6 SOLDERING MISTAKES ON COPPER PIPE

6 SOLDERING MISTAKES ON COPPER PIPE
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Don't make these 4 soldering mistakes that LOADS of people make when working on copper pipe!

TimeStamps:
00:00 Intro
00:18 Not making sure the copper pipe is clean
01:40 Not using flux on the copper pipe
02:50 Clean the inside of the fitting
03:38 AN EXTRA PLUMBING TIP
03:52 What too much heat does to your copper pipe solder
05:12 What too little heat does to your solder job
06:10 Useing the right amount of solder on the copper fitting
08:35 ANOTHER EXTRA PLUMBING TIP
09:10 Trying to solder when water is in the pipe
11:30 ONE FINAL PLUMBING TIP 😉

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[plumberparts]

Hope you enjoy! Live on Locals tonight!

[Maltloaflegrande]

They say a bad workman blames his tools. I used to believe this until I attempted a batch of soldering on my central heating. I did all the things in this vid by the book and it still leaked: that's THREE attempts all going wrong and boy was I tearing my hair out(I still had some in those days). Then my wife said "maybe it's your torch?" "No it can't be, I've had this for years and it's never let me down!" But after the fourth failure, I was desperate enough to pop round to B&Q and treat myself to a new torch. Instant success. The moral of this is that sometimes it actually isn't your fault. Check your gear.

[pumpkinhead]

I've just upgraded some 22 to 28, with even a couple of 35mm tees. First time soldering larger pipes, was nervous but got there in the end. Plenty bird poop, snots, 2 leaks - got there in the end! Doing it again I'd flux 1 joint at a time in stead of a few, but otherwise quite happy for a pen pushing DIYer 😊 I learn all my stuff here, thanks for helping us! Oh PS, for very dirty pipes, a bit flux before cleaning will bring it up nicely!

[Andrewor]

Make sure you check what's behind the fitting your heating. If there's something flammable or heat sensitive, you could buy a heat shield or cut one of those foil baking trays in half and it'll work just fine. You may be able to layer aluminum foil but haven't tried that.

[tonyrichards]

Well after more years than I care to mention avoiding soldering copper pipes, I popped my cherry 😂
I bought the Rothenberger soldering kit watched the video a couple of times and pleased with the results
It was only reconfiguring my central heating 22mm flow and returns with several joints all of which were dry and looked great
So thanks for taking the time to teach us, I'm empowered

[StevenAyre]

10:30 Another way to deal with water in the pipe is to take the lid off a kitchen/bathroom spray, put the tube down the pipe as far as possible and use it to spray/suck the water out.

[cameronmurie]

Good tips I enjoyed it. I am watching these as I have to do a pretty, decoration copper install for an airline. (3/4) I would like to see a demo about getting it right when you are up a ladder, hard against the ceiling and have to turn it into a T piece but you are 18 inches from the corner where you turn 90. Using brass wall Battens in brick. And after you are done the client is using a microscope to look at your joins.

[anthonyhall]

I used bread for years when soldering pipes with water in and always worked a treat, until on a job one day and the only bread on site was called Warburtons best of both! god knows what was in it, the joint soldered great but even after 2 days with the heating running the bread did not break up! had to pull the thing apart and the bread had turned to a sloid plug! just imagine what it does in your gut!

[matthewotis]

Wire wool. Love it. Ima give the old heads anurisms by calling it wire wool opposed to steel wool 😂. Thank you. Great video as well.

[AlanACL]

I occassionally do plumbing on a DIY basis and nearly every solder joint I have done has leaked. I have been restricted to using compression joints.
I really just needed someone to explain what I was doing wrong and this video is pure gold. I will definitely have another go at solder joints in the future. Thanks for posting this video.

[hornetIIkite]

My first go at soldering copper pipe I was using an electric heat-gun. It did get the solder to melt but not nearly hot enough to flow properly. Got a butane torch and got perfectly smooth soldering.

[Irish]

Mistake 7 you thought that you were friends😂 great video thank you learning so much

[CCB-King]

Love the video !!! But what about the wet rag and leaving the other end open ? I always got taught if you are soldering an elbow to flux both sides and be ready to solder both pipes going into the fitting rather then leaving none side open.

[mrshoney]

Great video, Im not an plumber but after cleaning the copper you shouldn't really touch the area as natural grease from your fingers will contaminate the copper but these new acid fluxes are pretty good these days.

Water boils at around 100C and for solder to melt it needs a few hundred degrees so if theres any water or steam you cant clear you will stuggle like hell! Ive used a vax vacuum cleaner in the past but if that fails a
Compression joint or if you trust push fit is the other option.
Thanks for your great videos.

[blitheringrando]

Thank you, this video was invaluable. I was able to replace a leaky delta 600 series valve. We cut the old valve off at the body, sweated the little pieces off the pipe and trimmed the pipe to fit the wider valve body. We did it in 1 try thankfully.

That brass takes a lot more time to heat up than that copper pipe does, we had to use a license plate heat shield when working in the wall.

[DanielCValot]

Thank you so much for your video!

I see my problem has been using MAP gas, I had the flame too high so I was trying to go fast lol

Great simple video, I do not do a lot of soldering but in RC aircraft but I do a lot of TIG welding, not the same lol

Greetings from the beach from California, USA

[hebebabe]

marking the solder at 5mm increments was a top tip, managed first time, no pigeon poo, thanks!!!

[richardstewart]

Had to learn soldering and compression joints on 15mm copper when we came home one day to find bursts in the washer & hose feeds in the garage. It was around 40 years back so no internet to fall back on. And yes, mistakes were made! Probably the very first joint I tried to do, I was stood there with the blowtorch for AGES, wondering why the darned thing wasn't working, why the joint hadn't sealed. Not knowing, I'd turned the torch on high and the solder must have drained out within the first few seconds. Got the hang of it after that but, frankly, would use plastic for 95% of the stuff I'm likely to do nowadays.

[johnwealthy]

nice video. Just hung 5 radiators and now ready for piping up. Im not experienced enough and don't want any leaks so i'm going push-fit copper....

[Doing_it_right_the_first_time]

Being a very experienced and master plumber myself, I never, ever use MAPP gas to solder. I only use it to loosen fittings that other barbarian Plumbers overtightened fittings with! It has oxygen in it to help make the heat / flame quite a bit hotter than just propane and the oxygen also gets into the solder and the copper which is not a good thing.
Edward H. – “Integrity, plumbing, septic and drain“ out of the Clinton, CT USA area.