Is sweating copper with electric soldering gun feasible?

Peder · 2004-09-16T14:09:55+00:00

Greetings. I know a torch would be best for this job, but the problem joint is a sillcock very badly positioned for a torch. Is is very close to the floor joist and the floor above (about 1" max for both) and recessed far from the inside wall which is a full 2x4 stud wall inside a concrete foundation. I would almost have to hold the torch by the very bottom of the bottle to reach it. I worry even about turning this over to a pro, but winter's coming and now the sillcock is just capped off at the spigot. What are my options here? Thanks for reading.

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Peder 22 years ago

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Thanks very much for your advice, Mark. Sounds like a wash between me, the amateur, spending half a Saturday playing around, or paying a pro for an hour's work. Probably the latter in this case. Thanks again.

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