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Types of pvc for backyard setups

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chicknfriedsteak
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After watching Kevins latest summer edit (see below) I got inspired to spice up my backyard park. I've already got a bunch of larger pvc pipes that all work great, but I'd like build an upward curving c rail (banana rail? can't remember the name) for mistys underflips ect. However even my thinnest pipe is way to heavy of a grade to bend more than a couple degrees. Does anybody have any recomendations for types or grades of pvc that are still strong, but flexible enough for that much curvature?

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/840512/Kevin-Salonius---Summer-Rail-2016
Oct 2 2016 4:29PM
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milk_man
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I honestly have no idea. But...if you had enough heat couldn't you bend a regular 6 inch wide pvc? No clue if it would work
Oct 2 2016 5:03PM
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Swandog7
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my suggestion is just slapping a few like 1 1/2 inch pipes on a 2x4, way easier to bend. Not sure how wide you want it though
Oct 2 2016 9:12PM
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brett_fisher
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Oct 2 2016 11:53PM
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sodaksteeze
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I used a heat gun on 2 inch pvc and it took fucking forever just for a rainbow, also hard to make it look even...
Oct 3 2016 10:38PM
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LamSobinsky
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idk what the different grades are but i have 6 inch diameter pvc in my backyard and it seems like you could bend it if you took a heat gun to it with some patients
Oct 4 2016 9:49PM
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Deepskier
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I have a few 1 or 2 inch pipes that you could bend 90 degrees any direction no heat. Id just go to home depot or lowes and pick stuff up and feel its flexibility.
Oct 5 2016 9:40PM
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MIHoodlum
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https://www.newschoolers.com/news/read/Build-rail-Andy-Parry
Oct 6 2016 12:50AM
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Tanner_McClune
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use a bunch of 1-2 inch pvc, and towards the end of the rail, stack blocks like stairs to curve up.
Oct 6 2016 12:55AM
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dustygoldflakes
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Tanner_McCluneuse a bunch of 1-2 inch pvc, and towards the end of the rail, stack blocks like stairs to curve up.

This is what i did, works very well indeed.
Oct 6 2016 12:19PM
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John18_6
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I built up a fire, heated up the PVC and bent it. But there is PVC that bends a little without heat.
Oct 7 2016 12:36PM
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chicknfriedsteak
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Tanner_McCluneuse a bunch of 1-2 inch pvc, and towards the end of the rail, stack blocks like stairs to curve up.


dustygoldflakesThis is what i did, works very well indeed.


How do you screw it down? If you build up the blocks from underneath you can't put screws in underneath the board up into the pipe
Oct 7 2016 2:10PM
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Swandog7
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chicknfriedsteakHow do you screw it down? If you build up the blocks from underneath you can't put screws in underneath the board up into the pipe


I recommend building like a triangle almost out of a block, and then it would screw down well (you screw it onto the hypotenuse side). Make it as steep as you want
Oct 7 2016 4:48PM
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CBishop
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No clue on building but i can't wait to see a video of a misty off a c-rail in the backyard.
Oct 7 2016 5:26PM
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chicknfriedsteak
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CBishopNo clue on building but i can't wait to see a video of a misty off a c-rail in the backyard.


I'll quote this post with a link this winter, OP won't let NS down this time like the guy who said he'd put a rail on chads.
Oct 7 2016 8:09PM
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dustygoldflakes
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chicknfriedsteakHow do you screw it down? If you build up the blocks from underneath you can't put screws in underneath the board up into the pipe

How I did it was I screwed the pvc onto a 2x4 from underneath the 2x4 until the screws went through about half of the PVC. I measured before to make sure i had the correct screw length. Then I screwed the 2x4 with the PVC on it to another one, thus creating a PVC rail.
Oct 10 2016 12:27PM
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Aldenship
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sodaksteezeI used a heat gun on 2 inch pvc and it took fucking forever just for a rainbow, also hard to make it look even...


just use smaller pvc. i made a rainbow out of 1 inch pvc. it bends really well.
Oct 13 2016 8:59AM
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