I wish more people could just admit they're not perfect. I'm " green " too. This is one important bit of knowledge that I appreciate you sharing. It hasn't happened to me. But I'll bet it will. Thanks for helping me help someone else.

thank you, great idea. what a nightmare on the job, but you survived. best lesson of all.

That was bad ass. Thinks for sharing brother.

Similar to the internal pipe wrench suggested earlier, you could also use a pipe nipple extractor, their mare for this exact scenario

Now you are doing the right way in One way

Informative, and cool! Anything with a blowtorch rates somewhere on the awesome scale.

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Why not use an internal pipe wrench? Wouldn't the burnt plastic left in the fitting cause leaks as well?

My fitting cracked but the configuration was opposite. Meter has male brass fitting and main after Meter is female plastic. I would rather it be brass or stainless coupler off of Meter with copper pipe. I'm thinkin that could be accomplished.

You actually don’t even need any heat here brother, Just take those needle pliers and stick ‘em inside the pvc fitting, then while expanding both handles on pliers with both hands simultaneously turn to loosen and remove the broken pvc fitting, it’ll come out easy don’t worry. I’ve tried this before multiple times on residential plumbing and automotive applications and it works great. You can even grind a few small channels or knurled on the outside of both ends of needle nose pliers for gripping the pvc fitting similar to an internal wrench idea

I have the water meter in the house. How do I wire it up. I tore out all the old sheetrock and aluminum wiring and rewired the house in copper, installed a new panel and somewhere in the middle I cut the electric to the meter