Flexible pvc diameter
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Christys is a wet use cement. After only a few minutes you will be able to pull a flex fitting apart.
Put a coat of glue on the pipe, wait 5 minutes, coat pipe again and fitting and put together, be sure to twist the fitting as it goes on or it will leak. Then LEAVE IT ALONE for at least 4 hours. If you pull on it or put it under pressure too soon it will come apart.
Been fixing spas for 25 years and they all use flex. Not my first rodeo...
Inside fittings are more difficult due to residue buildup inside pipe.
Put a coat of glue on the pipe, wait 5 minutes, coat pipe again and fitting and put together, be sure to twist the fitting as it goes on or it will leak. Then LEAVE IT ALONE for at least 4 hours. If you pull on it or put it under pressure too soon it will come apart.
Been fixing spas for 25 years and they all use flex. Not my first rodeo...
Inside fittings are more difficult due to residue buildup inside pipe.
Not here to argue my friend, just sharing my experience. I have ran into this on numerous occasions and had no problems using the method I described. Nothing to lose by trying, the spa can be replumbed later if it doesn't work.
Not a fan of oatey cement, or pool-tite. But I have been amazed by some of the things I have managed with Christys.
Not a fan of oatey cement, or pool-tite. But I have been amazed by some of the things I have managed with Christys.
It's not going to be a problem if the line comes apart while under pressure?
Water goes everywhere and gets in the electrical compartment and shorts out 240 volts while people are in the hot tub?
Not secure enough. I would not risk it.
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Do you have a 6 hp pump on a 2" flex pipe?
That seems like it's going to generate a lot of pressure.
Do you have pictures?
It's about 3 hp.
In any case, if the coupling is loose, I would not use the pipe.
Maybe try to find a schedule 80 coupling or a different brand of coupling that might be a little bit tighter.
They make extra deep socket couplings, maybe try one of those.
Would it be difficult to just replace the pipe?
In any case, if the coupling is loose, I would not use the pipe.
Maybe try to find a schedule 80 coupling or a different brand of coupling that might be a little bit tighter.
They make extra deep socket couplings, maybe try one of those.
Would it be difficult to just replace the pipe?
It's a portable spa, it is all flex. As it is the single speed pump it will run to a diverter valve on the other side of the spa, possibly buried in foam depending on brand. It cannot be removed from the diverter as everything but pump and heater unions are glued, so if you replace the diverter you will have 2 old pipes to glue rather than just 1. To avoid glueing to an old pipe you must replumb the spa, which is ridiculously expensive and foolish. If you had ever worked on a portable spa you would know this.
If it were possible to just replace it that would have been my recommendation as well. But the repair I recommended has been successful for me hundreds if not thousands of times without ever blowing apart in spite of your assurances that it will. The key is cure time on the cement. It is not like rigid pool pipe that can be pressurized after a few minutes. I have pulled flex joints apart by hand 10 minutes after glueing with new pipe after realizing a mistake. Try that with rigid.
If it were possible to just replace it that would have been my recommendation as well. But the repair I recommended has been successful for me hundreds if not thousands of times without ever blowing apart in spite of your assurances that it will. The key is cure time on the cement. It is not like rigid pool pipe that can be pressurized after a few minutes. I have pulled flex joints apart by hand 10 minutes after glueing with new pipe after realizing a mistake. Try that with rigid.
Maybe I'm thinking that the coupling is looser than it is.
If it's not super loose, you can try a long socket coupling, heavy duty glue and wait 12 hours to dry.
Do you have a picture or video about how loose the coupling is?
If it's not super loose, you can try a long socket coupling, heavy duty glue and wait 12 hours to dry.
Do you have a picture or video about how loose the coupling is?
Tomorrow, I will finish connecting to the pump ell and see how it goes.
Thanks again for the input and advice
Thanks again for the input and advice
That's a DWV coupling. That's not going to hold. In my opinion, the only chance that the coupling might hold is if you use a deep coupling.
Lasco part number 482-015 for 1½" pvc has a socket depth of 2.181".
Lasco part number 482-020 for 2" PVC has a socket depth of 2.407"
Lasco part number 482-015 for 1½" pvc has a socket depth of 2.181".
Lasco part number 482-020 for 2" PVC has a socket depth of 2.407"
Based on your description of how loose the coupling is, I have serious doubts that the coupling is going to hold at all.
Get one of the deep couplings and see how snug that goes on. If it's reasonably snug, it might work.
Also, you need to clean off the spray on insulation before trying to glue the fitting.
You just need to glue the pipe and the socket and then hold them together for 60 seconds.
Don't do the glue buildup thing. If you need to do that, the coupling is too loose.
Allow 12 hours before pressurizing.
Get one of the deep couplings and see how snug that goes on. If it's reasonably snug, it might work.
Also, you need to clean off the spray on insulation before trying to glue the fitting.
You just need to glue the pipe and the socket and then hold them together for 60 seconds.
Don't do the glue buildup thing. If you need to do that, the coupling is too loose.
Allow 12 hours before pressurizing.
James, thanks. I grabbed my last coupling out of the box not thinking about dwv vs pressure. I did clean all the spray foam from the flex. Ill have to pick up a pressure fitting tomorrow. I did also pick up an inside fit coupling ( slip) for a last resort as I am probably not going to re pipe this thing if none of these attempts work