form_title=PVC Gutter Repair form_header=10533 Please choose which problems are in need of repair.*= [] "Gutter is sagging or broken loose [] Water not draining due to improper slope [] Leaking from seams [] Downspout or gutter is clogged, disconnected or broken [] Gutter is dented [] Hole in gutter [] Rotted gutter material [] Add or move downspout [] Other" Please state the number of stories your house has.*= {Select One,1,2,3,4 or more}
form_title=PVC Gutters Install form_header=10523 How would you best describe this gutter project?*= () Replace existing gutters () Repair existing gutters () Install new gutters where there are none Please specify how many stories there are in your home.*= () One story () Two stories () Three stories or more
PVC pipes are less expensive and easier to repair. Metal pipes are more expensive and more difficult to repair.
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You can buy an "underwater" PVC repair kit. Providing there are not too many holes, this is the easiest way to repair, as you do not have to drain the water. However, goggles and someone pressing down on your body (or lead weights), do assist to keep you below water, whilst you affix the patch and the underwater PVC repair kit. Dries almost immediately.
PVC pipe fittings are typically used in plumbing. Therefore, if a damaged drainage line needs to be repaired with a new PVC pipe fitting, typically a plumber would be the type of professional required to perform the work.
There is a lot of differences between PVC and Fiberglass. Fiberglass is going to be stronger and PVC is the plastic tubing that you find in local home repair stores. PVC tubing is cheaper than fiberglass. Fiberglass tubing is lighter in weight. PVC tubing can be bent when heat is applied, but fiberglass tubing is fixed and will break, not bend.
PVC/Cast Iron/Steel/Plastic/ Depends on what type
Go to NAPA and buy a Repair Manual.
Dig it up and replace the leaking section.
You can repair small punctures with PVC cement, but the results will not be optimal. To repair a tire (inner tube), you need a solvent that will disolve a bit of the top layer of the rubber tube and the bottom layer of the patch. Then, as the solvent dries, the two, together with the added rubber in the rubber cement, become one. this gives a strong, flexible, air tight seal. The solvents in PVC cement fill the bill for disolving the rubber. But instead of a flexible rubber base, it's relatively inflexible PVC. Your repair will be air tight, but far less flexible than it would be with rubber cement. This may, in the long term, lead to stress failure at the edge of your patch.
Special PVC repair kits are available but if the damage is on a seam then don't expect anything to work. Might be time for a new tube!
Special PVC repair kits are avaible if it is the bladder that is damaged, but don't expect anything to work on a seam tear. These usually mean the tube is a write off.