On Apr 20, 9:57*pm, Tony wrote:
jake wrote:
Will a Home Depot propane Bernzomatic produce enough heat to remove a
3/4 sleeve copper fitting (my main shutoff valve) ?

Have verified the lines are copper and purchased a pressure collar type
fitting for replacement shutoff valve

Picture of line and new replacement part at
http://i41.tinypic.com/33jjo8i.jpg

Need to produce enough heat to be able to remove the old collars off the
main pipe

Besides all the other good advice, a new, run of the mill Bernzomatic
torch only puts out about half the heat of the older ones. *So if you do
this, I wouldn't count on the cheapest Bernzo to do the job. *The better
ones do get a bit expensive. *And as far as the bread to stop the pipe
dripping, they now sell stuff made for that purpose. *I think it's
something close to the corn starch packing peanuts.

One of the best torches I have found short of using oxygen is one
designed for making glass beads. I bought mine at the Hobby Lobby. it
really cooks on MAPP.

Jimmie