[Shop-talk] PVC patching.

[Mark Miller]

so, anybody know of either a pvc cement that can be applied and used while
the pieces are wet, or else a way to plug large pvc lines internally, then
remove the plug after a fitting is installed? the fittings are union
fittings and ball valves, so I'll be within a few inches of the plug, but
the hole it has to come out is a good bit smaller than the i.d. of the pipe.



If the water isn't under pressure you could just take the caps off for a day
or two and wait for physics to run its course; sooner or later it will be
done.
Or: stick a balloon down the pipe, one of those long make a dog kind.  And
pop it once the union is in.  

Mark M
Sebastopol
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