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I see. I was looking at Harbor Freight for cheap tools, I didn't know Walmart carries them too. Thanks!

The pipe is buried underground. I cannot take it to my grill.

Thanks for your suggestion! The tongue and groove plier I used looks like knipex. It slipped though. Maybe it’s because the jaw of my plier is not round enough like Hamberg suggested.

Thank you for the suggestion! I don't have a heat gun either. But I can give my hair dryer a try before heading out to buy any tool. It sounds like the hair dryer could be more powerful than the boiling water.

Yes, it looks like it’s poly pipe. I need to go buy a torch gun then. Thank you for the reply!

Hi there, I need to cap off this 1" irrigation pipe. It's hard to tell what material this black pipe is made of, it is something between rubber and pvc. Soaking it in boiling water for a few minutes didn't make it more pliable. I couldn't insert either the brass fitting or the blue fitting...

Thank you very much for the suggestion! It’s funny, I do have a 9” long nose vice grip lying around in my toolbox, however, I have never figured out how to use it. Now after seeing your suggestion, I searched for and finally learned its proper usage.

I probably found the answer to my own question - pipe wrench!

I'd like to unscrew the two fittings apart: the left one is a 1" barb x 3/4" male MPT - the surface got marred by my tongue & groove plier. the right one is a 3/4" female FPT x 3/4" female FPT - this one has 2 ridges. Are there some special tools to hold on to these fittings?

The valve is discontinued. I couldn’t find it anywhere. Yes, I’ll have to replace all the o-rings. I hope there’s a magic paste that would dissolve the corrosion :-) and save me some elbow grease.

Hi there, the following attached pictures: 1) the valve I removed from my 20-year-old radiant heat manifold 2) the same valve after soaking in the cooking white vinegar for 20 minutes & scrubbing with metal wool, I was able to remove the corrosion on the threads but not on the bottom part 3) the...

My house was built in year 2000. These FlowTite valves were installed by the builder. Could it be that the plumber used some kind of oil to lubricate the threads?

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This happens to all my FlowTite tubes, I have 19 of them in total. All felt oily on the outside, even the toilet water supply lines. I first noticed the green stuff on one of my kids’ bathroom toilet, see picture. Then I went to check all the other lines and found out they are all oily and some...

Here are the pictures of the greenish oil on the FlowTite tubes I cut out.

here is the video on how to use the Home Depot's compression sleeve puller:

Hi pakle, sawing off the compression ring doesn't sound right to me. If the pipe is not deformed, he should be able to remove the ring by using tools like "compression sleeve puller" sold at Home Depot (Armour Line Adjustable Faucet Handle and Compression Sleeve Puller-RP77233 - The Home Depot)...

I found laying those blue shop paper towels under water fixtures is very helpful in spotting water leaks.

Thanks for sharing your story, pakle! I felt the same stress and frustration with these stop valves! I have 19 such valves, all Accor FlowTite type installed by the builder 20 years ago. They actually performed okay these years except felt oily & sticky on the outside of the tube. But once they...

Thanks, Jeff! Delta is sending me the new cartridges.