Yeah, that would be more my concern is burning myself or the damned house down. grin Actually I probably would do ok, but I need to get a torch first. Actually and I'm sure someone has covered this at some point, but what is a good torch that would get the job done? I know they have some that fire by trigger, but can't recall if you hold that trigger or what and the type of gas I should be using. Also, On Mar 7, 2009, at 7:22 AM, Bob Kennedy wrote:
> It's a bit harder putting it back in with solder, but getting it out > is nothing. You do have to be careful if you're using a torch > because there is a flame that can start fires. I have a cookie > sheet, an aluminum baking pan that I use to deflect heat and flames. > Haven't lost a house yet due to a torch. Wood stoves are another > area I don't want to talk about... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Scott Howell > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 5:34 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Bathroom Shut-off valves > > Well I have to agree and first how can anyone say there is a > difference. If you think about it, most valves under a sink (at least > in my experience) have been of the compression type. WHen I lived in > my townhouse, I had to replace a number of valves. I could not really > cut these back because there would have been nearly no pipe to put a > new valve on. So, I just simply kept the nut on the backside and just > slapped a new valve on. I have never had one leak that was not > directly do to me not tightening it up enough. I guess it just seems > tricky to heat a pipe enough to loosen the solder, that seems tricky. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
