splice cast iron pipe with compression coupling

#SPLICE CAST IRON PIPE WITH COMPRESSION COUPLING HOW TO#

And maybe some plastic cups too just to be safe.ġ0*- WD40. You definitely need at least two trays that can catch water if you’re working on a project like this. We bought one painters tray, but luckily I had some disposable 9×9 baking trays because we ended up needing those too. Just talk to people at Home Depot or look online to make sure it can cut metal.ĩ*- Trays to catch water drips. We used Evan’s jigsaw with a metal-cutting blade, but you could also use a hacksaw, a reciprocating saw, etc. You have to wrap the threading on the adapters, the same way you wrap a shower head when you replace it.Ĩ- A saw that can cut metal. We got two 3/4″ male adapters because we were removing the two male ends of our 3/4″ galvanized pipe.ħ- Teflon tape. Gather as many as you have, attics are dark.Ħ- Sharkbite PEX adapters. You 100% need TWO for this project!Ĥ- PVC/plastic tubing cutter. Be generous and spread that stuff around.ģ*- Pipe wrenches. This was great to have under the pipes to protect your insulation and wood. You can get white, blue, or red (the only difference is that red is used to identify hot water, blue is used to identify cold, and white can be either. Just measure the diameter of your current pipes and the length of the pipe to find out what type of PEX you need. We needed 25 ft of 3/4″ piping, so we got a 50 ft roll just in case.

Make sure to wear gloves and breathings masks! Here’s the supplies you’ll need (plus I’ve listed a few more that we didn’t know yet at the time of this picture… yes there were a couple trips to Home Depot that night)ġ- PEX piping. We gathered our materials and went up to the attic. It took a few minutes and then no more water was coming out so we assumed we were good to go. This is to drain any water that was hanging out up in your pipes. Next you’re supposed to run all your faucets, showers, etc until no more water is coming out. Since we didn’t have a water meter key to turn it off at the meter, we decided we’d just turn it off at the main water valve. There are two spots you can do this- at your main water valve where the supply line goes into your house (usually around one of your hose faucets outside) or near the street where your meter is. So consider this kind of a “do as we say, not as we do” deal.įirst off, we did what you’re supposed to do before ANY big plumbing project: we turned off the water supply to our house. We may have accidentally not followed some/followed them in the wrong order. At the end of the post I’ll list the steps you SHOULD follow in case anyone reading wants to attempt this in their own home. We mainly used this one, this one, and this one.

We found several tutorials and sorta spliced together bits and pieces from each.

#SPLICE CAST IRON PIPE WITH COMPRESSION COUPLING HOW TO#

The “low cost” and “ease of installation” parts of that sentence made our ears perk up, so we looked into how to install it ourselves.

It’s an alternative to PVC or copper pipes that is being more and more widely used due to its low cost and ease of installation. Cross-linked polyethylene, commonly known as PEX, is made of plastic, flexible tubing. Like I said in the last post, when our plumber mentioned replacing this pipe with PEX piping, we started doing research on PEX. Well, that pipe is no more!! But let me back up a bit. This is what happens when you work from home and hang out with your cat all day.ĪNYWAYS, we successfully replaced our leaky old galvanized pipe with a fresh new piece of PEX piping! Remember this pipe with 2 leaks on it? It’s just that everything else took freaking forever. Oh imaginary British person, because we were working on the PEX piping project I mentioned in our last post of course! You’re so silly.īut I thought you so confidently said, and I quote: “it didn’t look all that hard or expensive to DIY your own PEX.” Six and a half hours Katelyn?! Bloody hell! Why on earth would you hang out in a blazing attic for six and half bloody hours? How do we spend our Saturday nights these days? Why, hanging out in our attic for six and a half hours of course!

Splice cast iron pipe with compression coupling