In article , Harry Conover
says...

Actually the only time that I now use compression fitting on 1/2" or
3/4" copper is where I need to install a cut-off valve up close to a
finished wall, where due to the proximiity of a finished or
combustable surface, the use of a torched sweated fitting is
impossible or impractical.

Heh. Then you're not a real plumber. A *real* plumber takes a
claw hammer, bashes out the drywall or peels away the moulding,
runs the joint, and then says 'you better get a carpenter in
here to fix that up. I don't do carpentry - I'm a plumber.'

Either that or they just torch the joint anyhow, and keep
a bucket of water handing if the smoldering wood happens
to burst into flames. Does that look ugly when he's done?
Sure, but 'ya can't see it from his house....'

Jim

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