How To Deburr P.V.C. Pipe

How to Deburr P.V.C. Pipe? is the question to which there are many answers. You can deburr PVC pipe with some really cool hand and power tools to get the job done. Or you can use a quality half-round file which will take some time but the fact is it will get the task done.

Now I'm a service and repair plumber who uses p.v.c. on occasion and where the plumbing code permits. A good file or some basic hand deburring tools are really all I need for the type of work I perform. But if you're in new construction installing large amounts of p.v.c. pipe on a daily basis, you may want to consider other options to the almighty file.

In this video, I feature three deburring tools manufactured by Reed that do a great job at deburring both the inside and outside of p.v.c., c.p.v.c., a.b.s, polypropylene, and even p.e,x, tubing. Because I'm a die-hard tool geek, I purchased these tools just to make this video.

How to Deburr P.V.C. pipe? Sit back and relax while we take a look at the Reed models: DEB-4, PDEB-250, and DEB-2 deburring tools. This video is not sponsored, I laid out the cold hard cash to bring you value, I hope I do this video justice.

Happy Plumbing,
Bob.

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Milwaukee Tools Used in This Video:

Milwaukee M12 12-Volt Cordless PVC Shear (2470-20) Tool Only

Milwaukee Electric Tools MLW2504-20 M12 Fuel 1/2" Hammer Drill (Bare)

Reed Deburring Tools:

Reed Tool DEB4 Deburring Tool for Plastic, 1-1/4 to 4-Inch

Reed PDBE250 Deburring Tool

Lennox High Tension Hacksaw

Lennox 18" P.V.C. Saw

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[nelsonechevarria]

Great video Mr.Sessa.What I use for deburring and reaming PVC pipe are deburring and reaming bits that I use for lock work and the deburring and reaming bits work fantastic because the deburring and reaming bits that I own and use are meant for metal so they work beautifully on PVC pipe.I have a dedicated deburring and reaming tool for copper pipe as well because there is nothing more important than using the right tools for a job.God bless you and yours Mr.Sessa, thank you for another great video.

[walterbordett]

Bob, Great video. I know I am late to the party, but I just saw this today for the first time. I love the grooving the pipe trick.

Here is a trick for all to try. To mark a square line around any cylinder, wrap a piece of paper with a straight edge around the cylinder so that the edge is straight as it goes all around the cylinder. Mark the edge with your Sharpie. You can use paper, the blade of a steel tape or plumbers' hanger strip.

[johnmanning]

Your honestly is one of the many reasons your videos are worthwhile. Keep up the good work.

[cn]

DEB 4, a pencil reamer and a Ridgid tubing cutter for pvc are my goto tools!! Better quality glue joints for sure!!

[kenfourey-jones]

Thanks for the time and cost for this experiment - well worth your time to share with the planet. From my own experience just doing a dozen or so joints (I hate it when it seems that l need to do more than planned) i have found that a pair of scissors works a treat.
If you open the scissors out and use the inside of the blades, you can debur both the inside and outside of the plastic pipe. It’s a fallacy to assume that it is necessary to chamfer entirely the outside diameter, even with push fit (0 ring) fittings. I’m sure the “professionals” won’t be bothered by that, if at all deburring!! Of course, l used a silicone spray on my push fit joints, but a drop of washing up liquid is apparently acceptable.

[jsa]

Enjoy watching your videos I tell all the new young guys that start working with us to watch you videos to get some references on the trade deb4 is my way to go

[wackyfours]

I love your channel, so many gold nuggets

[trainofthough]

When you're roughing a whole house, nobody sits there and deburrs every single cut they make. It's just not practical and wastes too much time. We kinda just run our hands around the cut with gloves to get rid of the chips and burrs, occasionally maybe whip out the knife for a particularly bad cut or something. It doesn't have to be perfect. That's the thing with PVC, it's extremely forgiving. As long as you prime and glue it good, it's going to hold just as good as if you sat there for 20-30 seconds and deburred each pipe and do it 'properly'.

And a sawzall works beautifully to cut PVC pipe. A quality sawzall, a straight blade, and decently skilled operator will give you straight cuts every time. And again, it doesn't have to be perfect because PVC is forgiving. I've never seen somebody whip out a hand saw to cut PVC and mark it that way all around the pipe. It takes far too long, you'd get laughed off jobs by other plumbers if it takes you 3 minutes to cut and deburr one pipe. This is the DIY way maybe, but no professionals do it this way. Time is money.

[natehicks]

DEB4 is excellent along with a pencil reamer, however you should use the Reed tube cutter, the Milwaukee pvc shear tends to cut at a bit of an angle nothing is as squared off like a tube cutter.

[doublezmtnman]

Use a pipe wrap to make a perfect mark around the pipe we use these on boiler tubes that have to be beveled before welding much faster than connecting your dots a pipe wrap can be as simple as gasket material kept rolled up with a rubber band so that it wants to wrap around the pipe on its own

[williammorris]

I use a Sawzall but I use the same method on bigger pipe, mark it on 2 sides and use a breeze clamp to guide a marker around, then remove clamp and spin the pipe while I follow the mark around the pipe

[carolejackson]

Easy straightening of edge after cut: attach a hose clamp. Use a sandpaper holder with sandpaper to flush it square.

[timjackson]

I use reed pb 2 < pb3 and pb4 and I love the chamfer it leaves

[kchicago]

Bob, back in the 80’s when I started my apprenticeship we used a 14” chop saw with a wood blade (plywood) to cut PCV doing new SF, duplex, townhomes they also had a 14” chop saw with an abrasion blade to do bevel cut manual by pushing the pipe as close to a 15 bevel than a utility knife inside debit. I still have a chop saw and still use a hacksaw or pvc saw for small jobs and a utility knife. I agree the db4 much easier. While I was watching you use the hand cone one I was thinking they make one for copper and was wondering if it’s a pain in the ass to use on copper as well?

[robfahey]

Man just alittle late I just ordered the last 2 to replace some old drains with pvc. I was looking at the hand cone thankfully I didn't order that one but I did order the deb4 and the drill powered cone so its nice to know go at it slow not full speed.

[johnbailey]

I bought the milwaukee pvc cutter . Well that was cash in the trash . Lasted a whole 2 days . Then I bought a stupid ryobi pvc cutter . Wow it’s has lasted 2 years and still working and a whole lot cheaper .

Thanks for the great tip about sawing a grove before cutting through with a hack saw; I never had the presence of mind to do that before. This is slightly off topic but since you are talking about tools, I'd love to see a video about the tools and methods for removing PVC pipe from PVC fittings; for example removing a nipple from a PVC shower drain. Thanks

[analogsmog]

Great video though. Very informative. Looking at that reed deb4 closely. I have the rigid cone and have been looking to upgrade.

[jaxledog]

DEB4 is the best. Run the PDEB250 in reverse and it works better on a drill.

[danielwilliams]

I’ve used my knife and a round file to always demurred pvc pipe