How to Cut Plumbing Pipes and Tubing | This Old House

This Old House plumbing and heating contractor Richard Trethewey shares tips for cutting virtually any plumbing pipe. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)

Shopping List for How to Cut Plumbing Pipes and Tubing:
- copper tubing
- steel pipe
- PVC plastic pipe
- PEX tubing
- cast-iron pipe

Tools for How to Cut Plumbing Pipes and Tubing:
- tubing cutter, used to cut plastic pipe
- steel-pipe tubing cutter, for cutting steel pipe
- PVC pipe handsaw, used to cut plastic pipe
- ratcheting PVC cutter, used to cut plastic pipe
- ratcheting PEX cutter, used to cut PEX tubing
- ratcheting cast-iron pipe cutter, used to cut cast-iron pipe
- drill with PVC drill-blade, for cutting plastic pipe below floors

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[ElaBueLoRocKnRoll]

I liked the ridget with the ratchet. I wonder if that cuts conduit?

[oldtwinsna]

Only came to read comments by experts claiming to know far more about pipe cutters than Richard.