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I am working through replacing old galvanized steel pipe in my basement. Most of the house is copper, but the previous owners left a few old runs of galvanized steel in place including right after the meter where it runs under the concrete foundation for a few feet. (There were other underground...

Hi all, I want to replace the old pipes directly after my water meter as part of a larger re-piping job, and one of the things I need to do is replace this old water meter coupling. I have had a hard time identifying the proper size and finding the proper coupling. I am sure that the male end...

I finished my project of replacing a run of old galvanized pipe with copper, and all my solder joints are working great - frustratingly, I have one threaded connection to hook up a hose bibb (for a future laundry connection) that is leaking ever so slowly. It's leaking extremely slowly right out...

Hello - I am a DIYer working on improving my solder skills and ran into an issue yesterday. When I was working on these, the solder seemed to have good "flow," I used the proper amount (3/4" per joint), and it generally felt good as it went into the joint, but I appear to have two tiny voids in...