solder

Is it ok? What's it like to solder? Can I put a compression fitting on it?

We are having a gas hob installed by a gas safe plumber on a labour only basis and I need to source something to connect to the 1/2" male thread on the hob to the pipework. I was under the impression that any 1/2" female fitting that will join to 15mm copper by solder or compression fitting...

I attempted my first few solder joints on some bits of scrap pipe at the weekend with view to replumbing the house in the near future. I tried end feed and Yorkshire style joints. I was just using a small kitchen chef's torch but even so I got on better than I expected. I had thought I would...

This is a bit of a curve ball. Is there a substance that can be applied to copper to prevent the spread /adhesion of solder? So if you apply this stuff, the solder would be repelled and the copper remains clean? Sort of a masking fluid /tape that withstands a blow torch. Anything at all?

The other day I was doing quite a lot of soldering (with lead based solder :rolleyes:) in my Kitchen (Making up audio cables) and I noticed that I got a headache towards the end of it. Is this normal? Next time I might think to turn the extractor hood on, as it was near to where I was...