...any DIY
bending would have to be considerably less than even 45 degrees...maybe
even less than 15.

Peggie

Easily less than 15deg bend. Any bends close to that, use a fitting or
two. Dropping a pipe down the inside of the hull and over the "chine"
will almost certainly require fittings.

I was speaking only of the gentle bends that might enable a pipe to
follow fore/aft hull curvature in a small boat. ABS _wants_ to take a
sag or bend, and most pipe you buy will come with a ready-made "banana"
shape. Leaving a pipe suspended horizontally from it's ends with, say, 5
pounds in the middle, will yield a very boat like bend in a week or so.

The major advantage of hose is the ability to snake it through a path
without the need to rip stuff out of the way first; the secondary
advantage is not needing to assemble any fittings. However,
pre-assembled short pieces of piping with the needed bends can often be
installed the same way, as long as you're able to reach both ends and
continue plumbing, when the assembly is in place. You can also
man-handle ABS and bend it quite a bit to get it to go where you want.
If it's going to break in process, it will make a quite noticeable CRACK
that will alert you to your problem.

The disadvantage of hose is that it's relatively permeable and possibly
somewhat less physically tough than hard pipe.

Rufus

Speaking of which, what's the story with the gray plastic pipe that uses white
fittings? I don't see it anywhere except on my boat's potable water system.

John

Standard strength PVC water pipe is white. Double strentgh PVC water
pipe is dark grey. Light grey pipe is often thinwall stuff that is
designed for use as electrical conduit.

Rufus



Truelove39 wrote:

Speaking of which, what's the story with the gray plastic pipe that uses white
fittings? I don't see it anywhere except on my boat's potable water system.

John

Thanks for the answer, Rufus. But, I can't seem to find any of this pipe or the
white compression-type fittings anywhere. I'm told this stuff was "outlawed"
some years ago and is no longer available.

John


Standard strength PVC water pipe is white. Double strentgh PVC water
pipe is dark grey. Light grey pipe is often thinwall stuff that is
designed for use as electrical conduit.

They have lots of that at a local hardware store, here in Kemah, TX. It's
still being made, you'll just have to dig deeper to find it where you live.
It should be available on the web as well if you can't find it locally.

"Truelove39" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the answer, Rufus. But, I can't seem to find any of this pipe
or the
white compression-type fittings anywhere. I'm told this stuff was
"outlawed"
some years ago and is no longer available.

John


Standard strength PVC water pipe is white. Double strentgh PVC water
pipe is dark grey. Light grey pipe is often thinwall stuff that is
designed for use as electrical conduit.

Local stores here in Va have lot's of it, and cheap too. I just bought
enough 1" white to make an awning support.

Keith wrote:

They have lots of that at a local hardware store, here in Kemah, TX. It's
still being made, you'll just have to dig deeper to find it where you live.
It should be available on the web as well if you can't find it locally.

"Truelove39" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the answer, Rufus. But, I can't seem to find any of this pipe or the
white compression-type fittings anywhere. I'm told this stuff was "outlawed"
some years ago and is no longer available.