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Old 1/31/09, 11:06 AM
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Is it OK to glue ABS pipe to PVC pipe? This house was re-plummed and there are many such connections? Thanks in advance.
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Old 1/31/09, 11:31 AM
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Is it OK to glue ABS pipe to PVC pipe? This house was re-plummed and there are many such connections? Thanks in advance.
There are solvents that claim they can be used with either PVC or ABS but in my area they are supposed to be limited to one transition fitting between the two system types by code.

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