I often think Lenny when for instance when someone is building a house that a plumber does not think someday someone will be working on those pipes. thanks..Lee
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:48:32AM -0400, Lenny McHugh wrote: > There is a tube cutter for very close working. I have one that is probably > less than two inches long before tightened down. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lee A. Stone" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:41 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Plumbing rough in > > > > 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! > . > > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [email protected] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list > just send a blank message to: > [email protected]! Groups Links > > > > > __________ NOD32 4503 (20091013) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > -- Quark! Quark! Beware the quantum duck! .
