I removed a fitting from 1" PVC pipe at the bottom of a hole in the yard today. Since the PVC is rated for 140 degrees F, that is the temp I set on on my heat gun. It turned out to be adequate to soften the fitting enough peel it off. The cut in the side is critical! The solvent cement softens but is still wayeeee strong against shear forces (i.e. resisting rotation or sliding of the fitting on the pipe). But the cement is reasonably easily defeated by peeling the fitting off.
@@kevinmcauley By the look of it, we use a different glue than you. It actually melts the fitting and the pipe together and becomes one piece of plastic, so there's no chance you can separate them like that. I might be wrong, which is why I used a question mark, but I can't see that working on any pipework I've ever done.
@@michaelbirchall2247 these are solvent welded. In this case i believe the original fitting was installed with a clear medium body glue. After preparing the surface for a new fitting, we used heavy body hot glue.
There is nothing genius about the procedure in this video. Actually with the fairly good access he had the job should have been done in less than half the time. His use of the pliers/channel lock was rather clumsy.
I have put a wet piece of shop rag on the inside of the pipe to help keep the inner pipe cooler and then if you overheat the outside pipe it is less likely to melt the inner pipe. I like the insert fitting trick so well done. Of course, I have also been known to use cement on the inside and light them on fire a few times (learned that one from my Dad years ago). I now use a heat gun on the few that I end up having to remove.
When you took the pipe off can the pipe still attached to the bath be re- used? Also how do you clean up the pipe that was welded if it can be re-used? Many Thanks Ian
