[Mike Mazur]

As a note on buying schedule 40 from home depot and lowes... many times we grab what we need in a hurry from theese stores without looking closely at the items. Most of the fittilng I have seen at these mega stores are labled as dwv - dry or wet vent! not truly designed for use in a presure system. The biggest physical difference is in the area for glueing. This area where the pipe and fitting will join is significantly smaller givving much less area for the weld styl pvc glue to be effective. It can work but extra care must be taken to ensure a good seal. This is especially important when joining to flex pvc or tigerline as this pipe tends to try to creep when you set it down and wait fo rthe glue to finish. Granted you will pay more for fittings that are for presure use with the longer glue surface but to avoid the potential headaches later on it is worth it. Aloso of note it is hard to find the long sweep fittings at these store. As we know the long sweeps give less restriction to flow than do tight sweep fittings. As long as optimum for our use keeps coming up we may as well get the best fittings for the best flow to make use of our pumps highest output. As for 2" flex the price is worth it and for now so is 3" flex it is pricey and would love to find a better source for this as it is about $4 a foot here US dollar in fifty foot rolls. Many of the plumbing supply houses have a lot of fittings in stock as do irrigation supply houses. I picked up 3 3" ball valves and 2 3" check valves monday and paid $185. they were slip fit glue schedule 40 and yes they had the long glue surface I look for. Hope all is well on this new years day, MIke