Dry fitting PVC

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Looks great man! Wish I had the space for something like that. I personally love the build process and plumbing is actually my favorite part. Best of luck!
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One tip I learned the hard way is that you need to be careful when putting everything together with the glue, even after dry fitting. I dry fit my whole setup and then began gluing. The glue acts as a lube, so the pipes slide into the fittings further than they did when they were dry. This made a few things in my plumbing job misaligned.
 
Im ordering a bunch of Unions and Elbows For 1-1/2" (inside diameter) PVCs and Flex tubes. Do I order the same size? or bigger? Im not the great at hard plumbing.
 
Im ordering a bunch of Unions and Elbows For 1-1/2" (inside diameter) PVCs and Flex tubes. Do I order the same size? or bigger? Im not the great at hard plumbing.

Yes if you bought an inch and a half Union you need inch and a half PVC.
 
Im ordering a bunch of Unions and Elbows For 1-1/2" (inside diameter) PVCs and Flex tubes. Do I order the same size? or bigger? Im not the great at hard plumbing.

Usually the listed size is for outside diameter. 1 inch sch40 and 1 inch sch80 will have the same outside, but the inside will be smaller for the sch80, since its walls are thicker.

To "sawdonkey's" point -- yep, noticed that too recently. Ended up adding 1/2 inch to each measurement to account for the slip with my recent build.
 

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