DIY Plumbing

• Equipment needed
  • Spanner
  • Wrench
  • Open ended spanner
  • Hammer
  • Hacksaw
  • PTFE tape. (soft white)Teflon Tape
  • Wire wool , emery cloth
  • Flux - acid-free
  • Solder - lead-free
  • Heat resistant gloves.
  • Plumbers fiberglass mat, or ceramic tile to protect wall from gas flame
  • Pipe cutter, clamp with cutter wheel
    • De-burring file to clean inside of pipe edge
    • Steel wool to clean connection end
  • Miniature valves
  • pipe dope or joint compound or teflon tape.
  • Copper pipes
    • Metric - sizes 15mm, 22mm and 28mm (External measured)
    • Imperial - sizes 1/2", 3/4", 1" (Internal measured)
    • If connecting Imperial to metric, compression fittings could work, for soldering adapter is needed for exact fit.
    • Compression fittings (joints)
      • 2 x Cap nut's, 2 x olive, Body
      • After hand tightening, add one revolution.
      • Water tighten, by undo fitting after tightening, and wrap PTFE tape around olive, approx 8 turns in clockwise direction.
    • Solder fittings, Capillary fittings
      • Cut pipe, clean with wire wool, littel flux.
      • Heat until flux begins to bubble, touch mouth of joint in two or three places with solder wire, until ring of solder all the way around joint.
    • Solder Integral Ring Fittings (Yorkshire Fittings)
  • Plastic Pipe
    • Can cut with sharp knife.
    • Collet fittings, push fit. (Don't put finger in)
• Connecting old Galvanized steel pipe to copper pipe.
  • dielectric union - threads on one side, and female slip join for solder.
  • Threaded connections wrap with Teflon tape.
    • Start at end, don't lap over the end with couple of loops.
    • wrap all of thread, overlap 50%, keep tension.

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