Plumbing

[Guzzetta]

Quick Question
I'm about to start the plumbing on my new 100 gallon. I was thinking of going flexable PVC over rigid so I would have a little room for adjustment in the future. Is this a wise choice? Does flexable attach to Sch 40 fittings? Where does one buy flexable PVC at?

[tbar]

Not sure about flexable PVC, never heard of it. Perhaps you are meaning spaflex which a lot of folks use and can get at Lowes/HD. I use flex hoses for the ability to change things easy. If you know how things will be plumbed for a long time with no changes hard plumb (PVC) would be best IMO.

[oldsaltman]

I got my flex PVC from Ace. My local HD didn't carry it. And, yes you can use standard sch40 fittings with it. ;)

[Harry_Fish]

The Spa-Flex makes it much easier

[james3370]

i ordered mine from www.flexpvc.com only cause i needed some special fittings as well.....

savko has a much better price on it, but they only carry the white, whereas flexpvc.com has it in black & grey too

http://www.savko.com/partlist.asp?pgid=4&ptid=19&pid=36

[kcrush4989]

I like to hard plumb my in with a couple unions. To me it looks a lot cleaner and i can get it in black.

Keith

[kgross]

One thing when using flex pvc, is make sure you use the correct glue. You want to use the flexible pvc glue or the wet or dry/ red hot glue. It is not as big of a deal in smaller sizes, but with the larger diameters the joints do not seal as well with the normal pvc glue.

Kim