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This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey explains the various parts commonly used in a home plumbing system.
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@geojor 9 жыл бұрын

good one, thanks...

@AStanton1966 3 жыл бұрын

Rich should of showed a slip joint fitting. That could come in handy for repair work where you are swapping something out. I just discovered them by watching another plumber on YT. You can also take the convectional joint fitting and file down the inside stops --in a pinch.

@asharma5958 4 жыл бұрын

Never send Kevin to the supply house LOL

@tealpaintbrush1797 Жыл бұрын

I have to sooner or later replace the underground water line connecting from outside my house to the city's water meter line. Should I go with Type K or L?

@worldview730 Жыл бұрын

1:08, what's confusing is the type of temperatures for the type "M" pipe? Baseboard heating, or hot water feed line temperature, (which is less than the baseboard temps). Because why would they make half inch if it's just for a heating pipe?

@ryans413 10 ай бұрын

I was cleaning my baseboard heating and the cleaning spray I was using turned the copper pipe red I was worried I was doing damage so I stopped using the sprays. Cleaned the pipe and it didn’t feel like the chemicals ate through the pipe but it went from brown looking to red. I should have known better.

@roostertheCat 3 жыл бұрын

I was resistant to transitioning from copper to pex for many years. However, when I purchased a rental property that had been completely outfitted with Pex A tubing waterlines, I changed my sentiment. No soldering of joints; no oxidation of the pipes leading to leaks that need to be repaired; and much more flexibility in the tubing leading to less joints. Plus, after I transitioned two of my other properties to Pex A, I was able to offset the cost of materials and net a profit from taking the scrap copper to the metal yard!

@shartlover420 2 жыл бұрын

sounds like a PEX company advertisement

@aut0turret Жыл бұрын

Hope your tenants like microplastics in their drinking water...

@Luckingsworth 11 ай бұрын

Poisining water for geberations to come to save a few bucks today! The boomer way!

@azdeh1894 9 ай бұрын

Pex is the least concerning issues regarding water safety, city pipes tend to be corroded and full of bacteria... people need to be filtering their water regardless of pipes used. @@aut0turret

@rogerdale5451 Жыл бұрын

1/2 inch is actually 5/8ths inch o.d.(outside dimension), and 3/4 measures 7/8ths inch o.d.

@ofiasdfnosdf Күн бұрын

I'm remodeling a 40-year old bathroom and discovered a set of what looks like foam tubing-insulated 1/4" pipes next to a set of 3/4" copper pipes. Why would they have installed both?

@oscaraaronmendoza7858 2 жыл бұрын

There is a transition of Soft copper whit thick copper ? It works

@oldtwinsna8347 4 жыл бұрын

Only came to read comments by "experts" slamming Richard that he knows nothing about copper.

@dannooo548 6 жыл бұрын

Sooner or later...

@joestallings6993 7 жыл бұрын

Where does the name "street" elbow come from. I've always wondered...

@skipedwards1751 6 жыл бұрын

What about type K

@pbgd3 6 жыл бұрын

Story as I've always heard it was that they were commonly used to hook to gas pipe at the street and known as service elbows, which then lead to them being known as street elbows. This would be a fem to male pipe thread elbow.

@skipwavedx5151 2 жыл бұрын

And that coil of soft copper? you said nothing.

@tomatexelon 4 жыл бұрын

Are fittings L or M? Do home inspectors check if I have L pipe (Thicker) on M fittings (Thinner)? - Or are fittings all L ?

@jamese9283 3 жыл бұрын

Fittings all same type.

@jamesfeth7484 Жыл бұрын

Can you braze copper for use in an underground water line

@TheNimshew 5 жыл бұрын

1/2" x 1/2" x 3/4" tee is commonly called a bullhead tee.

@whez08 3 жыл бұрын

3/4 coupling is a little wider than a 3/4 pipe, right?

@Vanilla_Icecream1231 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Arieeeee 7 жыл бұрын

I will always trust Copper more than Pex.

