TheMaster

No plumber needed either.......also with slip joints you have a much greater call back percentage than with sch 40 solvent weld and its nothing you did wrong,its the maid or the teenager mad at his dad so he slams the garbage can back under the sink.....theres your leak and your call back. I've been plumbing and around plumbers along time and usually know whats best for repair plumbing. Its all about percentages. Have you ever taken it apart in 15 years???

Ron

Nope, don't need to it don't clog up. and if it does it comes apart as easy as I put it together.

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TheMaster

I think I understand now,your telling me that you'll never have to take it apart but if you ever decide to take it apart you can I can understand that.

TheMaster

I get a sick feeling in my stomach when i walk into a house with a cloged kitchen sink with water to the top...and you open the cabinet doors below and you have tubular plastic staring you in the face with every joint leaking into God knows what all junk they are hoarding under there mixed with a few dead roaches. And may God be holding you hand if you decide to plunge it.......the crap blows apart and floods into the cabinet. With solvent weld wastes,that dont happen and 90% of clogs in the fixture arm i can unclog with a plunger. Tubular sucks unless your using some high dollar heavy ga. brass. I can build 10 sch 40 pvc wastes for what one brass one costs and have 100% leak free joints almost forever and it will never rot. Its a no brainer. Its just my opinion,I know people disagree with me and some will have valid points as to why but I dont think the positives of tubular out weigh the plus's of solvent weld sch 40. I want to stay fair and balanced

Ron

Sounds like the flu to me, we can't have you sick, maybe you need to go see the doc.

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pauliplumber

If you pipe sch 40 correctly, it's actually just as easy if not easier to take apart than tubular.

You can't tell me a slip nut connection is as good as a cemented connection.

It takes about 2 more minutes and 2 more dollars to use sched 40 over tubular.

If a slip nut connection gets moved after install (as TM said usually by HO cramming stuff in cabinet) it might leak. This could potentially lead to a call back. I know this situation is rare, but it does happen.

Both ways are fine, but given the minute amount of extra effort, sch 40 when installed properly is simply better.

service guy

I don't mind hard piped kitchen wastes IF AND ONLY IF a proper cleanout is installed. A majority of the time, there is no cleanout and I have to cut the hard trap out and repalce it with tubular, in order to get access to snake the drain. At least with tubular, the trap can be removed and used as a cleanout.

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UnclogNH

Find them hard piped about 40% of the time here.

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LEAD INGOT

I defy you to find a mobile home or modular that isn't. Who plumbs those things anyway, convicts.?

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I am all for the tubular style. While I agree with those who say the hard pipe stays together better and longer I myself have never had any problems with the tubular's coming apart. Now, I do however after installing them fill the sink to overflow with hot water, then pulling the stopper. The hot water will soften the plastic and allow me to tighten the nuts even farther, thus when it cools it shrinks which creates a tighter seal.

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