iron pipe to copper

ryan

I am doing a remodel and I need to cut off some 1" black iron piping to get it back up into the joist space. I cannot get a threader on it and cannot take the pipe out to rethread, is there a fitting that would allow me to connect copper to a raw end of black iron?

Tony Conner

You Can't Even...

...get a 00-R ratchet handle threader on it?

[Deleted User]

Nothing...

that meets code. They make them, but I can't advise you to use it. Where there's a will, there's a way.

ME

ScottMP

no fitting that we would use

I know of no compresion style fitting that I would feel comfortable with.

Use a larger wrench ( make sure to have two, one to hold back against), break the fitting and adpt to the threads, or heat the fitting and cool the pipe with a wet rag.

If you are not comfortable doinf any of the above, find a contractor who can do this for you. I've never come across a fitting we could'nt do somthing with. Thats not to say it can't be a bugger, it just may take some time.

Good Luck

Scott

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hot_rod

what's inside those pipes?

Is this for heating water? 180 temperatures? As Tony mentiones a 3/4' die and ratchet handle is only about 4" in diameter. If you can get a fist around it you should be able to get a die around it.

Ford, Muller, and others make pressure rated compression fittings used on underground copper and pex lines. They may not be rated for your operating temperatures, however.

Same for fuel piping.

hot rod

mike glass

iron to copper

In the past I have had to braze the iron to a copper pipe using 15 sil-fos and white flux. Make sure you spray plenty of "Cool Zone" or "Heat-Be-Gone" on all flammable material and keep a fire extinguisher handy as you will be heating to 1200 degrees plus!

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HBW

Dresser Coupling

How about a dresser coupling.

Ray M_2

Dresser

They will embarass you do not use.

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HBW

Sometimes

A man has to do what a man has to do.

Ray M_2

Dresser

I would not use it for heating!!

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HBW

Ray

All the old hydrotherm multi-modules used them on the mainfold headers for years and I have not had any problems with them. However, I only use them if there is no other alternative.

Ray M_2

hydrotherms

This happens to be my least favorite boiler system, anyway the hydros i installed we use vics on.

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[Deleted User]

braze it

you could alo use bronzeflow to braze a threaded copper fitting on to the black iron pipe

tim from Reed Wright

dresser

no no no