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bof

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Jul 28, 2011, 2:16:18 PM7/28/11
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Are there any recommended glues for sticking down pipe bends and pipes
together? I'm thing of this type:
<http://www.screwfix.com/p/112-5-offset-bend-black-68mm/12213>
and need to fix three of these 112.5 bends together with approx. 6"
sections of pipe to get around a corner with no supporting brackets. My
thought was to use something like Evostick contact adhesive.

MTIA


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Bob Minchin

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Jul 28, 2011, 2:23:05 PM7/28/11
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Why not use the proper solvent weld adhesive sold for the purpose??

John Williamson

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Jul 28, 2011, 2:37:54 PM7/28/11
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Because the description mentions that it's got a seal built in, so it's
designed to be supported and just pushes together?

It might be possible to find some solvent weld pipes of the right size.

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Bob Minchin

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Jul 28, 2011, 3:03:36 PM7/28/11
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Hmm! I've used lots of screwfix floplast guttering and the only seals
I've seen are in the gutter couplings.
Normally you have to use a piece of downpipe when cascading fittings
because the male spigot is sized to fit inside pipe and the female
socket take the outside diameter of the pipe.

Go easy on the solvent weld as any excess squeeze out that stays visble
will eventually go white and show badly against the black

John Williamson

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Jul 28, 2011, 3:12:03 PM7/28/11
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As you were, then. I was going by the catalogue description.

Dave Liquorice

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Jul 28, 2011, 3:09:59 PM7/28/11
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On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:16:18 +0100, bof wrote:

> Are there any recommended glues for sticking down pipe bends and pipes
> together? I'm thing of this type:
> <http://www.screwfix.com/p/112-5-offset-bend-black-68mm/12213>
> and need to fix three of these 112.5 bends together with approx. 6"
> sections of pipe to get around a corner with no supporting brackets.

Well that one sayas it has seals so I suspect it'll hang togeter
quite well without further assistance. But can't you get a bracket
where the outlet joins to the first length of pipe or bend and again
after the last bend? The clips come in two different sizes, one to go
around the 68mm pipe and one to go around the socket that the pipe
would fit into.

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Dave.

The Medway Handyman

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Jul 28, 2011, 3:49:42 PM7/28/11
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Downpipe is traditionally not welded together because you will
invariably have to dismantle it to clear blockages.

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Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

harryagain

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Jul 29, 2011, 2:13:16 AM7/29/11
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"bof" <nothi...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:EByEovWy...@hotmail.com...

You definitely don't want to be gluing downpipe. As with gutters, it expands
alot in the sun and will buckle if you do.
When you install it, don't push the spigots right home, it leaves space for
expansion.


bof

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Jul 29, 2011, 6:07:30 AM7/29/11
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In message <j0s9eq$i4b$1...@dont-email.me>, Bob Minchin
<bob.minc...@YOURHATntlworld.com> writes

I guess this is my question really, did a search and couldn't find
anything. These aren't solvent weld pipes and connectors, but made from
PVC with a sloppy fit, rather than the close fit of solvent weld piping.

bof

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Jul 29, 2011, 6:11:41 AM7/29/11
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In message <99dok2...@mid.individual.net>, John Williamson
<johnwil...@btinternet.com> writes

>Bob Minchin wrote:
>> bof wrote:
>>>
>>> Are there any recommended glues for sticking down pipe bends and pipes
>>> together? I'm thing of this type:
>>> <http://www.screwfix.com/p/112-5-offset-bend-black-68mm/12213>
>>> and need to fix three of these 112.5 bends together with approx. 6"
>>> sections of pipe to get around a corner with no supporting brackets. My
>>> thought was to use something like Evostick contact adhesive.
>>>
>>> MTIA
>>>
>>>
>> Why not use the proper solvent weld adhesive sold for the purpose??
>
>Because the description mentions that it's got a seal built in, so it's
>designed to be supported and just pushes together?

The pipe connectors don't have any seals, I assume this refers to the
guttering components

bof

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Jul 29, 2011, 6:17:30 AM7/29/11
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In message <s3jYp.47778$r52....@newsfe02.ams2>, The Medway Handyman
<davi...@blueyonder.co.uk> writes

OK, my experience differs, all the troubles I've had with guttering and
down pipes is due to the joints coming apart, expansion and contraction,
I assume, of the guttering, and down pipes being hit by footballs and
being swung on be feral yoof. Never had a blocked down pipe, but I guess
they'd clear pretty easily with a power washer drain clearing hose.

Bob Minchin

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Jul 29, 2011, 6:38:40 AM7/29/11
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Read the question Harry
The op wants to make a complex bend arrangement from fittings and is not
able to use brackets. Solvent welding is appropriate here and the USE of
bits of downpipe is needed for the assembly.
No one is suggesting welding downpipe runs.
Bob

ARWadsworth

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Jul 29, 2011, 6:47:24 AM7/29/11
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Thats what I did at the bottom of my fall pipe. I needed two 45 deg bends to
"kick out" the pipe past a lip in the wall. The lip was not suitable to use
a bracket on it.

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Adam


bof

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Aug 4, 2011, 4:38:35 PM8/4/11
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In message <EByEovWy...@hotmail.com>, bof
<nothi...@hotmail.co.uk> writes

>
>Are there any recommended glues for sticking down pipe bends and pipes
>together? I'm thing of this type:
><http://www.screwfix.com/p/112-5-offset-bend-black-68mm/12213>

OK thanks for all the suggestions, ended up using Wilkinson's own brand
contact adhesive, and so far it seems to have stuck strong.

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