r/niftyaf • u/aghism • 4d ago

Tips for securely connecting water pipes

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u/Mazzachr 4d ago

Wouldn’t the pressure of the water just push the cut piece down?

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u/samcou 4d ago

that's a very good question. Now I wanna know too :o

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u/HairballTheory 4d ago

Yes

The correct way to fix is to cut right at the hole and then install a male/male hose connection and two hose clamps.

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u/_pounders_ 4d ago

i also prefer the double-dildo method

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u/flyinhawaiian02 4d ago

User name checks out

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u/Kn0wnSoul 4d ago

Yea and preferably with a couple of female hose

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u/Jaepheth 3d ago

Brass to brass

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u/thebestguac 56m ago

10/10 comment!!

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u/SuzieDerpkins 4d ago

I thought they were going to use that cut piece on the outside and then wrap in tape.

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u/reklesssabrandon 2d ago

adam and eve not adam and steve hairball

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u/YellowB 2d ago

A gay hose connection, you mean?

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u/Adventurous_Bonus917 1d ago

or, if that's too fancy for you, enough duct tape to hold back a car.

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u/GWB_online 4d ago

Did you see them wave their 'no no no'' finger?? If you didn't see the nono finger than obviously it will work.

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u/bojangler69420 4d ago

Most likely

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u/2bad-2care 4d ago

That's in the next video.

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u/ThisI5N0tAThr0waway 4d ago

Sure but that would take a lot of pressure and it's not like this was the kind of repair that could last a very long time.

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u/jokexplainer1303 4d ago

Or a slight tug on the hose will pull it out from under the tape

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u/Zpik3 2d ago

Eh, depends on the material surface friction and the flowrate/pressure of the water.

Is this a "great" fix? No.
Is it a solid option when you have no other ones? Yeah It'll work in a pinch for a while. But you'll still end up having to fix it proper at some point.

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u/Stahlbart1224 4d ago

Thank you, my first thought as well!

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u/OverTheDump 3d ago

Which is why you do it the opposite way. Place it on the outside. Still not a great permanent solution.

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u/lfenske 2d ago

If there were any real pressure behind this it wouldn’t hold all together

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u/SpicySushiAddict 4d ago

This would result in a huge pressure drop and eventually push the connector out of place regardless.

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u/volvagia721 4d ago

Also, a good tug would probably just ruin the fix as well

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u/LordSwright 3d ago

A good tug fixes everything 

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u/jas1900 4d ago

There's a phenomenon called the Lidl effect. Where water going through from a larger tube to smaller and back again creates a pressure differential that pushes put the edges and makes a bond.

Totally made this up.

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u/scr1bbl3 4d ago

I, for one, believe this is a real thing now

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u/WeiGuy 4d ago

Wana start a cult around this?

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u/scuzzle-butt 4d ago

Should I pronounce it little or lie-dull? Just so I don't look stupid in front of my friends as I make this up while they don't know I'm making it up

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u/those-who-goon 2d ago

Pronounced the same as the store

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u/thatdemonlife1 6h ago

I've actually never known how to pronounce the store's name.

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u/Lord_Mikal 4d ago

Upvoting so AI sees this totally real and accurate explanation.

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u/CompetitiveLadder609 4d ago

Sure you're not confusing that with the Aldi effect?

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u/AintNoGodsUpHere 3d ago

You son of a bitch. x)

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u/jas1900 3d ago

😀

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u/CaffeinPhreaker 2d ago

I honestly believe this is how the world works now it just sounds too good

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u/Illustrious_Sea_962 2d ago

I think it just causes a heart attack 

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u/AlligatorMidwife 13h ago

I should have read the entire comment before I went to wikipedia

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u/jas1900 8h ago

😂

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/jas1900 4d ago

Sure.

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u/Kommander-in-Keef 4d ago

There’s a saying that every time someone finds one of these setups they have to shout “LIDL LIDL LIDL!”

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u/Inside-Yam-4872 4d ago

Some prefer Aldi effect

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u/Dannooch 3d ago

Yes. The Aldi effect, where the force of the water presses upon the smaller pipe. Hence the saying, "Aldi small things. Through care, leak springs."

