The plastic T section where the spigot screws in is broken. Any ideas how to replace it without dismantling the whole system? The right side goes into the house and left side down into the ground to sprinkler system.
I was thinking of cutting both vertical pipes below the T section, removing equal parts and gluing back with connection sleeves and new spigot connection. Just thought I will check here in case I am missing something obvious.
Make one cut in the left pipe. Can be anywhere.
Remove no pipe. It will be reconnected with a coupling.
Cut at the blue line to leave maximum amount of usable pipe.
You'll need a coupler down there.
You can replace the tee, pipe and connector right into the vacuum break.
Make the pipe the correct length so the two sides match when gluing the couplers.
Thanks guys. I have managed to replace the tee. Hopefully with no leaks. Of course bought all the correct parts except the tee which has bigger thread than the previous one so I need to make one more trip to Home Depot to get either reducer or new spout. I did cut both vertical pipes and used two couplers.
Sorry, if this is a dumb question, but are all male NPT the same size in terms of the actual exterior/part that screws in (i.e. any male NPT, whether 1/8", 1/2", 3/4", will all screw into any typical hose bib), and it's just the interior opening that's different (meaning the wall is either thicker or thinner)?
As an example, would both of the items below screw into the same, typical hose bib?
Or is the actual OD (i.e. the thread itself) different, and they would not all fit into a typical hose bib?
[url]https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08JCGJWNX[/url] 5/8" Hose Barb x 1/2" Male NPT
[url]https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08GQQZM1J[/url] 5/8" Hose Barb x 3/4" Male NPT
I need to cut this pipe at the red circle and solder in a water filter. The pipe is pretty stout although I don't have an actual measure of the sidewall, it doesn't flex at all. My father in law who is pretty handy told me that the fittings on their currently were done with an ox-acetylene torch and a high silver solder. I just have a propane torch is that good enough to solder on some fittings. We don't get earthquakes, nobody is going to bump into it, I don't care if its not as strong as the other joints as long as it doesn't leak.
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05-10-22, 12:45 PM
