I had my pool skimmer replaced earlier today as part of my ongoing redesign and while they were replumbing that area, I saw something that I had never seen before.
During the breaking of the concrete, a pool pipe in the area was broken. I noticed the broken pool pipe was not a straight shot from end to end, it had a curve to it (likely due to circular design of the pool).
They used a large blowtorch looking device to heat the new PVC to give it a slight bend and then installed the new section (PVC 1120 NSF was some of the writing I caught on the pipe).
I've heard plumbers discourage the heating of PVC pipes (not sure if residential PVC pipes are the same), but the plumbers who handled the job insisted this process is quite common and they do it almost every day, especially for brand new pools being built.
Hoping to get some insight before they concrete the area.
During the breaking of the concrete, a pool pipe in the area was broken. I noticed the broken pool pipe was not a straight shot from end to end, it had a curve to it (likely due to circular design of the pool).
They used a large blowtorch looking device to heat the new PVC to give it a slight bend and then installed the new section (PVC 1120 NSF was some of the writing I caught on the pipe).
I've heard plumbers discourage the heating of PVC pipes (not sure if residential PVC pipes are the same), but the plumbers who handled the job insisted this process is quite common and they do it almost every day, especially for brand new pools being built.
Hoping to get some insight before they concrete the area.
