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Default I broke a gate valve.

Mike Halmarack wrote:
On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 05:01:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
On Wednesday, 11 September 2019 09:12:41 UTC+1, Mike Halmarack wrote:
Re not being able to move the pipes any, you can get a repair whatsit

that slides along the pipe giving you an end that can move a fair way back
or forth. If you just need a slight bit of movement you can also get a
coupling with no inner whatsit (rim?) so it can slide around on pipes.



NT

I'll look out for those kind of features, they seem just right for
this job.


The couplings with "no inner whatsit" are generally called 'slip'
couplings.

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