P B Plumber How to solder copper pipe
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- Опубликовано: 1 дек 2021
- This video is about how I solder copper pipe, using Lawton tube, fittings and flux.
Hopefully you find this video interesting, let me know what you think in the comments, thanks for watching 🙏🏽
If you're intention of making these videos is to get people interested in plumbing, you've nailed it. This was so informative and interesting. I appreciate the time you take to make these whilst also working. Thanks mate!
Mate, just followed your lead on that second method and my first ever solder came out clean as a whistle. Thank you bro. Gear: EverBuild Plumber's P20 Flux paste, 3.25mm AIM 99C Lead-Free Solder
I can watch this videos and a lot more of yours thousands of times and never get bored. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. I'd like to be as good as you one day!
Really helpful video, for someone who has just passed my college course this content is golden thank you
Great Video...thank you for taking the time to produce this...great delivery and good information....I am confident now. Thank you.
Re soldering copper pipes . I was surprised that when you were emphasising cleaning the pipe you did not also clean the inside of the fitting. This to me has always been essential to make a good joint. Also when the joint has been soldered and is still hot I wipe the joint with wire wool so there are no solder bubbles or runs on the copper pipe. Just looks better I think. Cheers.
See all day I've been watching European plumbers do something that makes me wonder, why when I was taught how to solder, even small pipes, to go all the way around with the solder to make a sort of ring around the pipe, but after years of doing this I've always thought to myself... "Why!?!" Since I can see the solder flow into the whole fitting from just touching it in one spot like you did. I can see why on pipe that's over 1", but anything smaller seems unnecessary, but I do it that way because it's how we do it here on commercial jobs (I live in Washington state), and the cleaning the pipe after in that manner would get me in trouble (was told this takes too long) so after it cools down a little we just wipe it with Flux then wipe it clean with a rag. Just interesting to see how others do this.
I.m very old school. Never been keen on press fit joints, after working on a industrial job 12 years ago , two snagging teams following 12 teams installing expansion bellows , They found lots of leaks when testing on air , not sure how many more was found once systems was filled with hot water. I'd very much like feed back on percentage of leaks against solder j joints . But I.v seen lots of your videos and found them to be very interesting and informative. Plz keep posting them .
I learnt lot of stuff from your videos.. I made speed fit pressure tester for hard to reach places. So before final. Soldering I always test my soldered joints.
Heat only rises in fluids - in a solid, it's all conduction. Solder will flow towards the hotter part regardless of orientation
It would be partly true as the residual heat from the blow torch will rise, helping heat the top quicker than the bottom
Heat Rises in air
Ever heard of convection???
@@archiehickford314 The best type of alloy is lead-free [Pb] soldering alloy!
Because lead is toxic and harmful to humans as well as to the planet Earth, this material called lead [Pb] must also be avoided.
The lead-free [Pb] alloy would be recommended for soldering:
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www.amazon.com/s?k=solder+lead-free+alloy&ref=nav_bb_sb
@@onefortheroad1 air is a fluid sir
Great Video PB #FLUX!That's hot!
Great guide! 4:08 “Turbulence” I think is the term, which in turn can cause cavitation, when local pressure difference in the water causes micro-implosions, which is quite destructive.
Very educational 👌
Thank you for taking the time making this video
That Lawton flux is the business 👍
Thanks Pete, excellent advice as usual.
Great tips mate 👍🏻
You said the second example was when a pipe is in clips then put the flame around both sides evenly. But surely against a wall you wouldn’t be able to do that as the wall would be in the way
Excellent job!
Thanks a lot👍
Great video, well done.
Pete thank you for taking the time making this video
Brilliant vid. Thanks very much
Hi PB That is a excellent video. Question and a request. I see you do not clean the inside of the fitting. Can you touch on why you do not clean the fittings. Can I request you do a up vertical solder. I have noticed on your videos of your installs that your solder work is top shelf. Its nice to see you show your technique. Enjoyed it very much. Cheers from🇨🇦
Anything else other then Gas lines I'd flux fittings. With gas you can't flush the line. Most times my preference is press. Touch the back and let it follow the blue the cone of the flame. No deburring of pipes causes turbulence and possibley water hammer. It can also in circumstances cause premature fail.
