How would you reconstruct this bypass valve?
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How would you reconstruct this bypass valve?
I want to recreate this old bypass valve with ball valves (it has thread-less gate valves). Currently working on my soldering skills before I do this, but before I buy everything, I just want to make sure i have this right:
I need to solder a copper T on either side, then a piece of pipe going horizontally from each copper T to a ball valve in the middle, then another piece of copper going down vertically from each T, then a slip ball valve down from each of those, then a piece of threaded copper down from each of those. Is that right?
Next question: does a male threaded ball valve exist? If so, I could just solder that on to the piece of vertical pipe and eliminate the last step of soldering on the threaded piece of copper. But since I have no idea what I'm talking about, it may or may not be better to just do what I originally said (if a male threaded ball valve even exists :P).
Last question: should I first solder this all together and then solder each side to the two pipes? Or solder it together piece by piece?
Ok, thanks for reading...go easy on me!
I need to solder a copper T on either side, then a piece of pipe going horizontally from each copper T to a ball valve in the middle, then another piece of copper going down vertically from each T, then a slip ball valve down from each of those, then a piece of threaded copper down from each of those. Is that right?
Next question: does a male threaded ball valve exist? If so, I could just solder that on to the piece of vertical pipe and eliminate the last step of soldering on the threaded piece of copper. But since I have no idea what I'm talking about, it may or may not be better to just do what I originally said (if a male threaded ball valve even exists :P).
Last question: should I first solder this all together and then solder each side to the two pipes? Or solder it together piece by piece?
Ok, thanks for reading...go easy on me!
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Yeah, I want to buy a water softener and noticed that those valves aren't threaded. Then multiple people told me if I'm just going to solder in threaded ends I might as well just reconstruct it using ball valves instead of 27 year old gate valves.