How to remove a piece of plastic pipe from a fitting after it has been glued. Plumbing tips.
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- Опубликовано: 12 авг 2012
- Requested video! This is a video on how to remove a piece of plastic pipe after it has been glued into a fitting. A few procedures have worked for me over the years.
Thank you so much for uploading this video. I have a bathroom project where I took out a fiberglass shower and am getting ready to install a homemade tile shower and this information was perfect for me because I had to move the existing drain farther away from the wall and the pipe is buried in concrete so I don't have much to work with as far as cutting it off is concerned. I'm glad uncle billy had a better day! Living in New York must be a bummer as far as negativity goes!
Hey Fritz;
I can recall your video and my heart was feeling for you on that little task. I remember seeing it in a floor joist. They can be tough as you well know.
the raptor makes it easier. takes a bit of time and for those who have a little more patience; they can pick it with the hammer and screwdriver.
I hope fernco is watching and I get the call! LOL!!!
Thanks very much friend!
Enjoy your week! Al
Hey Billy;
Thanks! Don't sweat it. I see lots on here that is hard to figure out why people would do work a certain way. There are some youtubers that show a few tricks that are anything, but close to how the work should be done.
I can well imagine you see lots of it in New York.
Anyway have yourself a great weekend and thanks for responding! Al
Hello oldkid888, your tip for getting out of a tight spot realy opened my eyes, as i would have thought, this could not be done,so thank you very much. That was nice of Uncle Billy to get back to you, and your right, we all have are bad days.PS please dont wish me a good day as i am from the UK, we just get through ours,cheers:)
Hey Al !!!
Man I needed the Raptor a While Back !!! LOL ...
I played Heck tryin to get that Piece Out with Ray on our Service Call over the Top of a Piece of Duct with a Light in the Joist Space !!! LOL ...
Al, Fernco may be watchin , I bet that is a Million Dollar idea !!!
Awesome Demonstration my Friend !!!
Al as Always Over the Top Plumbing Tips of the Trade !!!
Great Job Brother !!!
Hello 187ciFTW;
You are more then welcome!
Glad I could help!
I am glad uncle billy had a better day as well! I think we all have one once in a while.
Thanks for commenting and enjoy your day! Al
Hello James;
Definitely agree on that statement! Excellent tool where you have to reuse a fitting.
Haven't tried it on the shakes yet, but may give it a hook soon.
Thanks for commenting and have a great day! Al
Hey Brett;
The reamer does work well. I still pick the odd one occasionally. I have to get in the groove of the multi-tool when i am gong to pick one.
Thanks for commenting and enjoy your week! Al
Just used your latter strategy on one of my below-ground water sprinklers. An inch and one-half threaded plastic pipe between the PVC and sprinkler was severed. The hack saw blade, screwdriver, hammer, and pliers did the trick! Thanks, Roger
Hello Rodger;
You are more then welcome!
I am glad you got along well with the repair!
Thanks for commenting and have a great week! Al
Hello 54Larbo;
It does work on PVC. I have never picked a schedule 40 joint before.
Thanks for commenting and I am glad I could help out. Al
Hey Al,
Great video brother. I've used both many times and get it done fairly easy either way. I use the reamer most often these days. I demonstrated it by hand in my first plumbing with pex video for Fritz.. I too use a multi-tool when picking one. Take care, Brett
Thank you for getting back to me Al and your advice about staying away from heat guns
On your video I noticed you saying that you had split a hair the ABS elbow when picking away and removing the old cemented ABS piece, and my question was if it would be OK to reuse the elbow with a split/crack without it leaking?
You said that you use a cleaner to soften the ABS, what kind of cleaner do you use to soften ABS? Please let me know
Beautiful part of the world you live in up there, my wife kid and I have made several trips up there and loved it, however for my health issues we prefer to live in warmer climates
Have a great one
I have watched a few guys go at it like a bull in a china shop and split the fitting.
Great video :)
Love the old method.I have had to do many over the years but these days I cheat and use a battery multi tool to do that first cut. :)
Hey Wayne;
No doubt you know all about this one. I was going to use the recip and speed things up, but most folks don't own one.
The multi tool is great for so many projects. makes life much easier.
Thanks for commenting and enjoy your day! Al
Hello Christopher Coughlan;
You are more then welcome!
Sorry for the late response!
Thanks for commenting and cheers! Al
Hey David;
I hope this is what you were looking for and it will help you in your repair job.
Any time something comes up just give me a shout and I will try and fix you up.
London did an amazing job on the Olympics.....Thumbs up all the way!
