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Roger Shoaf Roger Shoaf is offline
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Default Sweating Cu pipe


"Phisherman" wrote in message
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That's called a "repair coupling/pipe".



Right. They do not have an inner stop so you can slip the entire
coupling over the pipe. There are "repair couplings" for PVC also,
and sometimes that is the only practical "bandaid" solution. Use a
Sharpie to mark the pipe such that the coupling is evenly spaced on
the joint.


For these I look for the standard connectors that have three little dimples
on the inside. The little dimples are easy to remove with a small file, and
they are about 1/4 the price of the "repair couplings".

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Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.