On Nov 2, 12:34*am, Steve Barker wrote:
On 11/1/2011 2:32 PM, Steve B wrote:





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On Oct 31, 12:26 pm, *wrote:
What is the best way - without soldering - to connect a 3/4" rigid copper
pipe to 3/4" PVC 40?

If there is no good way, what do I need to buy to make a solder joint?

Thank you

Walter--www.rationality.net

as others have said, sharkbite ought to make a fitting that will turn
a plain copper pipe into a male 3/4" NPT then use a PVC FPT to glue
socket fitting, continue from there.

Personally I'd be tempted to just solder the one fitting onto the
copper rather than spending the $$$ for sharkbite, but then again I
have all the tools and supplies. *If you need to buy all that stuff
and this is a one-off job the sharkbite starts to look like the most
economical solution.

nate

If you don't have the soldering rig, a $7 Sharkbite is less than a burner, a
tank of fuel, solder, flux, and all the other stuff. *A lot less.

Steve

sharkbites don't fit pvc. *they fit CPVC.

I was thinking the Sharkbite would be for the copper, to avoid the
soldering.

I didn't think about Steve B's point but it makes sense. I will have
to file that one away, although I know that I've seen FPT PVC fittings
before.