Great as per usual PB 👍🏼.
That’s amazing skill Pete well done mate ❤️👍🏼💐
Love that pipe vice Pb I want one
what a legend great content 👍👍
atb simon
Good job
Thank you for explaining the WHY. Super helpful :)
Turbulance(Vortexing), When I solder i use the 1,2,3 method! Heat the pipe,then the face of the fitting,then move to the back of the fitting hub to draw it in. Also ,I wipe the joint just after the flux melts,it makes a perfect joint every time! Nice video Pete,thank you!
Can you get the Pipe Vise in UK, looks a handy piece of kit. Good refresher course for my DIY soldering skills, thanks PB.
I was at a house the other day where all the installation was done with solder. I had a leak to fix so I had to cover the closest joints with wet paper towels to stop them all sweating off when I brazed.
Perfect idea, I do the same.
Always clean pipe and fitting, apply flux to spigot only, as the flux is a zinc chloride base it will clear away any surface oxides and ease the surface tension of the metal. The solder will be drawn into the fitting via capillary action. Allow fitting to cool before wiping to prevent thermal shock also its fuckin hot however I burn myself every day then I use my favorite word, starts with C ends in T and it isn't coconut
Great that you pass on your years of experiance Pete. Thanks for sharing
thanks nice tutorial :)
Hi PB… great video! I’m just in the process of learning to solder and your video has helped me loads, thank you. Can I ask where you got the pipe vise from??
Thanks again 👍🏾👍🏾
It always looks nice Pete, I remember at college being told a 15mm fitting required 15mm length of solder a 22m fitting = 22 mm length of solder just proves it doesn't.
I got told that it should be half of the diameter of the pipe eg
15mm copper pipe =7.5mm of solder
22mm copper pipe= 11mm of solder
@@denistabarcea1110 The length of solder needed is totally dependent on what diameter the solder is
Seems like.some great soldering my only question is does it work as well when there is water in the pipe?
Great video. Quick question. Personally how often would you change your cleaning rag, so your not dirtying up a joint to solder when cleaning?
Hi Pete, great videos,how’s the flux fume wise? Have you gotten Marcus converted over to it yet?
Nice video! Just bent and soldered the water pipes, just realised I haven't deburred it. 🥲 I've got to go through it again. Many thanks for the explanation.
Great video. Thanks
Could you do video on how to solder lead free brass ball valves. Thanks
solder flows to where the heat is
Shunting
You’ve got a good hand action polishing that pipe…
Do you wire wool your fittings under floor or just show pipework?
Hey PB, where about did you get the pipe vice from? Cheers mate
Flux inside the fitting may lead to ingrown solder ring inside so restriction of the inner pipe diameter will occur as well
Hi. Great insight to how it can be done. An unrelated question which you may have covered in another video. The key ring bit holders you have on the bag, could you paint me in their direction? I’ve been trying to get hold of the Mikita ones but only coming across cheap looking alternatives. Thanks in advance.
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*uck that’s hot!! 😆 Great video, thanks for taking the time👍👍
When are the bags on sale mate?
Clean the fitting?
PB where did you get the pipe vise ?
Did you feed in lenn than 15mm of solder wire or that much roughly?
Big issue. We are soldering a copper flange to a pipe the issue is best solder since electrical connection and critical as physical. I have 50/50 or a silver solder that seems incorrect to use with a Propane torch. Any suggestions. Ukraine usually makes these for me but due to problems they are out and just drop shipped what had been done and I am finishing a resonant mag loop.
Where is pipe vise from as seems too be a shortage in the UK
I need this video after my soldering on the gas pipe 👀🤣🤣🤣🤣
Make sure the soldering is crisp.
Hi bro
On the intro @1:20 what are those work torusers youre wearing? Cant figure out whether they look sick or you just make them look sick hahaha Peace
I have never seen anyone debur the inside of the pipe before solder in the real world.
On bigger pipework + higher pressure systems I have seen it before it does exist what he is on about it's not a myth.
Hi Pete
Where did you get the drill bit deburrer from the one's used for removing paint from pipes think there on the side of you bag.
