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Posted by neilsanner on February 22, 2008, 9:13 am
Thanks for the nice trick Robert!
I think this is the city valve... Well at least it's the first valve I
see that brings cold water into the house. Is there usually supposed
to be a "city valve" outside the house?
Best regards,
NeilSanner
> neilsannerwrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > The old main valve of my house doesn't stop the water flow very
> > tightly when shut off. I need to install a new main valve. It's on
> > 3/4" copper pipe. I'll install the new valve just over the old one.
> > The problem is that the old pipe is now more oval in shape than round
> > and I'm afraid that the joint will leak. I planned to use a
> > compression fitting, since the old valve, when closed, lets pass
> > enough water to prevent us using soldering.
>
> > Is there a way to get the pipe round again?
>
> > Best regards,
> >NeilSanner
>
> If you can get the oval tubing into the compression fitting
> socket, then the compression fitting will fix the ovality issue.
> If you cannot get the tubing in, then try this; Take a
> crescent wrench, not vise grips or pliers or channel locks, and
> place it on the pipe where it is round. Tighten the crescent
> until it is snug against the pipe. Now remove it and move it to
> the end where your compression socket will be and place it on the
> narrow part of the oval. Rotate it until it is over the wide
> part of the oval and try to insert the tubing into the socket.
> This has worked for me many times in the past.
>
> In addition, if your shutoff valve will not stop the flow enough
> to allow soldering, why don't you shut off the city valve and
> then solder on your new valve?
>
> --
> Robert Allison
> Rimshot, Inc.
> Georgetown, TX
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