This Old House plumbing and heating contractor Richard Trethewey shares tips for cutting virtually any plumbing pipe. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Cut Plumbing Pipes and Tubing:
– copper tubing
– steel pipe
– PVC plastic pipe
– PEX tubing
– cast-iron pipe
Tools for How to Cut Plumbing Pipes and Tubing:
– tubing cutter, used to cut plastic pipe
– steel-pipe tubing cutter, for cutting steel pipe
– PVC pipe handsaw, used to cut plastic pipe
– ratcheting PVC cutter, used to cut plastic pipe
– ratcheting PEX cutter, used to cut PEX tubing
– ratcheting cast-iron pipe cutter, used to cut cast-iron pipe
– drill with PVC drill-blade, for cutting plastic pipe below floors
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Where I live copper is usually only used in commercial plumbing. Pex and cpvc are most common.
Only came to read comments by experts claiming to know far more about pipe cutters than Richard.
Came here for unnecessary complaints about plumber's putty.
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Europe: we have some nice cutters, US: pshhhh..
I seriously hate that he says it’s called an “imp” it’s not it’s basically a mini pipe cutter an imp is just what u call it Boston George