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Posted by NickySantoro on August 12, 2007, 4:45 pm
On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:41:45 -0700, billsahiker@yahoo.com wrote:
>I must be getting weak in my old age because I cannot unscrew the
>threaded fitting on the half inch valve where it is threaded onto the
>copper water pipe(which comes up through the floor in my house). I put
>a large crescent wrench on the flat part of the valve and a large pipe
>wrench on the copper water pipe. It won't budge. Any suggestions
>before I call a plumber? I tried tapping the fitting pretty hard. I
>bought a quarter turn halve inch valve to replace the old because the
>old one is leaking water out the handle. The metal in the old valve
>is in bad shape so I would not want to try to replace the rubber
>bushings and re-use it.
>
>Bill
First guess is someone used a heavy dose of pipe dope. Heat the
fitting while keeping a wet rag on the pipe. Remove the torch and hit
it with some penetrating oil. Reheat as above then try again while the
fitting is still hot.
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