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28th August 2006, 04:09 PM #1
Connecting pipes
hey all.
I just finished putting up my new shed and now need to connect to storm water. Unfortunately i need to connect PVC pipe to clay/terracotta pipes.
I'm sure i wouldn't be the first person to do this, hence there must be a solution that i dont know about. Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers
DanielRemember...........'cause that way you'll never forget
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28th August 2006, 04:44 PM #2
Punch a hole in the terracotta pipe just bif enough for the pvc pipe. Insert pvc pipe and seal around the pipes and the hole with a stiff mix of concrete.
Have a nice day - Cheers
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28th August 2006, 07:19 PM #3
Or you can get a quick plumb, which is a rubber connecting pipe with a steel pipe clamp at each end.
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28th August 2006, 07:33 PM #4Intermediate Member
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there is a fitting available called a "100mm earthenware collar" specifically designed to attach PVC to terracotta pipe. If you are using 90mm PVC stormwater pipe you may also need a 90 X 100mm adapter.
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28th August 2006, 09:18 PM #5SENIOR MEMBER
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Do they still make earthenware collars???I thought they had gone out when plumb quicks were invented.I haven't seen anything done in earthenware for many years.
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28th August 2006, 11:27 PM #6
There's a pvc fitting that can be mortared in to the bell end of an earthen ware pipe, then you just glue the pvc pipe into the fitting. Sorry, no idea what they're called, but I've got some stashed somewhere.
Mick"If you need a machine today and don't buy it,
tomorrow you will have paid for it and not have it."
- Henry Ford 1938
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30th August 2006, 08:36 PM #7SENIOR MEMBER
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They also make a fitting like mick says,but it is fitted with a rubber ring raather than mortar.
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30th August 2006, 09:19 PM #8Intermediate Member
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Originally Posted by journeyman Mick
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31st August 2006, 11:27 AM #9
a plumb quick is what you want. Even Bunnings sell them for less than $20.
Or go to Tradlink or other and get one for $12.
Very easy and simpbe to install. Just need to reasonably cleanly cut the terracotta pipe with diamond balde in angle grinder.
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