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ericsandstone (TX)
Think attics / crawlspaces: what do you do to remove stubborn fittings? Leverage becomes a problem if you are on your side. A problem when the space is tight and / or stuff in the way. You may wind up doing the cobra stretch on your belly putting awesome pressure on your back and neck as you are trying to remove the fitting.
Do you:
Spray penetration spray onto fittings and wait awhile?
Heat the fitting up only?
Use a brick to bash the loosening wrench?
Toss a grenade in the general direction of the fitting?
Cool portable tools...not too long?
Some sort of leverage rig?
I was on inside edition today. Didn't volunteer for it. Was put on two calls in a row involving removal of multiple galgrating fittings. Both spaces were crawlspaces and very irritating. Could not fully finish either job as I could not remove all the gone fittings. It was upsetting to be covered with mud, unsuccessful, and on TV
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steve (CA)
I'm in the heat and big wrench camp.
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bernabeu (SC)
sawz-all
notch and split with chisel
done
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"Measure Twice & Cut Once" - Retired U.A. Local 1 & 638
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bsipps (PA)
Sometimes tightening helps you loosen, also some plumbing supply houses rent the mega press heads, I am fond of the mega press
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hj (AZ)
If you do not have a big enough wrench to loosen it, you do not have what you need to "tighten" it either.
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bsipps (PA)
Well he did say tight space "something in the way" maybe too close to a joist or ground, hj I'm saying sometimes a little turn clockwise can make it easier to go counter clockwise, and mega press is still great
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mr leak (CA)
why not just abandoned the galvanize and run Pex
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ericsandstone (TX)
Went to grab new tools. 18" and 24" pipe wrenches. That should help. Was working with maybe a 10" and a 16". The 10" was getting stuck (not adjusting well). I think that it is in need of a new spring. The wrenches were getting very muddy as well which, wasn't helping any.
The idea of cutting the galvanized out snd running expansion pex sounds great!
I was working with someone else's wrenches. I'm not a big fan of working with tools too short and in need of repair. That serves only to lengthen time wasted on the job and, the aggravation
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