Last time I soldered something was high school But I'm pretty confident I can totally do that. Think I even have an iron around here somewhere. So cut the water and drain the pipes, then solder the hole? How long to let it set before turning the water on?
Ok no iron. Torch it copper fittings needs to get pretty evenly hot to suck in the solder. Cut 2"-3" on either side of the hole so u have enough room to put in a short piece of copper pipe with a coupling on both sides. Clean and file the existing pipe ends the new piece between the couplings with the copper cleaning cloth as well as the inside of the couplings. Put flux on all the parts u cleaned pop it together and solder. It sounds like a lot but save yourself $600-$1200**** Most of the time u have some play with the existing copper so make it fit tight and solder away
@JP1 and i forgot a file for the edges of the cut copper to make them silky smooth! watch a couple YouTube videos but the one thing they don't say on them is as a beginner just start with the torch at a far distance from the pipe and gradually get it warm. That's what makes it look pretty
Nice and open. Nothing else in the way wires, pipes, grandma. Cut away u got this just make sure whatever its to and from are shut off while you work and drain aaaaall water. Tryna solder with water in a line is shitty
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