how would one of those tube cutters work if you have a pipe right close to a wall or to a sub flooring? Lee
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:14:01AM -0400, Scott Howell wrote: > 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] > -- Quark! Quark! Beware the quantum duck! .