Another interesting video 👍
Cheers
Good video but should've cut the fitting in half instead of sweating it. Sweating it would've just melted and redistributed the solder as you pulled it out
🤘😎🤘
Could you cut open that bit of pipe to see how the solder has ran around the fitting?
He reaheated the fitting and could see the solder all away around buddy
Could the solder not have ran round some more when he reheated the fitting?
Turbulence? 🤔🤔🤔 On the burr or drag?
The term you were trying to find for that issue created by not deburring is called cavitation.
That's a new word to me, had to Google that. I always called it turbulence.
Hi sir I am plumber work in Dubai but we never do copper piping here only PPR pipe and pex pipe don't mind sir u r in which country?
How do I get your tool bags in the US
I’ve just begun my apprenticeship, does the same rule for flux apply when soldering gas or is it different
Only flux the pipe when soldering gas as with water you can flush out the excess flux in the pipe with gas you can’t get rid of the excess flux which will in the future cause issues hope this helps you out
@@drewbaldwin8600 so do you only flux the pipe then push the fitting on? Or push the fitting on, then flux so can wipe off excess?
Flux the pipe then put the fitting on mate
@@drewbaldwin8600 nu
Capillary attraction
Remember that if you do get some solder snot on the bottom, you can't quite polish a turd, but you can brasso the shit out of it :P
It takes a bit of practice i reckon, made a copper towel rail and ended up filing and sanding off the excess solder. Didn't use any Brasso
As you get older you’ll probably go back to the first way as your eyes might deceive you with old age 😂
You don’t have to clean the inside of copper fittings? ( i don’t know because im dutch and we basically only use brass fittings here ) …..Good video btw
Where’d you get the pipe vice????
Company called LHP supplies in London will sell you one bro
@@PBPlumber thanks fella
@@PBPlumber is that the lavender hill supplies in Wandsworth?
@@nauticalmandems yes
@@mattr4135 if you Google bigfoot pipe vice you'll find it.
Good Evening Pete,
Been following this channel for a while, it’s been a great help as homeowner to know the in’s and outs of my plumbing system.
Can I ask what’s the rough price range for a quality plumber to change 3 radiators ? The replacements would be virtually identical size and type wise so should be straight forward swapping. I’m based in Sheffield otherwise I would get you around in a flash.
Ask his friend Andy cam he's in Sheffield i think cozy warm heating 🤔🤔👌👌👌
@@paul_my_plumbs_uk Thanks for the reply Paul, if Pete can confirm this is his mate’s company and no doubt a ace plumber then I’ll get him around to quote / do the job 👍🏻
Paid plumber 4 hours to solder, then pay another 8 hours for the plumber to polish the joints?
They are called Eddie's
Fingertips of Zeus.......
Cavitate
I will show my dad this he has more solder than copper on his fittings 😂
🤣😂
Сантехнік - сама поважна професія в світі
Plumber - the most pespectable occupation in the world
Flux your fitting!!,,,,,,,,Now there's a website ..😂
Come on Pete. Who's going to pay extra for that? Who does i real word? Only few people like you. I don't have time to do this otherwise will take me ages to finished the work cleaning the pipe work!
Don’t do it then.
I would always do the easy upright joint first. This means that the horizontal joint will have gained more transfered heat for the welded joint. Also there is no need to be so stingy with the solder, the aim is to make the joint watertight and still look professional.
I can tell you're not on price!
Copper is sooo expensive. Imagine tendering for a job where someone else is willing to wapp in push fit under the floors. If it ever comes to actually having to use microbore plastic tho, think I'll retrain as a sparky.
Said to missus, "coppers gone up, timbers gone up and even butter's gone up". Missus said, "You watching the shopping channel?" Nah, luv. Last Tango in Paris!" Butter is a wonderful lubricant.
Turbulence
Asbestos fingers!
Lol don't give a flying fuck about the neatness of the joint. Only care that its sound
so you’re piping up a radiator in someone’s nicely decorated living room, you gonna slap solder all over the pipe and fitting? would you do that in your own house?
Good vids but why the language, most unprofessional.
That’s how I talk
@steve Burton.... blimey you're delicate....have you ever worked on site???
Steve Burton you must be one of these evangelical nutters from the States. Wise up!