Soldering or crimping copper? - DIY Home Improvement Forum
2022年10月3日 · Soldering is still the preferred method for copper piping, crimping its fine for PEX, actually it's a method preferred by many but it's not very widely accepted at all for copper. Written using Dragon Naturally Speaking
First time soldering 1/2" copper pipe! - DIY Home Improvement …
2020年3月10日 · The plumber is a really good guy and let me watch him work. (If I wanted to help, he'd charge extra.) My plumbing is all copper. I watched him convert the tankless inlet, outlet and condensation drain to PEX, and it looked a whole lot easier than soldering copper. Granted, he had all the right clamps and the clamp tool right at his fingertips.
Map vs Propane for Soldering - DIY Home Improvement Forum
2010年5月25日 · I need to replace Water heater lines. I have copper flex lines. Cold is one end screwed to water heater nipple, other end soldered into a valve. Then, the other side of the valve is soldered onto a few inches copper coming out of the wall. I'm guessing there is an 90 soldered too the supply line running down the wall stud.
When soldering copper, what causes the solder not to "suck in"?
2008年10月24日 · I've replaced all the copper pipes in my house (in my area copper pipe only lasts 40 years), replacing it with new rigid copper pipe. Everytime I heated up a joint and applied the solder it would get "sucked in".
How To Solder Copper Pipes - DIY Home Improvement Forum
2009年2月23日 · There's a 1.1 MB PDF file you can download that provides helpful tips on soldering and brazing copper. There's an 8 page PDF file that gives step-by-step illustrated instructions on soldering and brazing copper tube and fittings. There's also an 18 minute long video you can order for $25 on soldering and brazing copper tube.
Soldering copper pipe in tight location- Help Needed...
2012年8月8日 · 1) First, I won't do things if there is a serious safety concern. I don't know jack about a lot of Home repair things, and since there is a thin copper tubing (not the copper plumbing), black tube, and electrical wire that is close to the copper plumbing, I was worried about getting a propane torch in there.
distance between fittings when soldering with copper
2010年6月11日 · Is there a standard distance to put between fittings when soldering a copper plumbing system? We are afraid that putting the fittings too close together will result in us melting a finished joint while trying to solder a new one. At …
Heat safety during copper pipe soldering? - DIY Home …
2009年7月2日 · Since the copper at the joint needs to be around 800F to melt the solder, how hot does the pipe get 6 inches away from the weld? And how easy is it to damage a valve if the weld is fairly close? I'm looking at a lot of cramped situations in future copper welds I might attempt.
How long after soldering copper fitting do you need to...
2013年4月21日 · Not related but still funny anyway.Yesterday i was doing some pluming for a new toilet nile and just finished soldering the cap on the end of the toilet line and forgot to wait till it to cool and turned the supply on while on my knees and the cap shot right off like a bullet and hit me square in the balls.Hurt like hell but i learned from that one.I usually use a wet rag to wipe …
Soldering Copper chimney flashing - DIY Home Improvement Forum
2009年7月27日 · Being able to solder this flashing "easily" was my motivation for buying copper for the project. I made a paper template and checked it in place, then I duplicated the template in copper. I soldered in a piece by tinning the surfaces first and then trying to press and melt the solder together.