I've just redone one bathroom and found that the nipple between the brass fitting back in the wall and the stop valve for the toilet tank was gray PVC, such as one uses for sprinkler systems. I assumed that this was not kosher and replaced it with a galvanized one.
Now I have come to the second bathroom and found that the galvanized nipple is seriously corroded. Perhaps the PVC nipple in the first bathroom was there for a reason?
What is the correct material to use here?
Perce
Either use a brass nipple or change it to copper. Pvc is fine too if you like the pvc. Its installed everywhere now but Im still not thrilled with having an entire house plumbed with it. Bubba
White PVC, yes. It was the use of *gray* PVC that I was questioning.
Perce
I believe that typically grey PVC is Schedule 80 so it might be OK. Not sure if PVC is colored grey for other reasons or not.
nate
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IIANM 'grey' is electrical conduit. I have used Sched 80 PVC and it was same color as sched 40.
Harry K
In article , snipped-for-privacy@notmyISP.invalid
Grey is electrical conduit. I have no idea what the differences are, perhaps a higher dielectric rating?
One differance is the Grey is more UV light resistant and holds up beter in the sun. Not sure of others.
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Sch 80 plumbing fittings are dark gray. Non metallic conduit is a lighter gray
This is a *threaded* grey PVC fitting of the kind that I have all over the place in my lawn sprinkler system. Shinier and darker in color than the PVC electrical conduit.
Perce
Personally for drainage I prefer PVC over copper, galvanized, lead, or cast iron.
all of those eventually clog or go bad.
PVC is smooth inside and drains better clogs less........... appears to last forever if properly installed
cast iron is better for runs thru living spaces, if you replace cast iron with PVC it will be dramatically louder
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Apropos of this discussion I was in the electrical dept of HD a this PM (actually two; I walked out of the first one after being unable to locate the zip line or an associate who wouldn't ignore me to my face) and while looking for what I needed saw the rack of electrical conduit; it was actually marked "Schedule 40 Electrical Conduit." weird. I thought "Schedule 40" referred to water pipe... This was light grey as you say; a different color than I was thinking of. I do have some Sch.
80 PVC fittings laying around and they're still what I would call a light grey but not as light as the conduit. I think I bought them because I needed a reducer bushing for the outlet of one of my cisterns and was only able to find the bushings in PVC and cast iron (and I didn't want to use cast iron outside.)nate
Schedule 20, 35, 40 and 80 (and perhaps others) refer only to the weight and wall thickness of the pipe, with the higher numbers thicker. PVC electrical conduit is available in Schedule 40 and Schedule 80, with Schedule 80 required wherever the conduit could be subject to physical damage.
Cheers, Wayne
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