i need to remove caps from new copper water supply for kitchen sink so i can install shutoff valves how do i do that?

Jul 13, 2012 10 Replies

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All you have to do is, shut off the main supply from inside the house. With a plumber s torch heat the copper caps and when the solder starts dripping pull them out with a channel locks. After, make sure the outside, the edge and the inside are 100% clean. Sand them with a wife brush or sand paper. When everything is 100% clean ( it is very important that you have clean surfaces for solder to fuse at the first shot), stuff about half inch of the  copper pipes with bread, paste the outside of the copper pipes with flux, put the shut off's in place, warm the copper wire properly and feed the solder. The bread helps to dry any water that might be trapped there. When done make sure you let the water run for a while cause you would be washing your face with bread paste.

First of all  you have to Shutting Off the Water Supply and then Disconnect the Water Feed Lines and then use basin wrench that have two nuts, placed both nuts nuts on caps and then scrape off. This is the easiest way to remove caps.

 Architectural structures built with copper corrode to give green verdigris (or patina). Decorative art prominently features copper, both by itself and as part of pigments.

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