings by clamp, no glues
- can be heated with blowtorch to soften, and that easily allows you to insert fittings
- flexible
- easy to cut, 1,2,3

Id use poly

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RVLI

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Monday, May 12th 2003, 3:52pm

Don't heat poly pipe! It weakens it and eventually may cause a leak

Do not heat pipe so it is easier to insert the fitting. I use a small amount of dish soap on the barbed part of the fitting to help it slide in.

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Monday, May 26th 2003, 6:34am

True!!!! All the contractors do it around here and i have been doing it, (quick heat) and it helps with the fitting, i have never actually had a problem with it

But i guess, anything is possible


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sparkie

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Wednesday, July 2nd 2003, 12:27am

??One time I heated up some water in a microwave and poured in onto the poly pipe to insert a replacement piece-it worked well. That wasn't as much heat as a torch so probably didn't weaken pipe, right?

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Wednesday, July 2nd 2003, 8:47am

Right, when i said i heat poly pipe, i didnt mean like i practically melt it, i just use a small amo9unt of fire from the blow torch, and quick pass over the pipe. Nothing will happen from what you did!

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cfipp

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Tuesday, April 3rd 2007, 8:07am

People say that you can use either poly pipe or PVC with poly having more benefits. Then I also frequently read *not* to run funny pipe more than 2-3'. Isn't funny pipe made of poly? How is it that you can run poly pipe long distances but not funny pipe? I can only conclude that they are not the same - they must either be different diameters or different material or both?

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drpete3

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Tuesday, April 3rd 2007, 9:47am

the answer is both. But the reason to not use long lenghts of funny pipe is due to diameter and loss of flow.
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Tuesday, April 3rd 2007, 2:27pm

And cost...;)

I have frequently run funny pipe over 10 feet...however...it depends on what it is feeding....don't run that much funny pipe to a large rotor....but it will handle most anything at that length....but it costs so much more to do it!
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