10-06-2009, 10:04 AM
Good points. I think it depends mostly on wall thickness. The PVC used for furniture, medical carts and other structural uses is thick-walled and very strong, same as the stuff I make critter cages out of. The stuff used for fluids in generally thin-walled. Brittleness resulting from weather changes would be more of a factor in my part of the country, and from a lot of UV exposure, possibly.
If a PVC lawn chair can handle a 300 pond load, and a PVC patio table can handle a huge dinner spread, I think PVC will hold a model railway, at least in N or HO scale! I'm still deciding whether or not to try it. It's very tempting.
If a PVC lawn chair can handle a 300 pond load, and a PVC patio table can handle a huge dinner spread, I think PVC will hold a model railway, at least in N or HO scale! I'm still deciding whether or not to try it. It's very tempting.