How do you bend your Azek??

[erock]

Hey guys,
  So Home Depot had a contractor lunch yesterday and a Azek rep was present.  He admitted that he was not a carpenter or handyman and said "anybody can bend azek" with a piece laying on a table that he bent himself.
    He was handing out a piece of paper that had photo's of "how to" bend Azek.  It looked very simple.
    We have been sending our radius work to a shop, but it has been taking two weeks plus to get a finished product back to install.  So we thought we would give it a shot.  It didn't look that hard with the info the Azek rep was passing out.
So, with a torpedo heater and some 8" duct we attempted to heat up a 1x6x12' piece of Azek for a good size arch. 
Long story shot....2 HOURS later......NOTHING heated up and bent and once again....sending out measurement to a shop to have the Azek bent for us.

After searching other sites, we had the same problem with getting the Azek plyable to bend.  I even read about other guys buying the heating blankets that Azek sells that did not work for them.

So how do you guys go about heating up your Azek for your window and door arches?

Thanks guys!
Eric

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Eric,

Mike Sloggatt, the Long Island builder and Katz Roadshow instructor, bends Azek to required shapes.  If you have a chance to go to his Rough Carpentry Clinic, he discusses it in small detail, but I'm sure you could contact him through Gary Katz's website to learn his tricks.  From what I recall, he did use a torpedo heater and a long box or a heating blanket for pipes.

Gary Katz website

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Cut it out of a 4x8 sheet

 

[erock]

Ken,  Thanks for the link. 

Warner,  We where going to get a 3/4'' sheet but it takes 2 weeks to get it delivered.

After calling a couple lumber yards, I found a place in Ohio that will bend it for me without having to wait 2 weeks.  All I need to do is take my template and Azek and they will do it the same day.  Plus, I will be able to talk to some in person and see the setup they use. 

Thanks again guys.

Eric

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

2 weeks?  I must have a great lumber yard, takes a couple days to get almost anything.

Most I know use blankets to bend it.

 

[vwdave]

My lumber yard stocks the azek sheets. I had to special order a 4x10 sheet which took a week to get. I just cut the arches out of the sheets also