Odysseus99
Member
Hi folks-
I've decided to use poly pipe on my 5 acres for water distribution because it is longer lasting than pvc, and less poisonous. It's more expensive and harder to find, but I found a distributor near San Francisco, F+P in Brisbane, that is real cooperative and stocks 200psi in small sizes. But, joining poly is more difficult. It doesn't glue, so you either have to fuse it with a speacial fusing machine or use barbed fittings with hose clamps, or use some special compression fittings they have at F+P which look nice. Made of polypropylene.
You can rent the fusing machine but my place is a 5 hour drive away so that's impractical. Too expensive to buy. So, I'm reluctantly leaning toward barbed or compression fittings.
Anyone have experience with joining poly with mechanical, not fused, fittings? Are they reliable? Sure look easy and simple. All I'm going to do is terminate the poly pipe with male adapters and do the Ts, valves, etc. with pvc or copper.
Thanks
JG
I've decided to use poly pipe on my 5 acres for water distribution because it is longer lasting than pvc, and less poisonous. It's more expensive and harder to find, but I found a distributor near San Francisco, F+P in Brisbane, that is real cooperative and stocks 200psi in small sizes. But, joining poly is more difficult. It doesn't glue, so you either have to fuse it with a speacial fusing machine or use barbed fittings with hose clamps, or use some special compression fittings they have at F+P which look nice. Made of polypropylene.
You can rent the fusing machine but my place is a 5 hour drive away so that's impractical. Too expensive to buy. So, I'm reluctantly leaning toward barbed or compression fittings.
Anyone have experience with joining poly with mechanical, not fused, fittings? Are they reliable? Sure look easy and simple. All I'm going to do is terminate the poly pipe with male adapters and do the Ts, valves, etc. with pvc or copper.
Thanks
JG