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    [B]Anyone know the expected lifetime of a Proflex no hub coupling?[/B]

    Redwood, I make sure the dry joints are tight by measuring the depth of each hub and marking it on the pipe. The plastic shopping bags make it possible to fully seat the joints and take them apart (usually without too much effort). They are so thin they are almost not there, but are...
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    [B]Anyone know the expected lifetime of a Proflex no hub coupling?[/B]

    Terry, you are so right. As I am doing these drains I am getting an appreciation for the plumbing profession that I could never get any other way. Thank you for prompting me to avoid the no hub couplings. I think I can find a way to make it work without them. I have found that plastic...
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    [B]Anyone know the expected lifetime of a Proflex no hub coupling?[/B]

    Thank you all for the information. Terry, I would like to avoid the no hub couplings for the toilet, but this is a tight spot where I have no room to move the pipe the length of the hub to make a glued joint. I have glued up the ground floor underfloor fittings already, and have a 3" combo wye...
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    [B]Anyone know the expected lifetime of a Proflex no hub coupling?[/B]

    I am planning to use some Fernco Proflex no hub couplings on ABS pipe. The joints will be in an exterior wall behind a tiled shower (new construction, no shower yet). It just occurred to me that this could cause much grief in the future if the couplings have a lifetime and the shower has to be...
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    Hubless coupling questions.

    Are there limits on use of shielded hubless couplings? I am installing an ABS DWV system in new construction. Does the UPC limit the use of shielded hubless couplings, or can they be used just like a glued coupling (vertically and horizontally)? I have places where it looks like the easiest...
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    Shower drain and vent

    hj, I put up a new post with drawings thinking this old post would be buried. But no reply yet to the new one. You can find it here https://terrylove.com/forums/showthread.php?34894-Plumbing-bathrooms-and-kitchen Any suggestions will be appriciated. This is new construction (though...
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    Plumbing bathrooms and kitchen, UPC

    Following are some pictures of how I plan to plumb two bathrooms and a kitchen sink. Any advice will be appreciated. Here is a picture of the bathroom drains and vents with the framing. Cinder block foundation not shown. Vents green, drains red. As you can see, the house was not framed...
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    Shower drain and vent

    hj, Tell me what you need to know and I will draw it better. I will experiment with Google Sketchup to see if I can draw it to scale. Now is the time. Better to do it right now than have problems and have to tear it out later and do it again.
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    Shower drain and vent

    Dohertyplumbing - Thank you for your help! It makes perfect sense now that you suggest it! I can do what you say, as the lav is on the same exterior wall shown in the drawing (on our side of the shower), so I can run its vent up through the roof. A couple of questions. I assume that if...
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    Shower drain and vent

    I am an owner builder and it is time to plumb the drains (actually, it has been time to do that for longer than I want to admit). The idea is for the main drain (3") to run horizontally under the floor joists and through the foundation out to the septic tank. This means that for the shower...
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