Sweating Pipes

bobman1235
bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
edited April 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
So, here's the deal. I have to change my garbage disposal (it hasn't worked in forever, and now it just barely drains and it's starting to stink, no matter how much stuff I pour down). So I figure, while I'm down there, I might change my kitchen faucet (it's an OLLLD one, and it doesn't have a spray nozzle attachment, which I need). Anyways. The faucet that's in there is all copper - no screw-on feeds. So to put a new faucet in, I woudl essentially have to remove the old feed pipes, sweat in some new valves that have the screw-on tops, so I can run those flexible screw-on water feeds to the new faucet.

My question is, how difficult of a project is this for someone who's relatively handy? I mean, I know the mechanics of it, I've just never really DONE it myself. And do any of you old pros have a tip or two (or a website with a good step by step?)?
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited January 2006
    Nothing to it. I'll send you a pm w/ my phone number
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,614
    edited January 2006
    use a compression style shut off valve. I'm lousey at pipe soldering(can't seem to ever get it dry enough) so I use compression to threaded shut offs.
    Make sure to know the pipe diameter. Buy a pipe cut off wheel. and make sure of two things- the needed length of flex line, and double check the connector sizes. Toilets always throw me off! Buy the nicer shut offs that are quarter turn. Nothing is worse than having the thing leak 10 years from now when you need to shut off the water to put in that new fixture(again)
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2006
    No clue but I would trust Amulford 100%
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2006
    Just as an update, I ended up tackling this this morning, and it went pretty smoothly. Surprising, considering most of my projects turn into disasters :)

    But to all you plumbers out there, I can't even imagine doing it every day.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2006
    Popped my "pipe sweatin' cherry" when I had some freeze damage years ago in a rent house. I found the repair surprisingly easy and was amazed at how the flux pulled solder around to the back of the pipe.
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2006
    That was what amazed me most as well. As I was under a sink, it was tough for me to see both sides of the pipe, so I basically put the solder on one side, planning on moving to the other, but when I went around and shined the light, I could see it had wicked its way all the way around. Perfect seal.

    Crazy :)
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