Working with PVC pipe in tight spaces and around plumbing structures can be difficult. If you just need to make a simple bend, you can do so without using elbows or fittings. A hair dryer provides ...

This means a 45-degree male fitting may thread ... smack of my hand to the end of a wrench. “Farmer Fittings” usually require a cheater pipe and possibly profanity to break them loose.

Plumbers, electricians, and pipe-fitters have tools to bend their tubes and pipes to arbitrary angles, which saves time and money on fittings. Copper elbows at 45-, 60-, and 95-degrees (if you can ...