Recent content by PhilUpNorth

Simple question; I just got a floor-mounted faucet kit for a new bath, and was surprised to see that the end pieces to which the water supply tubes/pipes/hoses will be connected are 1/2" male NPS (straight) thread. The problem I've got is that these connections will be under a finished floor...

Is This Really The Joint? To answer Jimbo's question about how I revealed the joint, it was pretty simple: I cut the tube a quarter inch longer than the fitting, then cut the fitting with the tube inside it in half, lengthwise. I then peeled out the tube from the fitting using pliers. So there...

Hello. While in the middle of a small plumbing change job in my house, feelling pretty good about my soldering skills, I decided just for fun to tear apart a joint I had just made to see if it was as good inside as it looked outside. Well, as you can see on the attached picture, I found some...

So What's Keeping All Of This Up? As always, contributors of Teerylove.com, thanks for the advice. One last question on this drain of mine, and then I'll leave you alone for a while: What's going to happen once I remove the two cast iron wyes, and suddenly a two-foot gap appears between the ABS...

So, How Do I Disassemble Cast Iron Thanks for the reply, HJ and Plumber1. As you had suspected, the straight piece is cracked... I had just hoped that the crack would start low enough that I could amputate the straight piece and still have enough material to use a hubless coupling on it. But...

Document on Compression-Gasket Joints Filipo, At the end of the PDF file at the link below which I saw just today, you'll see some of the tooling and methods that are used to install fittings with compression-gasket joints. I hope it helps...

OK. My turn with a cast iron and ABS problem. Its pretty simple, really. I've got this cast iron Y piece into which a kitchen drain is connected. The problem is that the 2" ABS that feeds into it (on the attached picture, that's the connection at the top, just after the 45 degree elbow) is...

How About Gauze Bandage? Huh? Look at this link (http://www.tamparubber.com/mainthd.htm). In short, they say: "For stubborn to seal threads, apply a normal coating of thread paste followed by a normal layer of thread tape." "For extremely stubborn to seal threads, apply a normal coating...

Hello again. I was recently told that to solve a problem of mine, I should use teflon tape as well as teflon paste together, on the same NPT fitting. That kind of sounded strange to me, so I figured I should ask people who know something about plumbing. So, if it is true that both can be used at...

Ok. So I finished installing a number of valves for my shower remodel project, feeling pretty proud of myself until I turned on the water. The 4 NPT joints on two specific valves (but none of the others) started leaking alot right away. I'm not talking drips, here, but rather a solid stream. I...