Thanks for commenting and enjoy your day! Al
Hey Pete;
More then welcome!
The joint can be taken apart as you can see. It is a last resort effort, but it does work.
I have picked a few over the years.
Thanks for commenting and enjoy your day! Al
Hello getherer2;
Thanks very much!
You are more then welcome!
Thanks for commenting and enjoy your day! Al
Youre Awesome!
Thanks for all the helpful videos!!
Hello Eric,
Thanks!
Hopefully It will help with any future projects!
Thanks for commenting and enjoy your weekend! Al
Great video, Thanks!
+Andrew Osnach
You are more than welcome!
I hope it helps with any future projects!
Thanks for commenting and enjoy your week! Al
Son of gun Al thought once its glued thats it on ABS, great picking tips! TY
Hello Billy;
You must work in construction because on small jobs and repairs this is something plumbers run into. I also have been in the trade for 33 years and if you haven't picked a joint in ABS you should try it.There are times when you cannot put a new fitting on where the hub of a fitting is sticking through the concrete floor for example. This video was for just a situation like that.
REAL plumbers...
Enjoy your day! Al
I had an old busted toilet mount in my basement that was one piece right to the elbow below the slab. I had to pick away at it for quit some time removing the beveled section until I got to the elbow under the slab. Very confined I had to drill hole from the inside out all the way around and used a dermal tool to cut the spaces between the holes. Once I got the top off I used the method described above. I cut slots and very gently separated the inside pipe form the outside fitting.
After I got a piece remove I was able to work my way around removing it in quarter section. I had to do a bit of prying so after I got the split started I used 2 screw drivers to work my way around using one to hold the small gap open and the other to do some very gentle prying ahead as the joint splits. The middle area was fused together but their was enough area not glued on the top and bottom inside the joint to guide the separation.
Be very careful, go slow, and no twisting as you gently separate the joint
Thank TheOldkid888 for your help
Hello E.G. Ellithorpe
You are more than welcome!
Congrats on that part of the project! Nice job!
You have to have a little patience when you are doing this, but it does work. Removing that first slice is the key. Once you get that done; the rest comes out easier.
Thanks for commenting and enjoy our week! Al
I bought one of these tools and tested it on a 2" pipe cause I had a job to do and it failed so I looked for another way seen a video where they heated a hole saw up and stuck it in the pipe and it heated it but didn't melt the outside pipe but got inside pipe soft where you could stick a screwdriver between the two pieces and just work the inside pipe out I then tested it and found it worked so use this way on the job I had to do and it worked great.... Now they make a much better tool than what you are using but the way I did it will be the way I do it agin if I have too...
Hello James,
I am glad everything worked out for you.
I have picked many a glued joint in the past, but they are always coming out with new tools to make work easier.
Congrats on the repair!
Thanks for commenting and enjoy your week! Al
Hi there Al Great video I learned heaps from it thank you so much
I have a similar situation to that one where my 2 inch ABS outside wall clean out line conected to an elbow broke inside the wall when I tried to open it and that I hope not to have to cut through the wall of our new home (15 years old)
I plan to tackle this issue and before I start major surgery and make a mess I have some questions for you
Question A:
If I was to split my 2 inch ABS at the elbow (like you did on the video) would it be OK I to reuse that same elbow and cement it to a 2 inch ABS line?
Question B:
Would a heat gun also work on ABS to remove the broken piece inside the elbow and would you recommend using one as opposed to picking at the elbow? I saw videos on RUclips for removing glued PVC but not ABS
Question C:
If I succeed I wish to extend my 2 inch ABS clean out line outside my wall (and not as it was cemented to a cap inside the wall), do you or does anyone know If there is a code that I have to adhere to in order to do so, I moved to Phoenix AZ and I'm from Australia so my knowledge is limited
Please let me know, thanks M
emile manrique
If I am am getting the first question correct...you are wondering if you can glue a piece of abs pipe back into the elbow that you have removed the pipe out of? I remove pipe from fittings from to time and I dry fit the fitting with a piece of pipe to make sure it goes in correctly. If it is a little doesn't quite fit all the way in I will sometimes use cleaner to help soften the abs, then add the glue as quickly as I can and slide the pipe into the fitting. Apply the glue to the fitting first then the pipe. The pipe should then go in well for you. Hold it in place for a minute to make sure it doesn't back out any.
I would stay away from a heat gun myself. I have never tried it, but melting the abd pipe like that will cause severe fumes and possibly a fatality. Cases of this that have occurred before from cutting threads on a lathe in a non ventilated area....they are deadly!
