Dry fitting ABS - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Sep 9, 2007 · 1671 posts · Joined 2006. #4 · Sep 9, 2007. Since it not a question of length dimensions but angles, you should be able to slip the pipe and fittings in far enough without any lube and then mark the positions on the side or the pipe and fittings with a Sharpie marker for assembly. If this doesn't work, go with the K-Y. Good luck on your project.
Separating ABS fitting - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Jun 6, 2008 · You can't remove the fitting without accessing the pipe underneath and making a cut. In order to do it right, rent a small demolition hammer (mini-jackhammer) and carefully knock out a little concrete around the pipe. Give yourself enough room to get all the way around it and make a clean cut, and glue in a new fitting.
lubricating ABS for dry fit - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Sep 22, 2008 · 35 posts · Joined 2008. #4 · Sep 22, 2008. Electrician's wire pulling lube or astroglide sex lube. Don't use anything petroleum based. Water soluble good, oil soluble bad.:thumbsup: Plumber, Repiping, Replumbing, Leak Detection, Solar Water Heater, Drain Cleaner, Pipe Leak, Polk County Plumber, Lakeland Plumber, Winter Haven Plumber, Haines ...
Joining thin wall abs pipe to standard abs pipe
Mar 1, 2015 · The thin wall 4" pipe fits inside of one end of the elbow. The OD of the elbow is 4.5" so the other side of the elbow fits inside of a standard ABS coupler. Then I'm able to connect up with the standard 4" ABS pipes from my rain gutter. The layout looks like this: Thin wall 4" pipe (OD=4-1/8") >. Thin wall 45 degree elbow (ID=4-1/8") - Other ...
How to reuse a ABS fitting guide - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Aug 27, 2008 · Slide the new connector on the pipe first or else you won't be able to get it on once you've pushed the new ABS pipe into the old fitting. Do a test fit to see how things fit. Once you've determined you've got a reasonable fitment, get ABS cement, put a decent coat around the new pipe and the old fitting. Push the pipe into the fitting as far ...
Joining ABS to cast iron at a joint - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Jun 15, 2010 · I removed the broken pipe. What I am looking at now is 2" cast iron bell on a 45 which goes down into a 2" horizontal which feeds to the sewer main. This is all in the concrete foundation. By using a mirror, the pipe looks good, but just inside the 45, there is a good 1/4" of hard buildup on the upper side of the pipe.
ABS pipe as conduit - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Jun 24, 2011 · M. mpoulton. 3404 posts · Joined 2009. #2 ·Jun 25, 2011. ABS pipe is not conduit. Conduit is UL listed for that purpose. So, you cannot use ABS pipe in place of conduit. However, you could use ABS pipe as a sleeve to carry a cable that doesn't require conduit, like NM, SE or SER. So you can pull 6/3 NM cable through that ABS sleeve.
Tying in ABS drain to galvanized pipe - DIY Home Improvement …
May 10, 2012 · T. tunabreath Discussion starter. 62 posts · Joined 2011. #1 · May 10, 2012. I have some suspect plumbing I am forced to make do with. Someone has tied an ABS pipe into a galvanized pipe stub and it has a small leak from the adapter fitting. See picture below.
Connecting ABS to PVC drain pipe - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Jan 3, 2014 · With the ABS pipe being 1 1/2" and the PVC pipe being 1 1/4", I don't think I can use the Fernco couplings (assuming the pipes have to be the same size) unless there is another way to do that. I did find that ABS to PVC cement at …
glueing ABS pipe!! - DIY Home Improvement Forum
Dec 21, 2012 · Those ketones are VOC's that will evaporate quite quickly. To a good extent, the black ABS cement is really more of a desolver. It does it's job of glueing the two pieces together by desolving the ABS plastic. The emulsion that it's in is essentually a carrier to allow you to put it where you want it.