How to solder / sweat copper pipe for beginners in 7 easy steps
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- Опубликовано: 30 апр 2024
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A guide to perfect soldered joints in copper pipework in 7 easy to follow steps. Watch this video to learn how to solder copper neatly and quickly.
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This is the best 'How To' soldering vid on RUclips. Many thanks for the advice. Regards, Paul
Great video ! Exactly the information I need.
Particularly the tips regarding the propane gas and to keep at low temperature for best results. Thank you!
Serious DIY'er for 40 years and now restoring a 400 year old Black and White so with the help of guys like you I am able to improve or correct methods I had to self teach.
This is the 4th Solder video I have watched and puts other 3 to shame and I won't be needing any more.
Then I also realised you'd helped me at the start of this Welsh cottage project with Y Plan Central heating system
Many thanks for taking the time to do this stuff for us amateurs, it really does help those of us who always want to do better but have to be jack of all trades. 😊
I’ve been a plumbing contractor since 1979 and I always clean both male and female ends with sand cloth and a fitting brush then apply flux to both surfaces. I can make wiped joints beautiful with a simple dry rag. Self cleaning flux has been around forever but pros don’t use it. Clean the pipe and fitting carefully to remove the shiny finish and do not touch a joint with bare hands before sweating because solder will not stick to body oils.
I’ve sweated 4” all the way down to 1/8” 50-50 in the old days 95-5 now.
There’s an art to it, it starts with proper instruction and continues with practice. You need a nice looking joint but most importantly it needs to be dependable.
I think you slept with a plumber, every comment is absolute bullshit
Clear, Quick, Precise... = Perfect. ***** stars!
as it should be ;) - thanks for your comment
Amazing video, definitely the neatest I have seen. Love the tip about soldering vertical joints from the top, and the solder finds its way to the bottom due the flux. You are a true scholar. I'm just waiting for my super fire 2, I can't wait to practice 👍🏽
Glad it was helpful!
Great tutorial, Simon, thanks 👍
Enjoying the content and your presentation style. Straight up and to the point. Your a skilled trades man to to the whole bathroom, joinery, plastering, plumbing, wiring the ceiling lights and underfloor. I'm doing similar work on my own home. Thanks for sharing.
thanks mate!
Thanks for this.im trying this today
Really appreciate your videos .....Thanks , soldering copper joints is the coolest part of plumbing imo
Yes, it looks great when done properly
Timing couldn't be better with this.
Great video, keep it up!
I am glad you liked it!
Thank you so much sir for your time I want to embark on a solder in copper creating my own models and I appreciate your skill and thought of sharing it peace and love
No worries - glad you liked it
Thanks very much am preparing my plumbing lesson here, this will definitely give simple illustration
Nice video. Finally someone else knows how to solder. Keep up the good work. Hopefully this video gets out, be cause some of solder joints I see ....some lQQk like a child done them.....good videos for the apprentices coming into the trade, I was lucky to have a good teacher when I was an apprentice. 👽😈🤯
thank you for kind words Sir
Thanks for sharing your skills! Very much appreciated for your time too!
No worries!
Nice tips, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Brilliant tutorial 🔧
Thank you! Cheers!
Great tutorial
Thank you!
Feeling the vibe of this video still
hi, do you have an opinion on copper, ppr, pex? i would love to see a video about that from your experience.
I need to replace a leaky T copper fitting. Can some of the piping be heated up to remove cleaned and reused or does it have to be cut back to new pipe?
For example the higher connection looks nasty so I’d like to cut it back but the one going to the right looks clean and fine.
Yes you can de solder, clean and solder again
After soldering, how many degrees can be tolerated
What are some reasons that the fitting would but accept solder? Have been sweat fitting for years, but for some reason on this particular application solder is just beading up and falling to the ground. Using paste flux on 3/4"copper. Funny enough, sweat fit 1/2" copper without a problem just before this. It is new paste. Maybe bad? Could there be some kind of grease on the pipe? Just stumped.
Moisture, not enough heat, grease or dirt?
No moisture. Not dirty. Using map gas the second time with the same problem. Got the joint hotter than I would have normally needed. I'm thinking everything points to the new paste flux. It was cold, 40 degrees. Don't know why that would change anything, but that's a variable.
@@everygoodtree too much heat can do it, copper oxides and solder doesn’t stick
Are you soldering O'ring copper fittings?
They are not o rings - they are Yorkshire fittings
you are soldering pro press joints at the end. did you remove the o ring?
No, they are called Yorkshire fittings - they have a solder ring inside
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cheers!
What solder and flux you use?
Everflux and standard unleaded solder
Just looked at a couple of manufactures data sheets for self cleaning flux, in both cases they still recommend cleaning the area to be soldered, so go figure?? Personally, given cleaning only takes a minute or two and is so easy, I always clean the area I am soldering. I would recommend reburring/reaming the cut end of the pipe before starting, inserting the pipe into the fixing and then mark it (little scratch) to show how deep it goes. Then remove pipe and clean the area that will be in fixing..Also clean the internals of the fixing, and repeat the other side. Do not solder one side of a fixing and then try to solder the other at a later time as it can cause problems, rather solder both sides in the same process as shown in the video. Use only a minimal amount of flux and as mentioned, don't get flux outside of the joint as the solder will run..A small lighted inspection mirror can help you see what's going on in the area behind the pipe and remember the pipes must be absolutely water free before you start...
Haven’t cleaned new fittings in 10 years. No problems at all. It does speed up the soldering a lot. Put a bit of self cleaning flux on an old pipe and heat it up and see what it does.
@@UrbanPlumbers My OCD would not allow that! lol I was taught always to clean and it's ingrained now, but I am the first to admit flux formulation has changed greatly over the years..I don't solder in the course of my job anymore so a little extra time per fitting is no big deal.
@@peterevans8194 I was reluctant at the start but people that I trust told me not a problem. On large installs it does make me faster.
10 , 15 or 100 years , doesn’t matter , ALWAYS clean your pipes and fittings before soldering ,
Solder would stick better to it
Are you try Oatey solder 95/5? What you think about it?
I don’t know what that is
Just to confirm you don’t need to clean new copper or fittings when using self cleaning flux?
Ash2rx yes
You still need to hit the bottom joint on that vertical coupling...trust me.
I never do. No problems. Ever
Question. Why are you soldering pro press copper fittings. They’re meant for the pro press tool
They look similar but they are not press. They are Yorkshire fittings
@@UrbanPlumbers I just looked them up. Seems like those fittings aren’t in the US where I’m from, first time I’ve heard of them. I assume they’re a UK thing?
@@futurefarmermatt9803 yes UK thing
Everyone else is saying use Flux on both pieces. Why do you say different?
You don’t want flue inside the fitting. When you insert pipe you will push flux into the fitting and solder will follow that creating restriction in the pipework. You only apply flux to pipe not the fitting.
Why are you soldering press fittings
Are in USA? In uk we have what is called Yorkshire fitting - they have rings of solder inside. They look similar
This is wrong on many points i guess i will have to mke a video to show how to actually solder something correctly