| 1-1/4" ABS pipes, where to get fittings? [message #254163] |
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Otterwan
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Or do you even bother? No one around here sells 1-1/4" ABS fittings, not even unions. It looks like most of the stock p-traps and such adapt up to 1-1/2". The 1-1/4" parts I see online are 4 times as much as the same 1-1/2" part. 1-1/4" to 1-1/2" adapters are readily available. When doing repairs do you just use 1-1/2" and adapters?
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| Re: 1-1/4" ABS pipes, where to get fittings? [message #254182 is a reply to message #254171] |
Wed, 02 July 2014 19:49  |
Otterwan
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There weren't any at Home Depot and I didn't see any listed at Lowes online. Are the fittings you got ABS? As I recall sprinkler systems use PVC.
1977 Birchaven, Lynnwood WA - "We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us."
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| Re: 1-1/4" ABS pipes, where to get fittings? [message #254191 is a reply to message #254163] |
Wed, 02 July 2014 20:32 |
Carl S.
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Otterwan wrote on Wed, 02 July 2014 16:24Or do you even bother? No one around here sells 1-1/4" ABS fittings, not even unions. It looks like most of the stock p-traps and such adapt up to 1-1/2". The 1-1/4" parts I see online are 4 times as much as the same 1-1/2" part. 1-1/4" to 1-1/2" adapters are readily available. When doing repairs do you just use 1-1/2" and adapters?
Use a rubber adapter clamp and adapt it up to 1-1/2". That's what I did when I re-did my kitchen counter/sink. It worked great.
Carl Stouffer
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| Re: 1-1/4" ABS pipes, where to get fittings? [message #254216 is a reply to message #254191] |
Thu, 03 July 2014 00:02 |
Hal StClair
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McMaster Carr carries them.
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| Re: 1-1/4" ABS pipes, where to get fittings? [message #254225 is a reply to message #254163] |
Thu, 03 July 2014 07:06 |
mickey szilagyi
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We ran into the same problem. If you can find a large Lowes they may carry it. The two Lowes near us in Lansing MI didn't have any but the big Lowes in Howell MI did. It's hit and miss. And I think we found that not all the fittings are listed on the Lowes website. Another source for ABS is a mobil home repair shop. Not motor home but mobil home, as in trailer park. They are still using ABS in mobil homes, at least for the older ones. It was a PITA searching for this stuff.
Mickey
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| Re: 1-1/4" ABS pipes, where to get fittings? [message #254242 is a reply to message #254163] |
Thu, 03 July 2014 09:05 |
Dennis S
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Otterwan wrote on Wed, 02 July 2014 18:24Or do you even bother? No one around here sells 1-1/4" ABS fittings, not even unions. It looks like most of the stock p-traps and such adapt up to 1-1/2". The 1-1/4" parts I see online are 4 times as much as the same 1-1/2" part. 1-1/4" to 1-1/2" adapters are readily available. When doing repairs do you just use 1-1/2" and adapters?
I was in no hurry -- ordered mine from Amazon.com --
Dennis
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| Re: [GMCnet] 1-1/4" ABS pipes, where to get fittings? [message #254290 is a reply to message #254242] |
Thu, 03 July 2014 15:25 |
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I there is a space constraint like the drain under the shower the larger diameter drain pipe may not fit. Such was the case with The Pig. The 1 1/4" stuff from PPL motorhomes was an exact replacement for the shower p trap and arrived in a couple of days. The sinks I converted to 1 1/2" for simplicity.
Todd Sullivan
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> On Jul 3, 2014, at 7:05 AM, Dennis Sexton wrote:
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> Otterwan wrote on Wed, 02 July 2014 18:24
>> Or do you even bother? No one around here sells 1-1/4" ABS fittings, not even unions. It looks like most of the stock p-traps and such adapt up to
>> 1-1/2". The 1-1/4" parts I see online are 4 times as much as the same 1-1/2" part. 1-1/4" to 1-1/2" adapters are readily available. When doing
>> repairs do you just use 1-1/2" and adapters?
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> I was in no hurry -- ordered mine from Amazon.com --
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> Dennis
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> Dennis S
> 73 Painted Desert 230
> Germantown, TN
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| Re: [GMCnet] 1-1/4" ABS pipes, where to get fittings? [message #254306 is a reply to message #254290] |
Thu, 03 July 2014 19:52 |
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I found an easy, permanent (very permanent) fix. The fitting where the p-trap connects to elbow that is glued to the 1-1/4" pipe was leaking. No amount of cleaning and tightening worked. I was about ready to cut the pipe and try more drastic measures when it occurred to me "If the next step is cutting off the fitting, what do I have to lose by cementing the fitting?" So I coated both surfaces of the fitting and the collar and threads with ABS cement and screwed it together hand tight. There was something satisfying about watching the ABS cement coming out the same place water used to come out. Let it sit for a few hours, turned on the water, no leaks.
Sure I may have to replace it some day, but as I said, the next step was cutting it off, and I may have staved that off several years.
1977 Birchaven, Lynnwood WA - "We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us."
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