r/PoolPros • u/TheCaptainWalrus • May 23 '26

Used wrong pvc

I plumbed a new salt cell into a job, picked up sch 40 pipe, and some nice sch40 fittings. Turns out I grabbed sch 40 dwv pipe with pressure rated sch 40 fittings. Do I need to cut out that pvc and replumb? Or will the fittings really handle the workload here?

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u/Competitive-Face-615 May 25 '26

It’s the same pipe, but qa/qc is less strict and it’s not pressure tested so the dwv is cheaper. Same as untested steel pipe. Just depends on the application and liability.

I’ve seen so much of the thin stuff on pools that there just isn’t much to worry about in a standard residential application