Results for "solvent weld"

During the estimate call, my pool guy quoted me close to $200 to cut out and re-plumb a leaking glued PVC joint right at my pump — and honestly that feels steep for what looks like a tiny weeping drip. I picked up a stick of J-B Weld WaterWeld (the 8277 epoxy putty) at Home Depot for about nine bucks, and I'm wondering if I can just knead it up and pack it around that joint myself instead of paying someone else to do it.

My main questions are: will this stuff actually hold against the water pressure a pool pump puts out, and do I need to completely shut the system down and dry the pipe before applying it? I know it says 'cures underwater' on the package, but I want to make sure I'm not just wasting my time with a fix that'll blow off the minute I fire the pump back up.

Is this a real repair I can count on, or am I just buying myself a little time before I have to do the full re-glue job anyway? Happy to do the proper fix eventually, but if this buys me a season I'm all for it.…more

My pool equipment pad has a waste line that just dumps straight out to the side yard with zero control — no valve, nothing. I found a YouTube tutorial on how to splice in a shutoff valve, grabbed the supplies, and cut into the pipe... and now I've got a bigger mess than before. The dry-fit didn't hold the way the video showed, one of my cuts came out slightly angled, and I'm second-guessing the whole thing before I actually glue anything permanently.

The waste line is 1½-inch PVC coming off the back of my multiport filter valve. It dribbles between backwash cycles because there's nothing shutting it off, and I'd like to fix that properly. I want to understand what type of valve to actually use here, how to prep the pipe ends correctly after a rough cut, and how to solvent-weld everything so it doesn't leak or blow apart under pressure.

Can someone walk me through the real process — choosing the right valve, making clean cuts, dry-fitting, priming and cementing, and how long I need to wait before firing the pump back up? I want to get this right the second time.…more