Spa Flex

[jda123]

Does anybody have a confirmed sighting of Spa Flex in town? I looked at The Home Depot and I was either too stupid to see it, or they didn't have any. I need 1.5" and 1".

Thanks in advance.

 

[Smiley]

Both home depot and Lowes carry it. At HD, it should be on a shelf above all the rigid... at Lowes it is in the irrigation section.

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[jagermeister]

I believe ACE carries it as well.

At my Home Depot, it's on the very top shelf up above all the vinyl tubing and John Guess fittings.

 

[fiji4118]

ACE definitely carries it. Pain in the a** to work with though. I hated having to soak the ends in boiling water to try and get a fitting in and forget about taking it back out without cutting it. I started using that vinyl that has the braiding inside and it's fairly good at not crimping unless it is a really hard angle.

 

[jda123]

Thanks all.

Were you trying to use it on barbed fittings? I just glue it into 1.5" elbows and stuff like regular PVC. I mostly like it because it is way less head than using a bunch of elbows to get upstairs.

 

[fiji4118]

Yeah, barbed. Your way would have been way easier!

 

[opakapaka]

If u insert the fitting into the spa flex tube and rotate it the opposite way that the tube ribbing goes it should be fairly easy

 

[Walter White]

I have 25' of the 1" if you want. I can give you a slightly better price than home depot or lowes.

 

[jda123]

It figures that I need about 4 feet of 1" and about twenty-five feet of the 1.5", right?

 

[Walter White]

Yeah that s a bummer. I used 50' of the 1.5" but only ended with about 5' left over.

 

[Shaunv]

You should be able to find it at pool or spa places. To make it easier to work with, get a heat gun from Home Depot or lowes for like $15 and use that to warm the tube. Way faster and easier than boiling. I used them all the time working on hot tubs, especially in the winter.

 

[Seamatt Nematocyt]

I might be out of the loop on pricing but why aren't people using flexible schedule 40 PVC? Forget barb fittings.

 

[Smiley]

i think thats what people are calling spa flex....

 

[Smiley]

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Watts-1-1-4-in-ID-x-50-ft-PVC-Spa-Flex-Tubing-RSFP/100119419#.Uke8WYZMTGA

 

[Dr.DiSilicate]

I used "ultra flex pvc" in ordered on line. Ended up about 1/3 the cost in comparison to in town. Even with 40 in shipping. And yes, same sizes and glue as schedule 40.