With 28 to 1 leverage, it is easy for one person to join plastic pipe up to 16" gasketed or up to 12" where solvent cement is used. - For Gasketed Pipe : The Plastic Pipe Joiner can connect and separate 4" - 16" gasketed pipe. Components required for joining gasketed pipe include the Plastic Pipe Joiner (PPJ) and V-shaped saddles (PPJVS). - For Solvent Cement connections: The Plastic Pipe Joiner connects solvent cement joint on all pipe schedules, IPS, and water pipe from 4" - 12". For solvent cement connections, individually sized saddles must be ordered together with the Plastic Pipe Joiner (PPJ) and plastic pipe joiner fitting attachment (PPJFA).