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If Pipe Glue Welds Pipe to the Fitting, How Can You Unglue It?

For over 70 years PVC pipe and fittings have been cement bonded to each other. For all of that 70 years we have all been told that the solvent actually welds them such that the interface no longer exists and the joint can never be separated. If that is the case, why do joints pull […]

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Ungluing Pipe: Frequently Asked Questions

Since the Pipe Debonder is new technology in the plumbing field, we get asked a lot of questions. Some of the most common questions are posted here, but if you have anything else you want to know, feel free to contact us. Q: Will ungluing broken pipe comprise the integrity of the existing pipe? A: […]

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Technology in Plumbing

What plumbing contractor would work without a cell phone in today’s marketplace? There are many technology enhancements contractors use daily such as computerized invoicing, email quotes, and text messaging to customers regarding status of installations and repairs. There is new technology that can have a big effect on productivity and that is the ability to […]

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This One Job Paid for Half the Cost of My Pipe Debonder

All of our favorite stories come direct from our customers. Here’s another one! “Assembling a large manifold in a new building consisting of a 2-inch main with 11 schedule 80 PVC TEEs, each with a 2 x ½ inch reducer bushing, I received a new set of architectural drawings changing all of the bushings to […]

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How to Remove Broken Pipe in Threaded Fitting or Valve

When a pipe breaks into a threaded fitting or valve, it can sometimes be removed by using a hammer and screwdriver to try to unscrew the broken piece of male pipe from the female threads. This can be time consuming and frequently scars the threads causing the fitting to leak or to be unusable. A […]

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Ungluing Pipe: A Customer’s First Experience With the Debonder

This time, we’ll let a customer in Arizona do the writing: “When I received my Debonder, I read the well-written operation manual and I thought I understood the tool pretty well without having operated it.  I practiced on a smaller joint and it really worked, just as the guy at Pipe Debonder told me it […]

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A New Business Idea!

Most commercial plumbing contractors have a special area of their shop where they save and store old expensive fittings, valves, sensors, flanges, and other parts that are glued together, but otherwise undamaged.  Until now, these parts have just collected dust and occupied space.  Using a PIPE DEBONDER, these valuable parts can be put back into […]

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How Strong Is a Re-Glued Joint?

If you ever talk to a plumber who has had a glued socket joint pull apart in the field, whether it is above ground or burial, he will tell you that if he can clean up the joint without damaging it, he will re-glue it in place. Many times the pulled apart joint was not […]

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How Much Can I Save if I Unglue my Broken Pipe?

I discovered a leaking 1-inch PVC sprinkler valve in my outdoor box. The box was built with an 8 way cross manifold where my system has the primary inlet and 5 zones of the possible 7 being used. The valves are glued to a short piece of pipe and then glued to the manifold. The […]

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Can Your Plumber Unglue Pipe?

Owning a home comes with plenty of benefits, but there’s always things that go wrong and systems that need repair. Plumbing repairs can be one of the messiest, most expensive and time consuming systems to fix when things go wrong. Traditionally, plumbing fixes involve cutting pipe, adding fittings, installing new joints and, in some circumstances, […]

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