I need to shorten the supply lines on a bathroom faucet to accommodate a pedestal sink. The easiest way to do this, I think, is to remove two existing galvanized steel pipes and replace them with pre-cut galvanized steel pipes from the hardware store. Is this possible without cutting them?
2007-01-09 09:20:11 · 8 answers · asked by Jeff 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
With great difficulty if they've rusted in. It may be very much quicker, easier and better to replace the fitting if you can't get the galvanized pipe out easily.
2007-01-09 09:36:30 · answer #1 · answered by Feinschmecker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Supply lines are the flexible metal mesh-like lines that have plastic or metal screw ends. What your'e talking about are the actual water pipes that come in from the meter, then are routed to various areas in the house. Most of the time these are copper, galvanized pipe is no longer used in most areas. You can buy shorter supply lines at the hardware store. Cutting existing galvanized pipe isn't easy. You would need to thread the cuts, and without a threader, you can't. Do you understand? Without threads, there's no place to screw the pre-cuts to if you replace them. Can you see any unions? A place that you can wrench them off? In the wall? It will have to be close enough, so you don't have to tear into the wall itself. My husband is a plumber, you can contact me for details through my profile. I checked the other answers, I do not suggest using PVC pipe. There is too much movement in plastic, and it will eventually fail at the glued sites, and leak. Besides, there's no way to attach an angle stop to PVC, it won't hold, angle stops are secured by compression.
2007-01-09 10:11:14 · answer #2 · answered by msmaryanne3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OH boy! I have seen this kind of jury rig job before! You will likely have to cut open the wall around the pipe to get to the leak. If it is galvanized pipe in the wall, you need to measure the outside diameter of the connection, (probably a tee) and go to your home center and get a Fernco connector. This is a black rubber connector with hose clamps on each end. You need one that will fit over the end of the fitting in the wall, and then you can tighten it with a screwdriver. Now you can go to PVC pipe and do whatever fittings needed to make it fit the sink drain.
2016-05-22 23:52:54 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually galv pipe is threaded. You will need to find the point at which the nearest threaded joint is - this may mean opening up the wall a bit more than you had planned. Put a pipe wrench on it and you may need an extension of pipe over the pipe wrench to break it free. Then you can fit the correct lengths of pipe.
2007-01-09 10:23:06 · answer #4 · answered by Nginr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tun off the water at the main and get gid of the galvanized. Put in new angle stops while you are at it and install flexible supply lines. For the drain part put in a new p-trap. Might as well do it right.
2007-01-09 09:59:41 · answer #5 · answered by brian d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are going to try to take out the old pipe you need to try and take it out with a pipe wrench first. If it is not wanting to come out you will need to get what is called a nipple extractor. The little piece of pipe coming out of the wall is called a nipple. You should be able to replace the longer nipple with a shorter nipple. Be sure to turn off water before messing with any of this.. Good luck.
2007-01-09 10:18:56 · answer #6 · answered by johnnyandelly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can cut off galvanized pipe and go with a rubber no hub with the metal straps and re-connect with PVC its much easier to deal with also you may want to go with a flexible supply lines.
2007-01-09 09:29:16 · answer #7 · answered by getatjayr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
UN SCREW THEM & THEN INSTALL THE SHORTER NIPPLES!
2007-01-09 10:32:42 · answer #8 · answered by Bonno 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