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Install the Push-Fit Plumbing Cap

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What happens here

Begin by preparing the copper pipe by ensuring the end is clean and free of burrs. Take the push-fit plumbing cap, which features an internal gripping mechanism and O-ring seal, and align it with the end of the copper pipe. Push the cap firmly onto the pipe. Continue pushing until it is fully seated. The narrator emphasizes the importance of ensuring it's fitted the whole way down, indicating a secure connection and watertight seal. You should feel a distinct stop when it's properly installed.

Goal: Securely cap a copper pipe to temporarily seal it.

Tools and materials

  • Copper Pipe — The pipe to be capped
  • Push-Fit Plumbing Cap SharkBite — Sealing the copper pipe end

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We just take that, pop it on there. They work really well. Um [snorts] back when I had my business, I usually just had a half a dozen of these and I just use them all the time from remodel to remodel. And so with this, it just works out super easy. Just make sure it's fitted the whole way down there. You'll push you can tell. If you wanted to, you you can make a mark down there. So if you ever need to take this off, they

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