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When shopping for plumbing pipes and fittings for potable water, what should you look for? What criteria should you use to judge products and manufacturers? We’ll share our recommendations for those searching for the best plumbing pipes and pipe fittings for potable water. Quality Quality can take many forms. First and foremost is dimensional stability. Do the pipes fit the vast majority of the time? Is the interior as smooth as it should be? If a manufacturer struggles to meet this basic criterion, you have to wonder about the chemical formulation they’re using. Merely stating that they have a high level of quality or quality management department is insufficient. Reviews are almost meaningless unless you’re talking to project managers who installed that brand of pipe in their walls five years ago and are still happy with it. A rough proxy for quality is their warranty. Good PVC and CPVC pipe should last thirty years. If they only offer a warranty for a couple of years or

CPVC pipe is used in domestic hot and cold water supply lines. It can also be used in some industrial liquid applications. This means you’re as likely to work with it replacing your leaking sink pipes as working in a manufacturing facility. Here are a few CPVC pipe installation tips from a professional plumber. Use the Right Solvents One of the benefits of CPVC pipe is that the pipes and CPVC fittings can be slid together and essentially glued in place by solvents. The problems arise when you use the wrong solvents. A common mistake is using PVC pipe solvent on CPVC pipe fittings and fixtures. In fact, you can create long-term problems by using a PVC pipe solvent on CPVC pipe even if connecting it to a fitting made to connect both PVC and CPVC pipe. Use the right solvent for the pipe it is being applied to. Don’t Use Too Much Glue A common mistake is using too much glue or solvent when assembling  CPVC pipe . When you use too much, it may be pushed out of the joints