Hey I got a question and it may seem to be a silly question, but well I'm going to ask. I have a couple of gate valves in the house that have gotten so they no longer function. I might be able to get them working, but it is not worth it since they are quite old and likely will just leak when shut off. So, I am thinking about replacing them and the question is they are in the middle of a pipe. An example is the shut off for the waterheater. Cutting it off would not be a problem, but just for the discussion, lets say the body of the valve is 2 inches long. So, you cut this out and now you have a two inch gap and you will replace the old valve with a new one. If this new valve body was two inches long, you would be a little pressed for having room to reconnect either side of the pipes to the valve. Now I hope that isn't confusing and that might seem like a silly question, but how do you make the two halves meet?
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