I'm installing a sprinkler system using PVC pipe. Unfortunately, I forgot to use primer before applying cement for the fittings. Will this be a problem?
2006-08-25 17:28:25 · 14 answers · asked by DJ 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
The primer cleans the area where you are going to glue. If the pipe is new and clean you should not have a problem.If the pipe is old then you may. The primer heats and softens the pipe so the glue can do its job.
2006-08-25 18:09:37 · answer #1 · answered by lookout4me57 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Primer For Pvc
2016-12-18 09:24:56 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with "Boredstiff". I have known 30+ year plumbers who have never used cleaner/primer. If you glued it properly, it will be fine. Plus, at this point you'll never get the actual joint apart. You would have to cut the joint out and use couplings to add more pipe and then the original joint fitting. Not only will this look like crap but you'll have more connections and more places for a leak. Watch the joint when you flush a toilet, if it doesn't leak move on. However, if it doesn't, dry it use the primer on the joint where the pipe fits inside and then run the glue dauber around it again. Good luck and stop worrying.
2016-03-17 02:48:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my husband says that it dont matter if you put the primer on pvc pipes or not , on a lot of his pvc pipes he dont use primer
2006-08-28 12:13:12 · answer #4 · answered by JESUS loves 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Primer helps to soften and generally prepare PVC for cement to ensure a long-lasting connection. So it will degrade faster & you will have to replace it sooner.
2006-08-25 17:36:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
It depends on where you are. If you have extreme climatic conditions during the year don't expect the system to last one year. Leaks will start during the change of temperature. Better redo the joints again.
2006-08-25 22:20:30 · answer #6 · answered by CARLOS_TINCO 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure you broke a city code or two doing that. Since the sprinklers arnt under constant pressure, U might get away with it for a few years before a leak starts
2006-08-25 17:34:38 · answer #7 · answered by myothernewname 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
have been using just cement for many years (except indoors) the only leaks have been due to pressurising the pipes to soon
2006-08-27 11:38:31 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If its going to leak, it will leak now not later, and its a Sprinker system, what wrong with a little leak- -
2006-08-26 01:40:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that is how you make a solvent weld if you dont tear it out i hope you have home owners insurance
2006-08-26 01:30:29 · answer #10 · answered by plumber local union 102 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