Stack testing PVC DWV piping

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MaxATL

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Hey All, new to the forum, and hoping for a little advice.

I am DIY'ing a bathroom addition and I am in the process of stack testing my DWV piping. I placed a 10' section of pipe vertically, plugged all the openings with test plugs, and filled the whole thing up with the garden hose. No leaks were immediately apparent, but I placed tupperware bins under the joints overnight to detect any leaks that I may have missed. The inspector came by and signed off yesterday, but this morning, I found a very small (like maybe a teaspoon max) amount of water in two of the bins. When I joined the pipes, I primed the pipes with purple primer, but not the inside of the fittings (I realized my mistake after the fact). I also only put solvent weld on the pipe, and not the fittings. I really need to move forward and get the floors down so I can continue framing, and ripping it all out and doing over is going to be a pain. Just looking for some words of wisdom, to either reassure me that it's going to be fine or convince me to bite the bullet and redo the piping.

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For others reading, when using glue (solvent), we apply to both the inside of the fittings and the pipe. Then we quickly push them together with a slight twist to smear the glue.
Normally done this way you would never have any leaks. It may be that you are fine, as it's unlikely that you would ever have ten feet of head again. Maybe.
 
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What's not waking up at night on occasion wondering if you have hidden leaks from the PVC joints worth to you? Yes, cutting it out and doing it over is a PITA - but to quote Dirty Harry, "Do you feel lucky today?"
 
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