PVC and CPVC Pipe Sizes and Weights

Size, Thickness and Weight for Schedule 40 and Schedule 80 Plumbing

Finding the pipe with the right specifications for the job is often difficult when having to compare measurements between many pipe products. To streamline this process and make it easy to find the right pipe, PVC Pipe Supplies has compiled PVC and CPVC pipe specifications for size, wall thickness, inner diameter, outer diameter and average pipe weight for both schedule 40 and schedule 80 plumbing. Sizes listed below are in NPS (Nominal Pipe Size) sizing standard. Review the following table for schedule 40 PVC and CPVC pipe specifications:

Schedule 40 PVC Pipe Specifications

Size (in.)

Wall Thickness (in.)

Inner Diameter (in.)

Outer Diameter (in.)

Weight / Foot (lbs/ft.)

PVC

CPVC

1/2

0.109

0.622

0.840

0.16

N/A

3/4

0.113

0.824

1.050

0.21

N/A

1

0.133

1.049

1.315

0.32

N/A

1 1/4

0.140

1.380

1.660

0.43

N/A

1 1/2

0.145

1.610

1.900

0.51

N/A

2

0.154

2.067

2.375

0.68

N/A

2 1/2

0.203

2.469

2.875

1.07

N/A

3

0.216

3.068

3.500

1.41

N/A

4

0.237

4.026

4.500

2.01

N/A

5

0.258

5.047

5.563

2.73

N/A

6

0.280

6.065

6.625

3.53

N/A

8

0.322

7.981

8.625

5.39

N/A

10

0.365

10.020

10.750

7.55

N/A

12

0.406

11.938

12.750

10.01

N/A

14

0.438

13.124

14.000

11.80

N/A

16

0.500

15.000

16.000

15.43

N/A


Schedule 80 PVC and CPVC Pipe Specifications

The following chart contains NPS sizes, wall thickness, average pipe weights, inner and outer diameter measurements for schedule 80 PVC and CPVC plumbing. Review the following table for schedule 80 PVC and CPVC pipe specifications:

Size (in.)

Wall Thickness (in.)

Inner Diameter (in.)

Outer Diameter (in.)

Weight / Foot (lbs/ft.)

PVC

CPVC

1/2

0.147

0.546

0.840

0.20

0.22

3/4

0.154

0.742

1.050

0.27

0.30

1

0.179

0.957

1.315

0.41

0.44

1 1/4

0.191

1.278

1.660

0.52

0.61

1 1/2

0.200

1.500

1.900

0.67

0.74

2

0.218

1.939

2.375

0.95

1.02

2 1/2

0.276

2.323

2.875

1.45

1.56

3

0.300

2.900

3.500

1.94

2.09

4

0.337

3.826

4.500

2.75

3.05

5

0.375

4.813

5.563

3.87

N/A

6

0.432

5.761

6.625

5.42

5.82

8

0.500

7.625

8.625

8.05

8.83

10

0.593

9.564

10.750

12.00

13.09

12

0.687

11.376

12.750

16.50

18.00

14

0.750

12.500

14.000

19.30

N/A

16

0.843

14.314

16.000

25.44

N/A


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