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Many a true word spoken in jest!

I have actually seen surface run PVC conduit patched up with "Sellotape" -- the British brand name equivalent of Scotch tape.

I always glue everything.
PVC cement for conduit we get comes in light (clear, fast dry),medium (gray, medium dry), or heavy (gray, slow drying) bodied.(viscosity).
The heavy is nice for large conduit. It works like a lube, giving you a chance to "adjust things", rather than sieze up like the clear stuff does 1/2 way into the socket.

For those that do not use glue I was wondering if you have to get inspection before backfill, where I am we need approval before backfill and I would think that if it was noticed that there was no glue I would be in for a long "talking to" and be back in the hole with some glue.(:

I know that where I am we don't need to call the inspector for trench work before we backfill.

Also, we use jumping jack tampers after about every six inches of backfill along the whole of the trench or excavation depending on what the job calls for.

We always use glue, and yes, if you don't you will spend a while with a can of glue after getting your butt chewed out.

I find that some inspectors are real tough on using expansion joints for the PVC pipe, and others don't really care if the expansion joint is used or not. What do you guys find out in the field?