I used to have that item on my agenda all the time ... and then I just started buying sharkbites and putting things together like Legos.
It's not a solution for every plumbing and irrigation task I have - I still do find myself using PVC solvent from time to time ... but long gone are the days when I had to connect two pipes that were sort of off axis from each other and out of plane and how in the world will I put together 3 45s and 2 22.5 elbows to somehow make that connection.
Get yourself a roll of PEX (Uponor is the nice stuff) and some sharkbites and these jobs get really easy ...
E.g., https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00431...
Both of those results mentioned in the abstract are really fascinating. I'm really curious why UV absorbance increased as leachates were released, and the chlorine consumption kind of makes me think that if I ever have a house with PEX, I will want to install a whole-house purification system to remove chlorine, or run copper to at least all drinking locations.
Although the sharkbites are also really, really handy to have in your copper water system - if only to have a handful of caps in case of line breaks ...
Manufactured (AKA mobile) homes are typically plumbed with PVC or PEX[0], and PEX is pretty popular for traditional (AKA site-built) houses as well[1].
[0] https://mobilehomeliving.org/plumbing-in-manufactured-homes-...
I wouldn't trust sharkbite fittings for anything really permanent (inside a wall, etc) but they are super handy for quick repairs.
PVC, CPVC, and PEX are all commonly used in drinking water plumbing.
I can't offer a qualified view on irrigation or utility plumbing; not sure if PEX leachates are worse than PVC, etc.
You used it correctly. The term minimal has been hijacked to mean something entirely different these days. It often means “I’ve thrown away important bits so the design looks sexy, I can list it on SiteInspire and get kudos from my friends for following too much white space and anti-functionalism trends”.
> HN-friendly design
We need to own this. When newcomers, youngsters and uninformed people want to be inspired, they’ll instead see this as “Old fashioned, grumpy, nerdy HN-friendly design”. There, we killed it already.
That said - This web design has some short comings. For me the legibility is compromised by using a fixed width typeface, line-spacing is too tight and paragraph column width is too large.
Actually have some light PVC plumbing work on the agenda this afternoon. And the research, as per most projects, involves an amalgam of downloaded product manuals, improvisation and youtube tutorials. And yes, a myriad of specialty products, fittings, tools and treatments.
I see tremendous need for a resource like this. "How To Make Anything". Using what you have at hand. Readable on a phone with cellular internet. Great work and will surely inspire some wonderful projects!