should I redo my PVC glue job?

[AdrianH]

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 to do it so that you didint end up with glue pushed inside your piping. I had a feeling of doubt and when inside and watched a video and the guy on the video put glue both inside and out.

It's 1inch PVC at 60-70psi, right before an automatic valve, so there could be some pressure spikes.

Should I redo it? I will probably be going back into town soon anyway to get more parts.

I still think its a bit wired that you put glue on the inside, cause if you get a little lip of glue sticking up inside the pipe it will slowly break off and could clog things downstream.

Thanks for any advice.
-Adrian

 

[IFIXH20]

For peace of mind redo it. Piping and fittings should be glued and cleaned if cleaner is requied.

 

[journeyman]

Make sure that your pipe is in socket fully to prevent blow outs. Sometimes i even use sandcloth to rough up the pipe so glue has something to grab

 

[AdrianH]

Thanks guys, exactly what I was thinking. Best to do things right, in heinsight it seems like a silly question.