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The City & Guilds Textbook: Plumbing Book 1

Making a solvent weld joint on PVCu, MuPVC and ABS soil/vent
pipes, step by step

STEP 1 Cut the pipe square using a hacksaw. STEP 2 Wipe the pipe to remove excess dirt and STEP 3 Clean inside the socket and the pipe
swarf. spigot with solvent cleaner.

STEP 4 Apply solvent weld cement inside the STEP 5 Insert the pipe into the socket and twist STEP 6 Wipe off excess cement using a dry
socket first and then to the spigot. This will fully into the socket. cloth.
allow a little more time to make the joint before
the cement begins to dry out.
p Figure 2.35 Making a solvent weld joint

KEY TERMS
Spigot: another name for the plain end of a pipe. If the fitting we buy has a
plain pipe end, we call this a spigot end.
Chamfer: to take off a sharp edge at an angle. If we chamfer a pipe end, we are
taking the sharp, square edge off the pipe.

Making a push-fit joint on PVCu, MuPVC and ABS soil/vent pipes,
step by step

STEP 1 Cut the pipe square using a hacksaw. STEP 2 Chamfer the pipe using a file or a rasp. STEP 3 Wipe the pipe to remove excess dirt and
swarf.

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