Water While Soldering

[Cass]

Ahhhhhh.....how about a sharkbite.....or sharkbite and ball valve set up??????

They are now making ball valves with sharkbite connections built in also.

Cash Acme makes a sharkbite PRV.

Still the best solution is to replace the main shutoff valve.

 

[SRdenny]

bout freezing the line before you solder?
http://www.**************.com/coldpipefreezingkit.html

 

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[Prashster]

Cut.
Loosen adjacent straps.
Bend pipe gently down to cut.
Let drain for 30 mins.
Stuff w white bread.
Cheapest and easiest if it's a 'once-in-a-while' situation

 

[SRdenny]

How about freezing the line before you solder it? Freezing kits can be rented.

 

[BigBoschMan]

Great advice as usual.

I heard about the freezing of pipe's with Carbon Dioxide used in England before.Like turning water into dry ice.

Would it be safe to say that using propane as opposed to acetylene just can't heat the connection enuff to overshadow the effect that trickle of water has on a stubborn soldering joint?

 

[Randyj]

The heat is only part of the problem... the steam generated when the water trickles across the joint contaminates the weld and prevents adequate bonding (annealing????). You defintely get a possible problem with it breaking loose or leaking about the time you pack up your tools or some time in the near future.

 

[mrclean]

Sharkbites are one of the best inventions in the last several years, in my opinion. There are several times when, in a local hotel, I would have been ankle deep in water if not for the quick connections that they provide. As for the bread trick, I have used it a couple of times.....it works, but the customer sure does look at you funny when you start stuffing that bread into their pipes!