Cut the copper pipe to the desired length with a tubing cutter. Place the pipe into cutter, tighten the clamp and rotate the cutter around the pipe. Tighten the clamp and rotate the cutter again, continuing in this manner until the pipe is cut through. The cut can also be made using a...
If you want to make a connection between some copper pipes and PVC pipes, then you need to have a special type of fitting which keeps the two pipes separate. It used to be necessary in the past to divide two pipes made of different metal from each other, as they could form an electri...
You can connect PEX tubing to a threaded copper connection by using a threaded adapter. You can buy these with both male and female threads. Screw the adapter onto the copper fitting, using plumbing tape and a wrench to make a tight, leak-proof connections. Push the PEX pipe onto the bar...
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How to Connect a Water Line to Your Refrigerator: What’s up guys, and welcome back. In this article/video, I would like to go thru all the steps on properly connecting a water line to your refrigerator to feed an ice-maker or simply a drinking water sup
How to fix this plumbing leak? Plumbing leak https://imgur.com/a/j5ogm0F I haven't done much plumbing...Read More Manifold Extension Hello , We are finishing our basement and adding a new bathroom (sink, toi...Read More Popular Articles How to Connect PEX Tubing to a Water Hea.....
The 1/2" nominal inside diameter (CTS) slip-on adapter slides over the copper tubing and is secured to the copper pipe by tightening the set screw, or can be sweat/soldered to the pipe. Once the brass adapter is secured to the pipe the tub spout is threaded onto the adapter. The tu...
Install your new water feeds, bringing the hot and cold water directly up from below, between the studs. Avoid running feeds horizontally or drilling through studs. Tie into the old system if you have copper feeds or run new PEX tubing if you have a compression port system, such as Manablo...
Indoor unit—furnace or fan coil, which houses the evaporator coil and fan to circulate cool air Copper tubing—where the refrigerant flows between the indoor and outdoor units In a packaged system: Fan, condenser coil, compressor, and fan coil—all in one unit Learn More on Cent...
The now-warm gas refrigerant travels to the compressor through copper tubing. The compressor pressurizes the gas and sends it to the condenser coil, which releases the heat outdoors and turns the refrigerant back to liquid. The refrigerant travels to the evaporator coil to continue the cycle....