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leaning vent pipe
Author: foplumbing (FL) I have the following issue. My pipes are not plumb and therefore sticking out of the intended wall. it is off roughly 6 inches in 9 ft, so about 3degree skew (the pipe is crooked from the bottom) how can i correct this? Edited 1 times.
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Re: leaning vent pipe
Author: packy (MA) if you are asking about plastic drain pipes, you can heat them and bend them.
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Re: leaning vent pipe
Author: foplumbing (FL) is that legal?
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Re: leaning vent pipe
Author: sum (FL) PVC pipes have some flex in it. What size is the pipe? If you try to push it does it flex to stay within the wall's envelope?
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Re: leaning vent pipe
Author: foplumbing (FL) it is 2" for vent there is another one that has a drain too, but i suppose i can do the cuts (or heating) above the drain portion and only focus on fixing the vent only portion
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Re: leaning vent pipe
Author: NP16 (OR) you can use a couple of 22's to correct this. Play around with the fittings until it works, mark with a marking pen and then glue. Edited 1 times.
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