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Home » Tool Tip of the Month: Expanding Your Options

Tool Tip of the Month: Expanding Your Options

July 14, 2021
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Email your Tool Tip, business name and mailing address to Steve Smith, editor of PHC News at steve@phcppros.com for the chance to win a Kinetic Water Ram from General Pipe Cleaners.

 

Expanding Your Options 

I would like to share a tip that I think most guys will appreciate, considering I bet many have run into this challenge from time to time.  

Ever been on a service call or even a remodel where the copper water line is not normal pipe size? It might be 7/8-inch O.D. and nothing on the truck will fit? Usually, it’s buried in the concrete or under an old mobile home that doesn’t look too appealing and running a new line will just take too long. 

 Take your PEX expansion tool and ½-inch copper coupling. Slide the coupling so it’s tight on the expander head and slowly expand the tool. Go about 50 percent with the tool and rotate a few times. 

This will slowly expand the copper fitting so you are able to make the connection and be on your way. Hope this helps! 

Justin DeStarkey 

Safe Flow LLC  

Green Bay, Wisconsin 

 

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General Pipe Cleaners and PHC News have teamed up on a monthly Tool Tip contest. PHC News will pick one prizewinner in each issue. And each winner will receive a Kinetic Water Ram, including 4-inch rubber cone, five rubber plugs and a carrying case all with a retail value of $325.

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Email your Tool Tip, business name and mailing address to Steve Smith, editor of PHC News at steve@phcppros.com for the chance to win a Kinetic Water Ram from General Pipe Cleaners. For more information on other products from General Pipe Cleaners, contact the Drain Brains at General at (800) 245-6200, or visit www.drainbrain.com.

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