i had a copper pipe that blew under my house i cut the part off about 2 to three inches leaving a three inch gap any suggestions on how to fill the gap ??its a 1/2 inch copper pipe for hot water btw
Lowes Plumbing Department manager has evidently never worked in an autiomobile parts store. The normal operating temerature of an auomobile engine is around 200 degrees F. Hot water in your home may never reach 125 degrees. So---temperature won't rupture the hose. And the hose is attached with hose clamps on your cars engine, so why would the hose clamps leak on your water piping ? Just be ceratin the hose is slid up on the water pipe aboput 1 to 1 1/2 inches on each end and forget about it. And if you ever need expert advise on plumbing repairs be sure to shop the Home Depot.
Two good answers so far. But there's another alternative; Gator Bites (or) Shark Bites. They're designed to slip onto half inch copper pipes and seal. You WILL need an additional piece of pipe AND you will need to be able to spread the pipes further apart so you can get the S or G Bites in place. I'll google a picture for you and post the link. Hope this helped. '') The gator bite pictured is a TEE type connector. They sell couplings and elbows too. You probably want just two couplings. The link below the picture will take you to a page that describes how to use them You can also google Gatorbites and see if you can find a video.
If use solider ,cut a 1/4 shorter than gap pipe and use two coupling for each sides ,located the cut between cuppings and solider it. If you use brass fitting connection ,use pipe to pipe fitting (it's a two side nipple treaded with nut) ,which pipe will go inside the nut and when you tie the nut ring inside the nut will seal the pipe to fitting .This will be cleaner than do solider job underneath but it take longer .
If use solider ,cut a 1/4 shorter than gap pipe and use two coupling for each sides ,located the cut between cuppings and solider it. If you use brass fitting connection ,use pipe to pipe fitting (it's a two side nipple treaded with nut) ,which pipe will go inside the nut and when you tie the nut ring inside the nut will seal the pipe to fitting .This will be cleaner than do solider job underneath but it take longer .
Lowes Plumbing Department manager has evidently never worked in an autiomobile parts store. The normal operating temerature of an auomobile engine is around 200 degrees F. Hot water in your home may never reach 125 degrees. So---temperature won't rupture the hose. And the hose is attached with hose clamps on your cars engine, so why would the hose clamps leak on your water piping ? Just be ceratin the hose is slid up on the water pipe aboput 1 to 1 1/2 inches on each end and forget about it. And if you ever need expert advise on plumbing repairs be sure to shop the Home Depot.
Two good answers so far. But there's another alternative; Gator Bites (or) Shark Bites. They're designed to slip onto half inch copper pipes and seal. You WILL need an additional piece of pipe AND you will need to be able to spread the pipes further apart so you can get the S or G Bites in place. I'll google a picture for you and post the link. Hope this helped. '') The gator bite pictured is a TEE type connector. They sell couplings and elbows too. You probably want just two couplings. The link below the picture will take you to a page that describes how to use them You can also google Gatorbites and see if you can find a video.
