ALMOST BEEKEEPING - RELATED TOPICS > FARMING & COUNTRY LIFE

Trying to Solder

<< < (2/4) > >>

Terri Yaki:
Since she's talking about soldering, I'm assuming it's copper pipe. I'm lost on a positive fix but in a pinch, I'd try to  MacGyver something together. What happens when you try to solder it?

Ben Framed:

--- Quote from: Terri Yaki on February 06, 2025, 02:29:53 pm ---Since she's talking about soldering, I'm assuming it's copper pipe. I'm lost on a positive fix but in a pinch, I'd try to  MacGyver something together. What happens when you try to solder it?

--- End quote ---

That is my assumption as well, just making sure for her safety...

buzzbee:
Im not sure it's unsafe. In the town I grew up in,all the pipe from the shutoff at the street into the water meter in the house was black iron. It's worst flaw was that it gathered impurities in the water and eventually reduced the flow because the inner diameter became restricted it. Reduced flow or a leak was generally the only reason for replacement.
The plumber will likely know if it should stay or go.

Lesgold:
Terri made the most important comment by saying that all surfaces have to be clean. I assume that the smaller pipe will fit inside the larger pipe with a gap between both. If you can get a piece of the larger pipe and cut off about 1/2? of that pipe, it can then be slit down one side. A small section could be then cut out of this pipe and a sleeve made so that the gap between the pipes is reduced. Ensure all surface that come into contact are clean and shiny. Getting sufficient heat into all components is your next issue. A gas torch will give you all the heat that you need. Make sure that all components are fluxed and slowly apply heat to all surfaces by moving the torch around the pipe. Solder will flow and wick its way into the joint when the copper is of the correct temperature. Solder will not flow until the temp is correct. Good luck with it Reagan.

Ben Framed:

You may be right Ken. Here in my state galvanized pipe was once allowed and used for water lines many years ago but Galvanized protects against rust until of course, the galvanized wears away, but never was black gas pipe allowed in my state to my knowledge because of the reason stated my earlier reply. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page