@junjiawei6531 5 жыл бұрын

Arie why you trust copper than PEX, pex carries water more fluent , not easily corroded

@thomasblue6064 5 жыл бұрын

Why?

@Luckingsworth 5 жыл бұрын

I agree. Plastics poison our water system. Every decade the newest greatest plastic comes out and every 30 years after "whoops it causes cancer". Personally I would go stainless steel over copper these days though.

@TheNimshew 5 жыл бұрын

@@thomasblue6064 Copper is anti-bacterial. As is Linoleum. It's also recyclable.

@MemoGrafix 4 жыл бұрын

@@junjiawei6531 - Copper been in My 1st house for 33 years never had corrosion. Pex is good for quick TEMPORARY plumbing fix. Otherwise I stay away from it.

@cuylarHD 4 жыл бұрын

Any reason why someone wouldn’t use a conduit bender rather than a 45° or 90° bend?

@jallen3556 4 жыл бұрын

I don't believe copper bends like conduit.

@benjaminkluge7897 3 жыл бұрын

Conduit has a different Outside Diameter and doesn't match, therefore a conduit bender will kink copper pipe... at least if you try to bend a 90° turn. You MIGHT be able to get away with it if you only go 30 or 45°, but I wouldn't go any further than that. Another trick is to go up a line size on your bender...) i.e. using a 3/4" bender on 1/2" pipe.) This will lead to a much larger bending radius but I still wouldn't push my luck bending a 90. Go with a fitting for anything over 30°.

@alemgas 3 жыл бұрын

@@benjaminkluge7897 we use bending machines all the time in UK can bend 180degrees this a manual machine maybe your copper is shite,also why don't you have pre solders fittings, 40 years behind mate

@Jimddddd1981 6 жыл бұрын

He shouldn’t just assume the copper fitting’s gender like that.

@Engineer9736 6 жыл бұрын

Be careful or you will get a lesbian feminist copper fitting after you ;-)

@thebeststooge 6 жыл бұрын

CJW movement?

@captiand387 6 жыл бұрын

plumbing is a mans job. there are only two genders male, female. you assume them by their looks. Jim D, Richard your are gay stop criticising the plumbers

@insanemustaine111 6 жыл бұрын

joke went way over your head i see

@dalkhal 6 жыл бұрын

Jim D hahahahaha

@raybonz7939 5 жыл бұрын

Odd that you can't use M grade copper pipe for domestic water but the fittings appear to be M grade..

@DDunc1020 5 жыл бұрын

Fittings are all the same no difference

@tomatexelon 4 жыл бұрын

I wondered the same thing .

@jamese9283 3 жыл бұрын

You can use M, depends on the state.

@worldview730 Жыл бұрын

Baseboard heaters all use 3/4" type "M" around my way on the east coast

@raybonz7939 Жыл бұрын

@@worldview730 yes same here in Mass. Now they use PEX..

@arshooter1 3 жыл бұрын

Didn't see a slip coupling

@vipleather 6 жыл бұрын

The exterior water faucet should have been bushed with brass not to copper.

@flat-earther Жыл бұрын

What's the problem with copper

@970357ers 6 жыл бұрын

No pipe benders shown? One for the amateur I guess.

@kalijasin 5 жыл бұрын

No press fittings or shark bite fittings either.

@kylegriffin5583 5 жыл бұрын

All about copper but they don't even talk about the copper press fittings.....?

@azdeh1894 9 ай бұрын

the info would still apply to press fittings

@greenspiraldragon 3 жыл бұрын

People love copper pipes, and complain about plastic pipes leaching. Copper oxide is highly toxic. Iorn rust is non-toxic. Just food for thought.

@flat-earther Жыл бұрын

What's best then, galvanized steel pipe?

@xandror Жыл бұрын

@@flat-earther Pex A. Lasts forever, doesn't explode when it freezes, flexible.

@flat-earther Жыл бұрын

@@xandror Okay that's great. I heard rodents have chewed through Pex though. BTW xandror I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.