Re: plumbing

Posted by Sylvan Tieger on May 22, 2004 at 12:45:39:
In response to Re: plumbing
: I have a 1/2" brass line that comes up through my tiled upstairs bathgroom floor. I need to attach a new straight shut valve to this brass pipe and then a flexible supply line to my toilet. : How do I attach the stuff valve to the thick brass line? 1- If you have the room to turn a valve then all you do is get a (most likely 3/8) brass chrome plated straight valve by 3/8 compression 2- If you do not have the room to turn the valve you can disassemble it by removing the valve nut making it up then replacing the valve stem assembly 3- If space s severely limited then you can screw a copper x female adapter on the brass threads and use type L tubing with a sweat x compression valve. 4- If the threads are defective or broken off completely you can cut off the remaining threads using emery cloth shine the pipe to the base metal get a T. P. Fitting and using 95-5 solder on an adapter T. P x male. Then you can use any other the other 3 steps above Just fold back with two wrenches as brass threads are soft and can break off very easily. How's that Paul?

Posted by Sylvan Tieger on May 22, 2004 at 12:45:39:

In response to Re: plumbing

: I have a 1/2" brass line that comes up through my tiled upstairs bathgroom floor. I need to attach a new straight shut valve to this brass pipe and then a flexible supply line to my toilet.

: How do I attach the stuff valve to the thick brass line?

1- If you have the room to turn a valve then all you do is get a (most likely 3/8) brass chrome plated straight valve by 3/8 compression

2- If you do not have the room to turn the valve you can disassemble it by removing the valve nut making it up then replacing the valve stem assembly

3- If space s severely limited then you can screw a copper x female adapter on the brass threads and use type L tubing with a sweat x compression valve.

4- If the threads are defective or broken off completely you can cut off the remaining threads using emery cloth shine the pipe to the base metal get a T. P. Fitting and using 95-5 solder on an adapter T. P x male.

Then you can use any other the other 3 steps above

Just fold back with two wrenches as brass threads are soft and can break off very easily.

How's that Paul?

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