Kevin Aillaud
New Member
Hey guys,
I am building an off-grid system with my girlfriend and as we were laying the 3/4" PVC intake to the structure, she primed the joint but didn't cement them. We buried the pipe 30 inches (below the frost line) and covered it in rubber insulation, all under the deck and tent structure. Once the project was complete, she told me didn't cement the joints (she used the purple primer only, thinking that was all that was required).
My question is this: will the primer alone hold up to a moderate pressure system? The water pump we are using is a 52psi pump.
The reason I am asking is in order to remedy this problem, we would have to tear up the entire structure to access the joint that is not cemented, basically starting us all over from scratch. If I can avoid this, I sure would like to!
All the other joints are primed and cemented (these I did myself). It's just the one 90 degree elbow joint she did that is directly under the deck, leading vertically into the structure (so it's the last elbow joint underground before the pipe comes up above ground).
Based on the pressure and the distance from the pump (about 30 feet), will this joint hold up with primer alone?
Thanks in advance!
I am building an off-grid system with my girlfriend and as we were laying the 3/4" PVC intake to the structure, she primed the joint but didn't cement them. We buried the pipe 30 inches (below the frost line) and covered it in rubber insulation, all under the deck and tent structure. Once the project was complete, she told me didn't cement the joints (she used the purple primer only, thinking that was all that was required).
My question is this: will the primer alone hold up to a moderate pressure system? The water pump we are using is a 52psi pump.
The reason I am asking is in order to remedy this problem, we would have to tear up the entire structure to access the joint that is not cemented, basically starting us all over from scratch. If I can avoid this, I sure would like to!
All the other joints are primed and cemented (these I did myself). It's just the one 90 degree elbow joint she did that is directly under the deck, leading vertically into the structure (so it's the last elbow joint underground before the pipe comes up above ground).
Based on the pressure and the distance from the pump (about 30 feet), will this joint hold up with primer alone?
Thanks in advance!