I have 4" Orangeburg pipe (circa 1968) to which I need to connect a piece 4" PVC. Are the dimensions for the Orangeburg and PVC the same or is there some kind of reducer required?
Connect PVC to Orangeburg ?
Aug 06, 2006
6 Replies
Orangeburg is about 4.64" OD and sch 40 PVC is 4.5", while sch 35 (SDR) PVC is 4.21"
Mission couplings are most often used for underground connections:
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And Fernco makes a similar line:
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You may need to go to a bldg supply house, rather than Big Box.
Jim
I'm not replacing the Orangeburg. I'm just adding a tee to the outlet side of a septic tank. The tee will be made of PVC and connect to the Orangeburg which goes to the septic distribution box as shown below:
__Cap__ ! ! ! ! ! !~~~~_________________------| ----- scum level ------ ! PVC Orangeburg D | ! _________________ Box | ----- water level ------ ! !~~~~ ------| ! ! ! ! ! !
Technically the descripti> Replace the Orangeburg you are only postponing problems - but first a
Thanks. I have a good plumbing supply house in the area so I'll check with them.
I crushed my Orangeburg connection to the septic tank by driving a lawn cart full of rocks back and forth over it. Once I figured out that was the cause of my backup problems, I dug it up and dropped in some over-size PVC. Some concrete covered the junctions. No problems in about 5 years.
njoracle wrote:
Home Depot has Ferncos.
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