[Shop-talk] pvc unions?

[Doug Braun]

If that's good enough for the temperature and pressure
of a truck radiator, I'm sure it's just fine for a hot
tub!  Don't forget that unlike a water supply line,
the hot tub plumbing has only a few pounds of
pressure.

Doug


--- Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:

> Odd as it sounds, a friend of mine used a truck
> radiator hose to form a
> union for his new pool pump.  Just slid it over the
> ends of the PVC and
> clamped with radiator hose clamps.  That was maybe
> 15 years ago, and it
> still works fine for him.  Also isolates pump
> vibration from the rest of the
> plumbing, according to him.  I may try something
> similar, since I have a lot
> of trouble with the outlet fitting cracking right at
> the pump body.