Inserting a tee here?

[Aaron Fude]

Hi,

What issues will I face trying to put a tee here and what should I do to overcome them?

Many thanks in advance!

Aaron

[Eric in North TX]

Depends on what is in the pipes, and how much pressure it is under. A Tee could be as easy as taking a sawzall and cutting out an inch or so & putting in a compression Tee, or as complicated as cutting out enough (exactly) for a union, nipple and Tee and threading the cut off ends.

[DerbyDad03]

Define "here".

I see three pipes and no indication of where you want to put the tee.

[Stormin Mormon]

I had much the same thought.

That said, the red painted device is called a union. A union is used when it's not practical to unthread everything back to the appliance, to thread things back together. Unions consist of two pieces, plus a threaded nut that tightens and loosens. To replace a union with a tee is going to be essentially impossible.

[Bubba]

Since you are asking and havent a clue, I would assume you will face a mountain of issues. The way you can overcome them is to get your crowbar out, pry open your wallet with it and pay a professional to do the job which you dont know how to do. Bubba

[dpb]

Didn't bother to look at the pictures, but if there's one union already, inserting a piece containing a tee and another union shouldn't be too much of a trick unless there's no length available.

[alta47]

Is this related to your earlier "Moving a gas dryer 20 feet" posts?

[Big_Jake]

No problem. Take apart the union, take off one pipe, cut 5-6" off it, rethread it with your ratchet threader, and use short nipples to get the union back in place. Shouldn't take more than 20 minutes or so.

JK

[Aaron Fude]

Thanks!

It was my first time threading and doing it in-place was a pain, and took a hell of a lot longer than 20 minutes, but the results are good.

Bubba, perhaps you don't live in Philly, but local plumbers were asking $350-$500 for the job.

[Bubba]

Nope, dont live in Philly and cant say Ive ever wanted to. Did you ever think that there might be a reason you were getting estimates from $350 - $500? Driving a fully stocked, insured company truck to you home and doing the job, warrantying it and protecting themselves with liability insurance doesnt exactly come cheap these days. Bubba

[Stormin Mormon]

Simply replacing a union with a tee is impossible.

Just have to crank out a length of pipe, and replace it with two shorter lengths, a union, and a tee.

[Stormin Mormon]

Well, then, crank out the length of pipe. Take it outdoors, and chain it to your pipe table.

[dpb]

DOH!

_ASSUMING_ there's room in the run for something to be added, that there's a union there already would make it pretty simple to cut in the tee. That's what I said.

Again, jeesh!!!!

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[Big_Jake]

Wow! Never would have tried to do it in place. Love my Rigid Tri- Stand for that sort of thing. Glad to hear it worked on for you anyway.

JK