I am north of the border in Canada myself. A cleanout is required at the base of every stack...It can definitely be extended outside of the wall without any issues.
I hope this helps!!!
Have a great week and let me know how you get along! Al
Great video!
I had a leak in an ABS pipe at a 90 degree angle where it comes out of a wall, so it would've been a big pain to cut out the fitting. I followed this video and it worked fine. My only suggestion is to go slow, and don't twist the screwdriver. Then, you shouldn't have any issue with the pipe cracking.
Mark Stamp
I am glad everything worked out for you. You are correct with the suggestion of going slow while picking the joint.
Thanks for commenting and have a great week! Al
Thanks a million Oldkid888! Was out of practice with the PVC and made an error that would have taken a while to fix, until I "picked a pipe". Amazing how easy it was. I used 2 screwdrivers and a small wood chisel (like taking an inner tube out of a bike tire - the old ones with thick rubber) and the whole thing just popped on out (1.5" pipe to 3"-1.5" Y connector). Haven't seen any vids on the mental aspect of laying the stuff out. Will subscribe and check out your other vids.
Hello Rick;
I am glad everything worked out for you!
Once you get the first piece started the rest comes easy!
Thanks very much for commenting and have a great day! Al
Hello fellow caper, I recognize the accent. My tub has a clogged abs trap, and it's too close to several other adapters/elbows that have no room to cut them without taking the whole thing out, which would require taking my surround out and basically redoing the entire damn thing.
My question is: is it possible to cut off and remove the trap off the 2 abs pipes it connects to, without having to take apart anything else? Like a special way I can cut out the trap leaving just the rings, and then carefully cut them off, then sand down all the glue and just pop a new trap on there?
Hello Oreoloveboss,
You may not have to go through all that.
The last thing I do is remove any pipe or take the drain apart.
I have made a video on unplugging a bathtub drain.
I am not sure if you have seen it yet, but it may help if you haven't tried it yet.
This is the name of it...How to Unplug or clear a bathtub drain Easily!!!
If you have tried this then get back to me when you get a chance.
What you mentioned is quite a little project. Try two plungers first and let me know how you get along.
One for the drain and one to cover the overflow tightly while you plunge.
The video shows how it works.
Good luck!
Thanks for commenting and good luck with the drain. Al
Curious... ABS is a little more forgiving then PVC in terms of the force it takes to crack/shatter. Have you ever cracked a fitting wedging the screwdriver in and whacking on it?! Sometimes though, like where pipe comes up through a floor or wall, this is the only way to recover a fitting without cutting the pipe off.
Hello Kyle;
If I have to remove a fitting from a piece of pipe; I will place a few cuts in the fitting and remove that piece and then continue with a screwdriver and remove the entire fitting!
Thanks for commenting and have a great week! Al
Labor is more expensive than the fitting, by the way nice table for your vice.
Hello George;
Labour is more expensive then the fitting, but there are certain situations where you have no choice, but to pick the joint; such as coming through a concrete floor. Instead of cutting the floor up to get to the joint; it would be much much easier to pick the joint!
I placed it on the floor to allow people to get a much better picture of what actually takes place.
Thanks for commenting and have a nice day! Al
i got the same problem ..an piece of PVC broke off in the fitting....but i dont got the drill you use in this video...and once i get it out can i reglue an another PVC pipe in the fitting...texts back need help..trying to temp to do it myself..
Hello heavyweight23;
Once you have the piece of pvc out of the fitting; you can reglue a piece of pipe back into the fitting. You have to use a little more cleaner to soften up the old glue in the fitting, add the glue and you will be all set!
Thanks for commenting and have a great day! Al
tHANK YOU...
Hello heavyweight23;
You are more then welcome!
Best of luck! Al
I know this is an old video...but it's MUCH easier to just heat the inner pipe with a heat gun and when it gets soft, just twist it out.
+Matthew Wheaton
Never tried that before...Probably never will.
Fumes off of the ABS are not for me. VERY strong!
Thanks for commenting and have a great weekend! Al
+TheOldkid888
Sure thing...it's an outdoor job or where there is good ventilation. Works like a champ though and very common among the pros worldwide.
*****
Outdoors for sure!
If all else fails I may give that a try! Appreciate the info.
Thanks for commenting and have a great week! Al
Lesson learned: measure & mark 3 times, fit & glue once.
+Timothy Smith
Once you have made that glued connection you don't want to have to remove it. The old saying...Measure twice cut once...is definitely the way to go!
Thanks for commenting and have a great week! Al
There are much better and cleaner ways to do this. Search RUclips.