[Shop-talk] need some copper plumbing help from the gurus

[Pat Horne]

Just thought of a quick fix. Use a 3/4” flare fitting & file out the nut to fit over the copper. Make up the connection & adapt it as you see fit. 

Peace,
Pat

Pat Horne 
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On Oct 21, 2018, at 7:33 AM, john niolon <jniolon at att.net> wrote:

it’s not out of round, Dave.  I mic’d it all the way around... and it was within .001 .  Someone mentioned freezing...  this pipe did freeze and burst in the past.  but the break was a foot above where I’m taking measurements.  That whole foot was removed.  I guess it could have expanded the whole section above the floor some.   And the section removed is the same diameter as what I’m looking at now so that might be a clue..  If my old back and knees will allow it, I’m going into the crawl space on the other end of the line and check sizes there, gotta do it anyway to turn it back on eventually. 
 
I talked to an old  plumber as suggested (well, he’s as old as me...70’s) and he suggested reaming/swaging the tube and insert a short section of standard 3/4 straight pipe and solder it in well.  That would get me back to standard sizes.  I think I’m gonna try that tomorrow.   The fittings I’m using came from Home Depot/Lowes but I also checked some older fittings and they were the same measurements...  More to come !
 
From: David Scheidt
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2018 7:06 AM
To: john niolon
Cc: shop-talk
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] need some copper plumbing help from the gurus
 
 

> On Oct 20, 2018, at 12:07, john niolon <jniolon at att.net> wrote:
> 
> When we built my house/shop 25 years ago I had the plumber install a 3/4” water line to the shop and cap it off.  I was going to put in the sink and the outside faucet when I got time.  Well,  this week I got time
>  
> I cut the cap off and test fitted a 3/4” Tee to start dry fitting the plumbing for sink/faucet.  The Tee wouldn’t fit on the tubing.  I cleaned it well but the Tee was still too small to fit over the tubing.  It looks like he used coiled tubing, or at least that’s what’s coming up thru the concrete.
 
Is it out of round?  That’s a common problem with soft tube.  Plumbers have rerounding tools for the problem. 
 
>  

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