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How to create a hidden plug for PVC pipe
Cut a chunk of sponge from one of those big yellow tiling sponges and jam it into the pipe, leaving about 1/2" of space between the sponge and the end of the pipe.
Stand the pipe on end, sponge ...
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How to cut angled holes in PVC pipe?
The appropriate way would be to:
Make a jig out of wood that will hold the pipe to be drilled
The jig could be flat or have the desired 45° angle built into it.
Building it flat allows it to be used ...
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How to cut angled holes in PVC pipe?
A jig to hold a holesaw and the pipe to be drilled is one method.
Start with a block of wood (or whatever material, it doesn't matter much if it's solid-enough.)
You drill a hole for the pipe, you ...
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Rainwater Pipe Through Gabion Wall
Sounds like you are on the right track to me. Consider providing some support to the pipe immediately upstream of the gabion (if possible), to avoid any future issues with settlement.
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Connect Two Pipes
What you're looking at there is a "slip joint".
If you loosen and remove the large white plastic nut (the "twisty screw thingy"), you should find a rubber or plastic gasket/ring ...
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Can PVC pipes stand boiling water?
Water boils at normal altitude of approximately 212 F (100C). Each different kind of polymer pipe has restrictions on temps regarding pressurized or non-pressurized.
PVC has a limit of about 140F (60C)...
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Can PVC pipes stand boiling water?
Boiling water is a standard way to soften PVC pipe for bending.
In short, no, utterly unsuitable for use as pipe with water anywhere near boiling.
3-D printing pipes seems highly unlikely to work, ...
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Removal of gas line
Gases want to equalise (in this case with the global atmosphere), so all you have to do is (while keeping the mains closed!) open up that section to the atmosphere. The volume is relatively limited, ...
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Removal of gas line
You could evacuate the line by blowing compressed nitrogen through it -- but it would be obnoxious to rent or buy a cylinder of nitrogen just for this. I'd expect most people would use compressed air ...
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Identify pipe connecting to nothing in basement (fireplace/hvac/unsure)
Best bet: an incomplete fresh outside air intake so that your fireplace wouldn't be sucking heated air out of your house. The "outside" part of it does not seem to have been done if it just ...
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Can this pipe be repaired?
That looks like it is part of your drain-waste system. It's a little odd the way it comes up and then disappears right into the wall, but it almost certainly is connected to the sewer.
A lot of folks ...
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