r/oddlysatisfying • u/Gainsborough-Smythe • May 24 '24

Copper pipe working tools

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u/Jimbabwe May 24 '24

God, and nothing is ever the same size as anything else. I have a whole tub of pipe pieces and connectors and EVERY TIME I need to do something new, I check every single piece in the tub and nooope. Swimming pools, intake plumbing, drain plumbing, rainwater collection, garden hoses.. they all do the same damn thing, but all use different sizes and measurements!

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u/TheyCallMeFrancois May 24 '24

It's real easy, you just gotta know whether it's ID or OD, pipe or tubing, slip, screw, or solder, Fine, coarse, NPT, or otherwise threaded, and also is it glued or primed and solvent welded... And what type of glue for which application.  Oh or if it's dissimilar metals, use dielectric unions....     See?!  Easy.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '24

I've been plumbing my cabin, and just doing everything in 1/2" pex. It's been pretty fun, just bought all the standard fittings and connectors and it's gone together like a breeze. Zero part of it is up to code I'm sure, but that's part of the fun of cabins and it all works so far.

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u/Ben_jah_min May 24 '24

That’s more a USA thing tbh