my dee dee dee! stupidity..
finally i was able to change the turn valve in my bathroom. after miserably failed my first attempt to change it using solder to connect the valve and the pipe (due in part of my first-timer-overconfidence-without-research self a.k.a STUPIDITY), i unbelievably have done it. with a lot of prayers and research this time my lesson to learn is 'use compression valve!'
for those of you d.i.y guys, let me tell you something. if you haven't done any soldering, research a lot and practice at least once. it will save you a lot of headache and anxiety.
see, in my case, i have to do it in the middle of the night (2 am) so that i can shut off the main water pipe in my condo building. it was awful, i had the pressure to finish the job before everyone else woke up and started wondering what happen to the water supply? after probably half an hour soldering, turned out my soldered connection had uncovered hole, coz water were spurting all over from the connection. i had done a poor soldering job. had to cut open the pipe again and panic over what to cover the pipe from the outcoming water. never underestimate the strength of water pressure. un-be-live-able! nothing worked, until i had to stuff wine cork all the way inside the pipe and pressure wrapped it with a lot of rubber gloves. it stopped the water finally.
but my second time was a lot faster, less than 1 hour i was able to finish the job without further damage. once again thanks for compression valve. easy, fast, and clean. but, not without the jittery feeling what if i fail again and have to endure the same painful experience of stuffing water pipe with cork and water still keeps on coming flooding the floor and carpet? with that in mind the whole time i was putting the valve i could only just pray in my heart when the moment of truth arrived. drumrolls please....
....no water appeared to be coming from the connection. whoa! what a relief, my shaking knee could relax a bit now. praise the lord!
i can enjoy the rest of the night or morning just writing for my blog.
How to solder
for those of you d.i.y guys, let me tell you something. if you haven't done any soldering, research a lot and practice at least once. it will save you a lot of headache and anxiety.
see, in my case, i have to do it in the middle of the night (2 am) so that i can shut off the main water pipe in my condo building. it was awful, i had the pressure to finish the job before everyone else woke up and started wondering what happen to the water supply? after probably half an hour soldering, turned out my soldered connection had uncovered hole, coz water were spurting all over from the connection. i had done a poor soldering job. had to cut open the pipe again and panic over what to cover the pipe from the outcoming water. never underestimate the strength of water pressure. un-be-live-able! nothing worked, until i had to stuff wine cork all the way inside the pipe and pressure wrapped it with a lot of rubber gloves. it stopped the water finally.
but my second time was a lot faster, less than 1 hour i was able to finish the job without further damage. once again thanks for compression valve. easy, fast, and clean. but, not without the jittery feeling what if i fail again and have to endure the same painful experience of stuffing water pipe with cork and water still keeps on coming flooding the floor and carpet? with that in mind the whole time i was putting the valve i could only just pray in my heart when the moment of truth arrived. drumrolls please....
....no water appeared to be coming from the connection. whoa! what a relief, my shaking knee could relax a bit now. praise the lord!
i can enjoy the rest of the night or morning just writing for my blog.
How to solder
posted by BETO at 4:10 AM
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Oh wow,..
Congratulations!!!
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