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I have been installing the 3rd bathroom in our basement and have come to the point of needing the hot/cold water lines run. The house has copper plumbing and I was not looking forward to doing this job. Now I am a avid DIYer but I have not soldered copper plumbing in over 20 years. Because of that I decided to call a pro to do the job. The estimate from the " pro " to run aprox. 20' of pipe with the usual mix of elbows, tee's and shut off valves was $795.00 !!! What a joke so I decided to do it myself. Last night I made the run to the big box store to gather all the fittings, pipe , torch , flux etc. to get the job done. Today was the day to tackle the job. Turned the main off in the front yard and 3 hours later I was done. Now this is a mix of copper and CPVC but all went as planned. My heart was racing as I anticipated turning the main water valve back on. I had a few beers as I waited for the CPVC glue to dry. When I decided enough time had elapsed I had the wife in the basement with her cellphone as I was in the yard with mine as I slowly opened the main valve. No leaks everything was bone dry !!! Had a few more beers to celebrate Man it feels good when a project goes as planned.