I dunno why I had to do it. The pro plumber we had in didn't bother he just buried the pipes in the bonding unprotected. But the most complicated bit of plumbing I've ever done connects his work to the rest of the system There are 9 joins in very close proximity, reducers, etc.
I'll do it properly, I says. So I try and lag the buried hot water pipe with denso tape. And I pull a little too hard. It comes out of the elbow which was fitted to a short piece of pipe from a reducer. The first time I made this connection it was a little too high and I had to cut it all out and do it again. The second time it leaked and I've got something called "self-alamgamizing rubber tape" but I don't know how reliable it is, so I did it again. I really don't want to cut it all out and do it again. I'm prepared to pay for the best money for this to protect these adjacent joins to see if I can get away with just reconnecting the pipe that came loose.
I've read about wet rags and such but having tried those in the past I end up with burned rag parts stuck to the pipe so it's not a method for me. Is there some sort of "ice spray" that will keep those joins nice and cool so long as I have a helper douse them while I reconnect the loose pipe or I'm going to be a very unhappy individual.
The positive side of it all was though, since it p***** me off so much with the plumbing I went and cut all the floorboards square (whoever invented GOP/Multimaster/BMF 180 is Einstein) and slotted them in where they should be so now I have a proper floor again. But the plumbing still needs fixing. What's the very best chance I've got of keeping all 9 of those joins from not coming apart when I resolder this one elbow?
Oh, and if I removed the elbow and replaced with compression elbow that would make it too high again.
I'll do it properly, I says. So I try and lag the buried hot water pipe with denso tape. And I pull a little too hard. It comes out of the elbow which was fitted to a short piece of pipe from a reducer. The first time I made this connection it was a little too high and I had to cut it all out and do it again. The second time it leaked and I've got something called "self-alamgamizing rubber tape" but I don't know how reliable it is, so I did it again. I really don't want to cut it all out and do it again. I'm prepared to pay for the best money for this to protect these adjacent joins to see if I can get away with just reconnecting the pipe that came loose.
I've read about wet rags and such but having tried those in the past I end up with burned rag parts stuck to the pipe so it's not a method for me. Is there some sort of "ice spray" that will keep those joins nice and cool so long as I have a helper douse them while I reconnect the loose pipe or I'm going to be a very unhappy individual.
The positive side of it all was though, since it p***** me off so much with the plumbing I went and cut all the floorboards square (whoever invented GOP/Multimaster/BMF 180 is Einstein) and slotted them in where they should be so now I have a proper floor again. But the plumbing still needs fixing. What's the very best chance I've got of keeping all 9 of those joins from not coming apart when I resolder this one elbow?
Oh, and if I removed the elbow and replaced with compression elbow that would make it too high again.