SUPER EASY REPLACEMENT OF PLASTIC WATER VALVE ON COPPER PIPE!

this is that push-pull flow tight shut-off valve on copper you got one of these get rid of it so far we've changed these flow type valves on cpvc and pex-pipe well now we're gonna change it on copper all right i'm going to show you the easiest way possible to do that and i'm going to show you three repairs after you get it off so come along let's get to fixing so the easiest way i found doing these taking several of these off is going to be simple it really is taking a tubing cutter and just chopping this off right if you needed to and you had enough space back here well you could actually just take your copper tubing cutter and you can cut back here but you can see my finger barely goes right through there so that's not gonna work you could take a mini hacksaw and you could get back here and you could chop that but it's not to leave you with a lot of pipe back there so you could take this and just kind of pull and spin it off the way they recommend and it probably will come off that way but let's not have to sand the heck out of this pipe after we get it off because this will put some big grooves in it if we twist that off like that all right instead so instead grab a tubing cutter as long as your tubing cutter goes up to inch and an eighth od then it's gonna work to be able to take this off okay and instead of this i actually found my ratcheting one and this is just essentially the same thing as this but it has this cool ratcheting feature on it that's going to make this job so much easier so we'll just get that on there and you want to just go up towards the front of this right here this whole other piece is going to pop off in section so just give yourself like a quarter inch or so 3 8 right towards the front of that where we're trying to cut is right up here right about a quarter inch in you want to make that cut you can see from this cutout that i made that you want to be right around that o-ring you want to be able to pop this off so this whole piece right here is going to slide back for you just a little bit that's where you're going to line up your little cutter wheel okay get that in there get that tightened down and then just begin this makes this awesome dude there we go you can start hearing it crack and then this whole little section right here is just going to come off check that out we're right there now pop that piece off we'll just be able to take this piece right here and we'll be able to slide it back like that this piece right here is going to come off grab some gloves have some gloves on for this part because it certainly can get you it might sting a little bit but you want to separate this from the white piece you want to grab a knife and you can separate this little clip thing here from the white piece bam that's a part see those little things they've just got those barbs on them that keep it in place once you snip that it's just going to allow it to let go bam that's off there i don't know why they put this one back here on i mean i put it on just because it's always on the other ones maybe to keep this on i don't know i don't think it needs it but i don't ever see the discussion going anywhere but super easy right then you're there you've got that hooked up there is minimal minimal damage to that whereas if we would have twisted that whole thing off we'd have had big ring grooves in there that we would have had to sand out here not so many so now we're able to take a little emery cloth or just take a little fitting brush and clean that up and man looks pretty so repair number one is the shark bite fitting i know some people do not like these but man they are diy friendly and they've been around for quite a bit of time now they work right just make sure you get it on properly you might want to use a marker and mark how far it needs to go in where you can see it but really it's just a matter of taking it like so getting it pushed the whole way in you'll feel it click in place and there you go all right that's on shut it off you're good to rock and roll now it really is probably the fastest repair once you get one of those off so diy friendly it's crazy the number two repair and honestly the second easiest repair is going to be a compression this is one of my favorite fixes right here because compression joints they work really well if you're not a fan of soldering or it intimidates you or whatever this is probably the best repair you're gonna make outside of a solder joint okay so this ferrule sits in here this nut compresses down on this valve and it makes for a watertight seal you don't have to put any teflon any pipe dope if you do put some pipe dope i usually just recommend a little bit around this ring right here because you see those bevels that actually is what helps seal this right there that what is what makes the water tight seal okay so really all you're going to do is get this on just a little bit and it's going to be able to go make sure it's the whole way in and then you want to grab a couple of crescent wrenches or you want to grab a one-stop wrench something like that if you don't have a specialty tool well then you can just take a couple of adjustable jaw wrenches and then you just start tightening this right that hooked up get it nice and tightened and you're good to go so the third way and probably the best way is going to be to solder on a half inch male adapter and then thread on a female angle stop so the first thing you want to do is get rid of this plastic excussion it's going to melt okay we're dealing with some high heat so get that popped out of there we're going to be putting on this fibrous mat this i think is like zoltec pyron or something like that but this is a fire retardant mat okay and i'm going to show you here in a second once you put this heat shield on nothing's really going to get behind it i mean you can do some good burning on this and it'll be okay burning pretty good there and then look come back here you barely even see any kind of a yellow on that right i definitely burn that too long you wouldn't really do that in a normal circumstance this is just showing you guys what's up with it but really a little warm but not bad just totally helps out in this scenario you know i go with the jersey gloves open mesh cloth like this this is really good some emery cloth or a fitting brush right now we can take this off for a second fitting brush this so on these male adapters i always like to sand even though it's brand new and maybe out of a package some people won't sand those they'll say hey it comes pre-cleaned i don't trust it just sand it it only takes a couple more seconds right all right so then we'll grab some flux i really love no crow this stuff is great it's quality flux i've never had it fail on me i've had a couple of different brands fail on me before but this never has and so it's what i roll with it light coat both inside the fitting and around the pipe pop that on there and then to get rid of the access i usually just hold it on and just run my finger around it so i'm gonna get a little flux off of this and that's one of the nice things about having these gloves and i just wipe it in it's not a big deal i got some 95.5 solder i usually take that put just a little bend in the end of it that way i can right on there and i'm not gonna put too much in it and that way i can tell like hey i've been this just a little bit i only really have to put about a half inch in it okay we're using map gas today it burns a lot hotter than propane but i'll be going back and forth here and then i'll actually add my solder over here going from the top i'm going to draw it actually to the bottom like i said we're not going to use a lot here we go hey look you hit this it's not really going to matter it's not going to burn your wall give this a minute let it cool down we can remove this from there i like to grab my inspection mirror especially when you're on a wall and your joints facing away from you you want a little inspection mirror set up right and then you're able to just go the whole way around this you're able to look at it and go oh yeah that's good to rock and roll that's a good looking solder joint right there we're good to go you want to put your cover back on but now it won't fit just take this grab a knife get that popped in place and boom good to rock and roll now you want to take a little teflon tighty when you put this on never do the first thread always give yourself a little bit of edge there and then three four five wraps this stuff is pretty thin take a little mega lock this stuff is great it's a great pipe dope it doesn't get hard it's kevlar woven seals really well and a can of this lasts you a really long time right a little bit of this around the threads take your female style angle stop get that threaded on there get that tightened up make sure it's leveled up get it the way you want it shut her off and you're good to rock and roll this solder repair in my opinion is the best repair you can make when changing one of these out all right folks so we've got this replaced this is probably going to be your best bet if you could solder if not well i can tell you putting the shark bite or putting a compression valve on is gonna work out great for you all right i'm a big fan of the compression not so much the shark bite but i understand the purpose and the need i really hope you folks are enjoying the videos please subscribe click that like button we'd love to have you keep coming back thank you very much and we'll see you again real soon thank you guys for watching bye