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What are the advantages and disadvantages of both systems of joints for "non-pressure" pipes that are buried?
O-ring joints are more expensive, but easier to do on buried pipes.
Glue on the other hand is permanent (that is a plus and a minus at once).
What else?
I don't have an adhesive suggestion for you, but you could use hose clamps. Put one on the top and one on the bottom of a rectangular section of velcro and clamp it onto the pipe. (Make sure to not over-tighten it.)
Actually, if you could work up a way to attach the fabric to the hose clamps and skip the velcro altogether, that would cut your hose clamp needs by half. They'd be around a buck at the hardware store.
The best lubrication I've found is some good ol' Elbow Grease™.
Actually, you should measure the proper lengths and just cut. Then glue it up and install. You can mark on the PVC how far it should go into the fitting if you want to be really precise. However PVC itself expands and contracts a lot with temperature change and is fairly flexible anyway. So, in my opinion, being extremely precise doesn't mean all that much anyway. Also, The solvent melts the PVC surface to weld them together, so the fittings will likely fit differently while gluing, thus making the dry-fit method even worse than just measuring.
Another solution could be to mark how far in the fitting the piece should go and lay them next to each-other in that position, even tape them together, to check your layout. That seems pretty time-intensive, though. I still think it would be better to just measure accurately and double check your measurements.
Best Answer
Typically, o-ring fittings are used for larger diameter pipes (4 inch and larger) where the runs consist of longer distances with a low density of fittings. Examples would be outside of the building civil work and inside (below grade) storm drainage.
When you have smaller diameter pipes and a high density of fittings, such as a bathroom group, glue fittings would be used.
Some advantages of o-ring fittings are:
Some advantages of glue fittings are: