Fonaplats
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The house we recently purchased is not exactly new and well... all of the shut off valves are useless. Either stuck or if you turn them they start leaking. I've done shark bite fittings but that always just felt more of a shorter term fix than anything. I've used solder before but to be honest I really don't want to use fire if I don't have to. I'd seen a couple videos of crimped copper connections and was wondering if anyone here has had any experience with those? It looks pretty straight forward and unfuckupable. Anyone?
There's a guy on youtube who does great DIY videos, check to see if he has done one on this subject...I think the channel name is "DIS OLD HOUSE" or something like that.
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Well just for giggles I looked up to see how much a copper crimping tool thingamabob costs and they run $2k and up. So unless I find a rental I will probably be forced to pick between the torch or the shark.
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Originally posted by I Live In Your Crawlspace Secretly4
Compression-stops are solid(unlike gayass sharkpipe) and you don't need specialty tools to install them
The compression compressor was $2k so what tools are you suggesting?
Originally posted by Fonaplats
The compression compressor was $2k so what tools are you suggesting?
Sounds like you're looking at pro-press fittings / tool.
With compression fittings - you hold the fitting with a wrench or pliers and tighten a nut with a crescent wrench, which smashes a brass ferrule around the pipe and forms it into a mating surface in the fitting
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Originally posted by I Live In Your Crawlspace Secretly4
Sounds like you're looking at pro-press fittings / tool.
With compression fittings - you hold the fitting with a wrench or pliers and tighten a nut with a crescent wrench, which smashes a brass ferrule around the pipe and forms it into a mating surface in the fitting
Well how do you suggest getting a threaded fitting onto my copper pipe without solder or crimping which gets us pack to square 1
Originally posted by Fonaplats
Well how do you suggest getting a threaded fitting onto my copper pipe without solder or crimping which gets us pack to square 1
Why do you need threads? Can't you do this? It's a compression stop, the point of compression is you don't need threads
