Yes, that is what I used and I do not recommend sawing them off. Sorry I should have mentioned how I did it. I find a tube cutter to be much easier to work with in tight spaces where many of these valves were for me. On Oct 13, 2009, at 8:01 AM, Alan & Terrie Robbins wrote:
> Dan, > > Not sure how Scott did it, but I used a tubing cutter. I find they > give a > nice smooth even cut especially when installing the compression > fitting. > > Al > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Dan Rossi > Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 9:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Plumbing rough in > > Scott, > > You said that you ran around your house replacing all the shut-offs > with > the ball valves. How did you remove the old valves? Did you heat them > and pull them apart? Or did you cut them off and hope for enough > slack? > Or, were the old one's compression fittings also and you were able > to pry > them apart? > > Just curious. > > -- > Blue skies. > Dan Rossi > Carnegie Mellon University. > E-Mail: [email protected] > Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
