PVC PLUMBING RESCUE TIP | Remove Broken Pipes
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- Here’s an amazing trick to easily remove broken PVC pipe nipples (threaded), or glued pipe segments, allowing you to re-use the fittings.
All you need is a propane torch or electric heat gun, and a piece of round scrap metal.
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I had to let the hot metal sit longer and use a long but small head flat point screwdriver at angle to lever out the broken piece. I was ecstatic this worked. It saved me time and money. Thanks for passing it on.
Awesome, good job! 🙌
You saved my sanity and my evening. Thank you
This tip safe my day… I was trying to remove a piece of pvc from a culligan water filter and try many gadgets before I found this life saving trick. Thanks
You bet! I’m so glad to hear it helped.
Thank you. I have same problem. I considered heat but didn't know how to isolate the inner pipe. A very helpful tip.
Very helpful. My pipe extruder tool was not working on the broken nipple, so I used your heating method and was able to get the stub out. Thanks again!
Nice! Glad it worked for you.
Thank you so much! Saved me so much time and effort replacing all the pipes below the issue!
Awesome, glad it helped! 🙌😀
Thanks for the tip! I knew heat would help, but didn’t think to use rebar to transfer the heat….only had a few inches to work with from the wall. Worked like a charm!
Great to hear, I’m glad it helped! I’ve used this more times since and it sure does the trick!
Thank you so much for making this video. Saved my day and a lot of extra work. Use this method and the removal tool and worked like a charm. It took a few tries to get it flexible enough to remove, just needed to heat for longer and leave in longer. Mine was in a below grade irrigation access, so was not looking forward to digging out and completely redoing it. All the extra work is now avoided.
I’m so glad it helped you! That’s what it’s all about. Thanks for commenting!
i have a hopelessly stuck moen cartridge nut i'll try this on. i'm hopeful! great idea in any case.
thanks for this, ended up grabbing the tool for $5 from lowes and it worked perfectly
The most impressive part of this clip is at 3.50 !
The heating method didn’t work as easily as it did for you because my pipe was much larger, but it got heated enough that I was able to chip away at one part enough so it broke & then I was able to peel away the rest of the stuck pvc pipe because the heat loosened the stuck part. So thank you for this great tip!!
Worked exactly as he said. Great help.
Good to hear!
Hey thanks a ton for posting this solution! This saved my Saturday! Much appreciated!!
So good to hear! Glad it helped 👍😄
Thanks for sharing knowledge. It reminded me that I have a set of scew/bolt extraction bits. The very large one worked perfectly. Hopefully ill remember this method for glued ones in the future.
It worked like a charm. Thanks
Bro this just saved my ass. Thanks for the tip
@@angelgutierrez8215 that’s great to hear! 😀 glad it helped.
Very helpful, just saved me some headache
Awesome, glad it was helpful!
Awesome video. Currently working on broken pvc nipple that broke off on the bottom of a hot water heater on drain valve.
@@Kevinh1998 thanks! Hope it comes out nicely for you. 👍
Great tips. Good job, great explanation. Thank you!
You’re welcome!
pretty cool. well, technically not once you do it right, but you know... thanks for the tip
Lol true 😆
You’re welcome!
Thanks a lot. It worked as a charm. Greetings from Managua Nicaragua
Good job Tom, thanks for sharing that with us. 😀
Brilliant! Worked perfectly.
Awesome, good to hear!
This is a very helpful video. Thank you for sharing
Great, thanks for letting me know!
I just used this trick again the other day in the bottom of a super heavy ice machine. I could only access it from under the machine, only about 3-4” of clearance from the ground. I cut off a short length of steel round rod, and held it with pliers while I heated it and then held it in position within the broken PVC nipple threads that were stuck.
There was no room to even attempt to use a T-handle type removal tool.
Worked like a charm, and in a matter of minutes I had the broken nipple out and was ready to install new drain parts! 👍
those "barbed" extractors also slip very badly. I think next time I try to use mine I will heat it a bit and let it met into the broken part. Recently I have used the cutter on a small set of garden shears with decent success. Without heat, It cuts into the plastic just deep enough to get a grip.
@@cslloyd1 nice, good idea 👍
Thank you.
You’re welcome!🙌
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That's Awesome! I will have to show Art!
Great tip!
I have the same problem. How high did you heat your iron pipe? I don't have any iron pipe but I plan to use a piece of copper pipe. Thanks.
I didn’t check the temperature, but I heated it until it was just barely starting to turn red. I would guess that using a piece of copper you might need to hold it inside the plastic longer, and maybe reheat the copper a couple times. A thin copper pipe won’t hold the heat as long as the iron rod did. Good luck!
How can i do for a 2 inch pipe...?
I’ve seen people put some fresh extra PVC cement inside the pipe section being removed, and light it on fire. 🔥When the pipe was soft enough from the heat, use pliers to remove the soft pipe section.
Seems a bit risky but it worked for them.
If you wanted to try the more conservative method I showed in the video, I would use a piece of larger steel pipe that is just smaller than the ID of the piece you’re removing, and heat it red hot. Might need to repeat a few times to get the plastic pipe piece soft enough. Hope you get it done smoothly!
Lots of words about WHY this broke off. Please get to the POINT…removing the broken piece.
Ok but a little too much gabbing. Just do the job w/o so much ad lib.