ABS or PVC, and why
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Normally, you use whatever the supply houses in your area stock. Here, and most of the Southwest, it is ABS. In many parts of the Midwest it is PVC. Some areas have both, but sometimes they do not have a complete stock of fittings for one or the other. If you have a choice, then it is a personal preference.
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There is a another choice: PVC Foam Core DWV pipe. It is supposed to be quieter, as well as lighter, than schedule 40 PVC. It is only for above ground drain, waste, and venting, and not for pressurized systems. You have to pay attention to the tags on the shelves, because it looks just like regular schedule 40 PVC.
Quieter sounds like a good feature.
Quieter sounds like a good feature.
Re read my last response. that's pretty much all that's used for DWV here. Cellular core = foam core.
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Pick one type and stay with it, don't mix. Fittings and "cement" are different.
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