can i take a shot at this? if on warranty, then wait to hear from sean..or you may want to wait anywhere..maybe he's the "pool angel" and can help you out failing that, assuming it's not going to affect any unions, i would suggest jb weld. fyi, i remove mine for the winter (for exactly that reason..don't want to take a chance of freezing and cracking and it's so easy to remove the pipes. (i have a section that matches the union ends that i put in place for post season and startup until i've got my pool basically clean and chlorine shocked..then i put the poolpilot manifold back in.) anyhew, i had the manifold and pipe on the bench..and didn't realize that i had plugged in a soldering iron resting against it and melted part of the pvc pipe (not all the way through but it was ugly and i was sure it would burst under pressure) i contacted sean to discuss a few permanent fixes including fiberglassing and jb weld. he and i agreed jb weld would be best so i put a bunch on in a few layers (hardening and curing in between layers..used a putty knife to put the layers on) and worked great and adhered with no issues to the pvc pipe. i've been running it this way for 3 days now and no problems at all..my only concern was whether the jb weld would stick..and it did..there is no way you could scrape it off without destroying the pipe with it's molecular bonding.
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