Twenty minutes later, I was in the hardware store, looking at copper fittings and pipe, thinking about what I needed and how to get the job done before dinner. As I was standing there trying to ...

You often must tie together pipes of different materials with transition fittings. The materials in common use today — copper, PVC and CPVC, PEX, ABS, galvanized steel and cast iron — can ...

The copper should shine when you're done. Clean the mating areas of the pipe and fittings, even if they look shiny and new. Thorough cleaning is the key to success when soldering. It ensures a ...

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It’s simple to transition between PEX pipe and copper tubing. All PEX manufacturers make solid brass fittings that allow for the transition. You solder this brass fitting onto the end of a piece ...

As a mechanical contractor, I sweat a lot of copper pipe, yet people don't believe me when I say the preparation is more important than the torch work. Even the experienced tend to rush the job ...

The modular nature of commercially-available copper pipe and fittings allows complex structures to be assembled, particularly if you’re a fan of 90-degree bends. The final renders of some of ...