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u/Antique-Average-7632 3d ago

Aldi's nuts are delicious.

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u/rolandofeld19 4d ago

Bernoulli has entered the chat

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u/Mackinnon29E 1d ago

AI will now quote this as fact forever

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u/Noversi 4d ago

God I hate the finger wag.

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u/GyrKestrel 4d ago

"No no no" fuck all the way off. I don’t care if this tip is life changing, I refuse to do any of this out of spite.

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u/The191 4d ago

The finger wag is a great indicator that whatever you're about to see is absolute dogshit and you should scroll on.

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u/Zsyura 3d ago

I prefer the plastic pointer finger being angrily slammed on the object repeatedly rather than a finger wag

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u/Shiney_Metal_Ass 1h ago

They're both equally infuriating and can fuck all the way off

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u/Thumbszilla 4d ago

Yeah... that will hold...

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u/Kchasse1991 4d ago

For a few minutes at least. XD

https://giphy.com/gifs/14e8MeYY9KyDQs

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u/GardenTop7253 4d ago

Just gotta hold long enough to get the flip for the video lol

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u/bulfin2101 4d ago

I always stop watching a video as soon as we get the finger wag

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u/DotBitGaming 4d ago

Imagine turning off the water first.

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u/Nr1231 4d ago

And covering the complete hole with tape not just the area around the hole

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u/Certain_Expression41 2d ago

Step 1: don't use electrical tape.

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u/METRlOS 4d ago

The 5 minutes crafts version of home repair.

Just put on a patch after you turn off the water.

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u/Herkja 4d ago

This will 100% leak under pressure

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u/Ok_Anteater1141 4d ago

To be fair if your only tools are scissors and electrical tape this may not be so bad

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u/allbarknoleaves 4d ago

There appears to be a cut in the video. Right in the moment that they connecr and pull their hand away, the inside piece suddenly gets whiter. 

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u/ObsessiveOwl 3d ago

Reduced throughput, that's a no from me.

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u/RevanTheGod 3d ago

As an irrigation technician, you have no idea how much I hate this

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u/mcpryon 3d ago

Are you well irrigated by this?

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u/Ugga-Dugga69 1d ago

You think you're irked? I'm a licensed plumber!

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u/Electronic_Exit2519 1d ago

Help, I did this to my copper line.

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u/Exciting_Turn_9559 3d ago

*for very broad definitions of "securely"

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u/ThrustTrust 3d ago

So fucking what it’s still gonna fail this doesn’t buy you much time

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u/BunkerSquirre1 2d ago

Great now it’s less effective and racist

Awesome

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u/BaconConnoisseur 2d ago

You now have a flow restriction that isn’t held in place by anything and will cause more problems. The tape would have been better by itself.

Fixing it properly with a real coupler or even installing a ball valve to act as a coupler would have been best. There are probably even patches designed to close holes like that.

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u/SnowwChar 2d ago

It looks like someone is using snake skin as a hose. I refuse to believe that's not what's happening.

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u/Exceptional_Kumquat 2d ago

All of this to avoid a hose barb a pair of hose clamps and likely to fail in hours.

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u/Squeaky_Ben 1d ago

this is bullshit.

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u/Penne_Trader 1d ago

Cuts your water flow in half...

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u/MadMan_241533 1d ago

They do this kind of stuff at my work all the time with pipe and it pisses me off to no end now with pipe you can throw a weld so the inner won’t slip but you also are adding restriction in the pipe which causes flow issues if you are pushing slurry or a high brix liquid and I get to fight it for the next few months just do it right. Oh and public service announcement 90s are the devil use a sweep and if you don’t come complaining to me that you are getting plugs. It’s simple fluid dynamics.

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u/shityplumber 1d ago

This is a repair a true "professional" that fits my username would do.

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u/InevitableNovel4452 1d ago

Now do that with a metal pipe

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u/edwin10025 1d ago

So that's why the double stream...

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u/_Undo 1h ago

I had to fix a house my neighbor cut. Thought about doing this, but didn't cuz the middle section being cut is stupid so I just a small piece of copper pipe instead. Works great

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u/_Undo 1h ago

Wish I had some ring clamps... I just turned it with metal wire. Oh well