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Plumbing with PVC Piping

Bob meets with Gerry Folan, the plumbing contractor, who demonstrates how all the waste lines come together in a residence and how they exit the house. The PVC waste lines are "tied" together in the basement and then move to a stack, which a vertical run of PVC pipe, and then the piping exits the house making sure there is a cleanout fitting. Gerry shows how to properly clean and cement (glue) PVC pipes. They also determine that for waste lines to work properly they must have a 1/4" per foot fall.
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" So you are. Basically putting the last pieces together -- aware of where they exit the house. Very often a wasteful go up the side of the foundation but it all the relevant to the depth of the sewer lines outside threat yeah. This home. And to death outside for the opening on the Internet right thing not. Let's named no that'll be coming clean -- have you ever have any obstruction you have to. Rotor -- out little that's funny is I mean it must be really -- on the street out there aren't typically four feet and maybe six yeah -- idea -- permanent. Give and take photos until now everything is PVC nowadays no more cast iron will lost also knows finishing also. It's off to -- all of us the ones at this point that was cast -- it is quiet area especially from the zone told that it. Yeah that's there was another all of that and and it's still required in commercial work isn't it it is at least in our city you know OK so how do you put these things together plus there are -- things that we you know. -- And -- and a PVC cleaner and makes sure that there's no oils or any other residues that are going to impede the bonding that's enough time. The -- of the of the inside of the -- find him. And if you can they. I think the real -- states that's when it's painful. That's at the edge bands they're quite generous with this stuff. Yes. -- an -- issue very structural fault. As for cleaning and right. You don't have to come back again on it. -- peninsula right here. Than ninety being the ninety degree angle -- right back elbow. And this is the cement shipment little. I was want to work it well ventilated areas where this stuff because the fumes. In the age we'll -- it would -- with mineral. DI FDR also put it on the inside knowledge of from the edge and on the -- yeah and the tools that he's supposed to go. -- And this --"

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" And -- very quick on this political laughs okay read it does doesn't give you much leeway with -- from Britain. And because really -- assault basic right. Acting as a chemical. On the PVC. You know bonded together you know and in this scene to cool factor into the -- but there's no need to do any kind of clapping and not know. I basically and I know. You couldn't hold power in that within five or ten seconds trying to move into little groups of children. OK now -- miss it. Straight run of three inch PVC is the main waste over the battle from upstairs and and the kitchen right -- Now call requires a certain amount of -- to this waste pipe how do you figure that does a check for one -- Under the -- of an inch proposal on the floor footnote here. And again and evidently -- can have an inch I think into the that's simple enough you know. Essentially you need a quarter inch per running foot. Yeah usually lovable as I was flown quite we will fifth yes about a level above eleven visit from our product there -- okay. We're directly under the kitchen area rifles and so here's where we've got the convergence of the wastes from the kitchen as well as from cod about. Correct also. About things going down here. Finally just tightly that's serious fire which would be the toilet waste as well as the Taliban lavatory correct yeah which -- of them. Separately events that are above us over the world the way that being so wrong and out there sure I certainly don't. Look enough material needs change. I had to rule. This project -- you into the lines get the right angle and sometimes -- to the -- for -- You'll get the man. The -- and well. As soon as. -- that they don't commit -- literally going to cut. Okay. I -- so this is connected. The plumbing inspector has put it under pressure right. We've put it on the president. We'll finish in the -- And that'll be the way to make sure that there aren't any leaks yeah. -- I hope in the wintertime and novelist they're putting it into this. Okay does require little muscle to put them together but and those hills with. We have left to do here then there's the slide this one back into place and make that connection right now it's time for them."

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