Pro tip: Buy extra fittings. Having extras on hand will ... There are three common types of plastic plumbing pipe: PVC, CPVC ...

Plastic drain fittings are usually glued ... Whether you're connecting PVC or CPVC pipes to copper, cast iron pipes to ABS or galvanized pipes to copper, you'll need a transition fitting.

All PVC pipe, fittings and materials are tested at least ... like Beyond Plastics with an obvious bias against PVC and plastic piping," Hollands said. "Ask pipe material companies whether they ...

NEW: A Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association official has a rebuttal to the Beyond Plastics report covered in this story. Read the detailed update here. Bennington, Vt.-based Beyond Plastics, a nonprofit ...

He says that polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sewer fittings are all rated for 400 ... This may not seem to be an issue affecting plastic pipes, but Snyman explains that a biofilm does form inevitably ...

ASTM Standard, ASTM D1785 standard applicable to PVC plastic pipe and fittings includes the following note: "This standard specification for PVC pipe does not include requirements for pipe and ...