For his 5th birthday, my son asked for a fort builder set. I looked around, but all the the sets available were pretty flimsy. Knowing I could provide a much stronger DIY fort builder set made out of PVC, I started looking for good connectors. To my surprise, it was hard to find them for less than several dollars a piece! Finally I found a manufacturer to buy directly from, but the minimum order was 5000. I ended up buying them and easily found other people to buy the 4970 we didn't need. Turns out many people are looking for the PVC connectors at a lower cost for a variety of projects. Before long PVC FORTS was up and running.