How do you connect a silicon tube to a PVC tee?

Question

I'm connecting a silicon rigid tube to a PVC tee. It fits but it's slightly lose. What is the best thing to secure this connection? The fluid going through it is deionized water.

Answer 1

Depending on the size of tube - you could go with a bushing with a female thread and thread in a 1/2" Pex x Male Adapter and use a hose clamp

Answer 2

find a nipple to fit the hole in the pvc and accommodate the silicon tube

Answer 3

they make a special glue for pvc...this should secure it, if it's the right size to start with  (if all else fails, wrap it in duct tape)

Answer 4

Either bring a small section of PVC from out the part of the tee (using purple primer & glue) then connect the PVC pipe to the rigid silicon with a PVC compression coupling or insert the the tube into the tee and use alot of glue