So, I called "the guy"

[wdfifteen]

I wanted to put a sill cock on our south wall and there was already a 2" hole right where I wanted to put it. I had already done enough plumbing for one week and this involved sweating pipes together next to a wall and behind a bunch of furnace pipes. So I called "the guy."

The hole is 2" and the mounting holes on the sill cock are 2 1/4 inches apart, so that was a problem. He was scratching his head and talking about putting up a piece of wood when I suggested drilling and taping some holes in a 1" floor flange, mounting the flange on the wall, running the sill cock through the hole in the floor flange, and bolting the faucet to the flange. He said it sounds good but I'm a little short of drilling and taping tools. I told him I'd take care of that. I drilled mounting holes closer to the edge of the flange to get as much meat between the Tapcon holes and the center hole as possible.
When we were all finished the asked if he could call me if he runs into this again.
I guess in that case I would be "the Guy."

[wdfifteen]

Earlier in the week I ran hot and cold soft water lines to my garage so I could wash my vehicles. I soldered most of it together on the floor and only had to solder two joints in place. I hate trying to solder to old, dripping pipes and I'm not averse to using Sharkbite fittings. They are expensive but they save a LOT of time if you need to solder a dripping pipe. After this job I was done trying to do plumbing for a while. I hate plumbing.

[wayner]

You are the man!

(Don't know who that other guy is...)

[URY914]

This "man" would have done it in PVC at half the price and in half the time.

[Gogar]

I woulda done it in PEX at the PVC price in 1/4 the time.

Lol PPOT

[fintstone]

I would have planned the job for years, bought the parts and then put it off until I forgot about it. Then when moving out, I would find the parts and install them during packing up...for the next guy.

[Noah930]

^^^^ #metoo

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Gogar

I woulda done it in PEX at the PVC price in 1/4 the time.

Lol PPOT

I just can't bring myself to do that.
I already had the pipe and all of the fittings except the Sharkbites.
Part of the pleasure of seeing this done is seeing the stash of stuff I've kept "because I might need it someday" shrink a little.

[dad911]

I'm a pex convert also.

Pile of copper outside latest remodel, headed for scrap.

[otto_kretschmer]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

They are expensive but they save a LOT of time if you need to solder a dripping pipe. After this job I was done trying to do plumbing for a while. I hate plumbing.

the last time I had to solder a pipe with water in it, I just got out my acetylene rig and that flowed the solder

[cabmandone]

A loo minium man!

[Baz]

Nice creative solution on the sill cock attachment, Patrick.

I have plumbing that runs to my garage and will have to look closer if any of it is from my water heater. I know it has the set up for a toilet - that I never used - I have the fitting in the floor filled with rags so any creatures won't fall in.

I think there's also some pipes for a sink.

23 years here and haven't done anything with those. Thanks for the inspiration!

BTW, I love shark bites and don't mind the expense at all!

Never used PEX. Will look into.

[john70t]

PVC + Freezing
PEX + Mice
Stitch + Time

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by otto_kretschmer

the last time I had to solder a pipe with water in it, I just got out my acetylene rig and that flowed the solder

Small chunk of bread balled up and put in the line, solder, take aerator off sink, turn on water, turn on faucet, bread turns to small ball and comes right out. Learned it from a plumber many years ago.

[Gogar]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Part of the pleasure of seeing this done is seeing the stash of stuff I've kept "because I might need it someday" shrink a little.

That is cool and hard to do

[RWebb]

NEVER put bread in a water line.

You will often get a mess that requires everything to be flushed out, not to mention the bacteria...

[john70t]

If you need some plumbers grease from 1950, fittings for a sunbeam stove(open bag), or half a pipe elbow only slightly used..
Just call man I'll hook you up good price.

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by RWebb

NEVER put bread in a water line.

You will often get a mess that requires everything to be flushed out, not to mention the bacteria...

Which is why you allow it to flush out. Works like a charm. One small chunk of bread balled up, inserted in the line, off with the sink aerator and poof! all gone. As for bacteria, you'd get that when you opened the line.

[dad911]

Originally Posted by john70t

PVC + Freezing
PEX + Mice
Stitch + Time

Copper + Water + time = pinhole leaks.

At this point, however, I have realized that anything we do will surely last longer than I will.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by dad911

At this point, however, I have realized that anything we do will surely last longer than I will.

Yeah, that crosses my mind a lot too. Still, I have this fantasy that years from now someone will look at something I've done and say, "I don't know who he was, but that dude had pride in his work."
But by that time sweating copper will look so antiquated he'll probably not even notice. I mean, I don't know that I've ever admired a good knob and tube wiring job.