solid fitting. Unfortunately, one bad joint often means others or much of the system needs replacing too. Add a new galvanized steel pipe length (nipple) at each end and solder in your copper.

Unlike active cooling, a heat pipe doesn’t require any external power or pumps, either. [James Biggar] builds his own heat pipes using copper tubing. You can see a video of one being made, ...

When joining copper tubing together or to a system component in lieu of a brazed connection, the use of a mechanical connection is not new to our industry. Flare connections have been used for years, ...

Work coils range in complexity from a coil that is precision machined from solid copper and brazed, to a simple solenoid- or helical-wound coil (made up of a number of turns of copper tube wound ...

I cut my teeth as a young plumber using copper. PEX hadn’t been invented at the time. Plastic PEX tubing first was introduced into the U.S. market as a radiant floor heating product in the 1980s.

The design is straightforward, featuring 100ft of quarter-inch copper tubing wrapped directly around a steel barrel. Room-temperature water is fed into the tubing via a garden hose, and comes out ...

The wall thickness of tubing can also vary, and its inside diameter will vary based on its wall thickness. For example, the outside diameter of a ½-inch type L copper tubing is ½-inch, with a nominal ...

If you're faced with repiping your home because of a water leak, you'll be presented with two piping options: copper or PEX. Here's a breakdown of the pros and cons for each type. The video above ...