Where to buy PVC piping for boat stands?

[egneg]

You can get the grey 1/2" schedule 40 in the electrical section.

http://www.homedepot.ca/product/sche...-2-inch/954463

[searay skipper]

great minds think alike. LOL

[Stinger9D9]

Once again....what diameter?

Then look here.

This pvc stuff may just look too flexible when it's in long lengths standing on end and bending or "sagging" but it's surely rigid enough for what you want to do I would think.

If none of this stuff is any good to you then I'm afraid I don't understand exacly what you're looking for.

ABS would work for you but I don't know that it can be had at less than 1 1/2" diameter. Too big?

Good luck.




http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/s...partial&s=true

The stuff labelled "PVC" on the Canadian Home Depot site is actually "CPVC". Not the same stuff...

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-different-types-of-plumbing-pipe.htm

As that website states: "CPVC is PVC pipe that has received an extra chlorination. It comes in a distinctive yellow color, and can handle both hot and cold water. CPVC is more flexible with substantially thinner walls than PVC pipe,"

It really is different stuff. I'm not making this up.

ABS is not really an answer either, 1 1/2" diameter pipe for a stand under a 26" to 30" boat is just too much. I had something alot more like this in mind:

http://tinyurl.com/8y8qda4

[searay skipper]

Yup.....I know about the PVC...AND...the CPVC. I've plumbed things with both.

I'm just very surprised you can't find the actual PVC you want at Home Depot. Can't imagine it being a discontinued product...but never know I guess....haven't gone looking for any for some time now.

Have a look at that grey PVC in the electrical department. It's pretty darn rigid....I suspect it would do what you want.

Again....good luck.

[Stinger9D9]

Well I make a trip stateside yesterday and yeah, they sell real PVC pipe everywhere...and CHEAP!

I stopped at the first Home Depot I found and picked up a bunch of elbows, tees, caps, 45s and they even had 1/2" pipe cut into handy 2' long sections so I could fit everything in the trunk along with all the other stuff we picked up.
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All in (tax included) it ran me $38 and that was even with me overpaying for the nicely cut 2' lengths. It is all the nice bright white, shiny, Charlotte Pipe stuff too.

I priced the equivalent amount of wet noodle ugly yellow CPVC stuff they sell over here, and the same amount (at the local hardware/big box) would have cost $114.69!!!

A few hours and a few pop rivets later, I put together 3 stands that stack nicely for storage. Not quite done yet (still need to adjust the vertical spacer lengths and add some eyelets to each stand for carrying straps) but it's a start.
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This stuff is nice to work with...just wish the stores around here chose to stock it...and the $75+ I saved? Just more lipo money!

[sailr]

Great idea using pop rivets! Never thought of that. I usually glue mine but I like the pops because if you want to change something later you can drill them out! Good job!

[brew99]

Yup, same situation here on the westcoast of Canada. HD has the flimsy cpvc stuff in 10' lengths, but doesn't appear to have the sch 40 pvc. The fittings are however sch 40!

[blizard05]

The black pipe is used in mobile homes and campers,RV's I have used sheet metal screws

[Stinger9D9]

I can't really take the credit for the pop rivet idea. Like most good ideas, I copied it off something I saw lurking around on the net. I had started putting the rack together with self drilling sheet metal screws (actually put the first - VS1 - rack) together with them, but then once I saw how tidy the rivets looked, I took the screws out and replaced them with rivets.

I also bored out the "tees" that the boat supports are mounted on so they slide over the pipe. This way I don't need to cut those cross supports (stronger that way) and I can adjust the spacing between them by drilling out the rivets and sliding them left and right.

I could have used black (ABS) pipe, but the smallest stuff around is 1 1/2" diameter (inside - 2" outside) so it is HUGE. The 1/2" schedule 40 pipe is 1/2" inside and 0.840" outside so it's not disproportionately big, but still nice and solid.

As far as CPVC, I understand why they sell the stuff (from a plumbing perspective) as you can't run hot water through PVC, but that's no reason for Canadian retailers not to stock PVC. The stuff is handy for lots of other uses - it's practically a building material. I guess they've never seen this book:

http://www.amazon.ca/The-PVC-Project-Book-Workshop/dp/1580801277

Oh well, their loss.

[SFC K]

Wow! I really like your three boat stand! That is really slick.