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Industry Standard PVC Pipes & Tubes

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Industry Standard Pipe and Tubes

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Available Plastics can produce your rigid PVC plastic pipe and tube to the following standards:
  • SCH-40
  • SCH-80
  • SDR 17
  • SDR 21
  • SDR26
  • SDR 32.5
  • SDR 41

Plus many other ASTM and industry specifications. Because of the wide range of pipe and tube we make, most of our product is produced to order and not stocked. Our turnaround time is very fast!



 Pipe Wall Thickness Tolerance Specifications  Pipe Dimension Specifications  Pipe Outside Diameter Tolerances & Ovality Specifications  Pipe & Tube Nomenclature  

Pipe Wall Thickness Tolerances

Pipe Size Outside Diameter Typical Ovality Tolerances (inches)
SDR 41 SDR 32.5 SDR 26 SDR 21 SDR 17 SDR 40 SDR 80
1/2" 0.840" - - - - - +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010"
3/4" 1.050" - - - +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.011"
1" 1.315" - - +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.030" +/- 0.012"
1-1/4" 1.660" - +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.012"
1-1/2" 1.900" - +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.013"
2" 2.375" - +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.012" +/- 0.017"
2-1/2" 2.875" - +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.013" +/- 0.013" +/- 0.018"
3" 3.500" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.012" +/- 0.014" +/- 0.014" +/- 0.019"
3-1/2" 4.000" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.013" +/- 0.016" +/- 0.014" +/- 0.019"
4" 4.500" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.011" +/- 0.014" +/- 0.016" +/- 0.020" +/- 0.016" +/- 0.023"
5" 5.563" +/- 0.010" +/- 0.012" +/- 0.016" +/- 0.019" +/- 0.024" +/- 0.017" +/- 0.026"
6" 6.625" +/- 0.013" +/- 0.016" +/- 0.020" +/- 0.025" +/- 0.031" +/- 0.020" +/- 0.030"
8" 8.625" +/- 0.016" +/- 0.020" +/- 0.025" +/- 0.031" +/- 0.038" +/- 0.022" +/- 0.036"
10" 10.750" +/- 0.019" +/- 0.024" +/- 0.030" +/- 0.037" +/- 0.045" +/- 0.025" +/- 0.041"
12" 12.750" +/- 0.024" +/- 0.026" +/- 0.030" +/- 0.040" +/- 0.050" +/- 0.027" +/- 0.045"

Pipe Wall Thickness Tolerance Example

6" Sch 40 has a nominal wall of 0.297" +/- 0.020" which means that the wall could run from 0.277" to 0.317"

If tighter tolerances or other unique specifications are required, please contact Available Plastics. Available Plastics is a custom extrusion company and can make almost any size pipe you need.