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    Tapping into PEX in crawl space - freezing question

    I'm was just on here to get my own questions asked and am not a plumber, but this is something I thought bit about and I notice that no one has given you a reply, so I figured i would pipe in (plumbing joke anyone.) It's really more about physics then plumbing anyways. I have my tee from the...
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    using pipe joint compound on plastic threads

    Thanks for the advice. I can't get it off now though its on there so good. I don't have those slip on wrench things. What do you think my chances are if I leave it on there? It's real thick 1 inch, even if it was weakened it's still pretty strong. If I absolutly have to take it off I am going...
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    using pipe joint compound on plastic threads

    Hi. I took my brass back flow preventer off my irigation system because I noticed it had a slow leak. I had used teflon tape so I went to the store and was given pipe joint compound and used that instead. Now it is female brass thread to male pvc thread, the pvc is the extra thick stuff...
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    should I redo my PVC glue job?

    Thanks guys, exactly what I was thinking. Best to do things right, in heinsight it seems like a silly question.
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    should I redo my PVC glue job?

    Hi. I started my irigation project today and it has been a long time sense I had glued PVC together and I did it slightly wrong. I primed both the outside of the one end and the inside of the other end, but only put glue on the outside of the one end. For some reason I thought you were supposed...
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    Do valves gravity drain?

    Thanks that sounds like a pretty good idea.
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    Do valves gravity drain?

    Thanks for the reply. How can I blow out my backflow preventer if it must be the first thing in my system. By that I mean I cannot install an air nipple upstream of my double check backflow preventer because that could introduce contaminants upstread of my backflow prevention. By the way in my...
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    Do valves gravity drain?

    I`m thinking making it gravity drain just is not worth it. Running into all kinds of problems with valves needing at least some presure to get through even if toggled open. Electric compresors not that expensive.
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    Do valves gravity drain?

    Hi. I am designing a irrigation system and am making it gravity drained so that I don't have to pay someone to blow it out for the winter. I have been wondering though if I am going to run into problems were various valve types do not draining the way I hope. Now it is obvious that things such...
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