aspasia wrote in message
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On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:42:34 -0500, Eugene wrote:

Didn't take more than a couple hours to
desolder the old pipes, install valves and unions and put the new heater
in
place.


How does one "desolder" things?

With a torch, of course. What term would you have used to describe breaking
a solder joint? Unsweat?