CPVC pipe is ideal for water supply lines ... “Mixing CPVC and PVC is not recommended,” Taylor says, especially with glue. Each material has a corresponding glue that will not work well ...

Chris Rainaldi of Rainaldi Home Services said that's the problem -- CPVC pipes don't last. "Over a period of time, it gets brittle and cracks and breaks and the glue joints continue to deteriorate ...

Ratchet cutters or shears are not recommended for cutting previously installed CPVC pipes. Service plumbers also typically use a different, faster curing solvent cement than plumbers working in new ...

Cement for CPVC (chlorinated polyvinyl chloride) pipe will not work. • Dry fit first: Don't jump right in and start gluing! First, check to make sure that when all the pipes and fitting are ...

breaks and glue joints deteriorate. Alan Lunt of Spears has been manufacturing CPVC pipes for 20 years and disagrees. "I don't know anything that could cause it unless it was done improperly at ...

I was working with CPVC pipe coupled with joints of varying angles ... is that when the last pipe is cemented in place with glue at both ends, one end will sometimes set up before the opposite ...

Labor groups had sought to protect workers from the fumes given off by the glue used to fit the pipes together, while fire officials warned of the toxic fumes CPVC emits when it burns.

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — The California Building Standards Commission has completed adoption of new building standards that include approval of CPVC pipe statewide. The new regulations approve CPVC pipe ...

HOUSTON – A pipe that builders are using inside homes more and more is coming under fire by the people who know best -- professional plumbers. Plumbers are warning you to know what's inside your ...