dont need union though.
replace with copper.
use a slip coupling if you can't get pipe ends together;
which is likely if there is only 3 feet of pipe exposed.
your well tank that is on the other side possibly can be moved
enough to allow a coupling.


it just dawned on me though that there should NOT be a valve there.
the valve needs to be on the other side of the well tank/pressure switch.





"Ned Flanders" wrote in message
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doug gave correct answer.
Dont listen to the others.



"Dan Hall" wrote in message
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"Leroy Mowry" wrote in message
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I am trying to replace a stuck gate valve that does not close,
probably due to hard water. From the gate valve are pipes
that runs three feet in both direction from the well pumping
tank and into the concrete floor. Someone had connected the
gate valve onto the pipe before setting the concrete. In order
to remove the valve I would have to twist a pipe. Their seems
to be no way to twist the pipes. What's a practical way to
remove the gate valve and install a ball valve in in cases
like this?

Thanks


What kind of pipe?