Joining guttering at 170 degrees

In article , Andrew Mawson writes

You could probably bend a straight length by 10 degrees if you heat the middle up with a hot air gun. It works for cable trunking anyway which is admittedly a bit smaller.

There is a little adjustment on a standard joint, you can get a slightly out of square joint to seal quite satisfactorily. If it doesn't, let silicone be your friend! ..

SJW A.C.S. Ltd.

I made my own faced with a similar situation. Cut a _small_ section to required angle, stick ends together with plastic weld and then a line of silicon over the top of the join. Put a standard joiner each end. Its lasted 10 years so far.

-- Mark's Signature-Free Zone:

For ##### sake.Just cut a v notch and use PVC weld to glue it back together.

Pausing to ponder, no doubt, on the benefit of not having an architect.

Worked with a plumber once. He used to cut two ends of the required pipe/guttering/whatever to the angles he wanted, got himself a flat hand shovel (shovel is better because you have something wooden to hold on to), heated it up with his blow lamp (the flat metal bit that is, not the handle) and then pushed the two pieces of plastic to be joined into it - one either side - just hot enough to start to melt the plastic. After he'd rapidly withdrawn the shovel he had two semi moltend ends of pipe/guttering/whatever which he just shoved together to form a perfect angle. Naturally he then held them steady to allow the plastic to cool and form the joint.

If you fancy trying this method, cut two pieces of your guttering about a foot long, make the angle and then joint up with connectors as necessary...

HTH

Patrick

Mine was an Edwardian Bay, the benefits of Architect's wisdom doesn't seem to have improved over time. ;-(

Did an experimental join, cutting two short bit each 5 degrees on the skew, and gluing them with normal solvent weld adhesive. So far so good but I'll leave it for some days to harden before I trust it.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Andrew Mawson

Having trued to get solvent weld pipes apart, I'd say you are in for a pleasant surprise.

This would be my suggestion.

Rick