Water in pipe when soldering solutions

[ct9plumber]

Hello Lads/Lasses

New to the forum so are with me

What effective methods do you lot use to stop water dribbling out of the pipe when trying to solder a new fitting as a repair

cheers

ct9plumber

 

[PlumbBobBob]

i've found a bit of bread to be effective(no joke) if it is just a trickle, if there is more then i get my wed and dry vac out and give it a good suck then quickly solder the fitting on. oh and welcome to the forums.

 

[wetshoes]

I've heard the same thing with bread. Apparently you can get some sort of fish bait thing (not a fisherman) and whack it in the pipe. Plus stores quite well in tool box and means you get 100% of your lunch.

 

[newcastle phill]

Try and keep an open end too for the stream to vent

 

[woodytheplumber]

if its a vertical pipe so long as the flow is stoped a fabreeze or similar spray head clears enough water to be able to solder

 

[rpm]

if its a vertical pipe so long as the flow is stoped a fabreeze or similar spray head clears enough water to be able to solder

Sorry don`t follow you, how`s the spray head used?

 

[Leo21]

Try and push the pipe in a direction to drain as much water as possible. The tilt or push the opposite way to solder. Sometimes I push my gauge tube down and blow it out, and always have an open end.

 

[stevetheplumber]

plus one for the u gauge tube or on vertical 22 a bit of 15 can be used to pull water out by putting in finger on the end and lifting out

 

[woodytheplumber]

place the tube that is below the squirty head when you unhook it from the bottle in to the pipework then spray away

 

[AWheating]

compression fitting.