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While the closet was empty I thought I'd solder the new pipe screw connection on. I grabbed my new fancy schmancy pipe cutter.



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They're easy to use. You just open them and put them on the pipe, then make one circle around the pipe, tighten, and repeat.



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Pretty soon it pops off



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I wish I had that to take the tank out lol. MUCH faster!

Next came the pipe cleaner.



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Clean it till it's all shiny and copper-y



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After it's all clean and spit shined I grabbed the new copper fitting seen here.



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Pull the plug out of the end. That won't be good for water flow!



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I placed a call to the master cleaner, the Powder Puff Mechanic, who by now had ALL the neighborhood kids playing in her new "outhouse". (I'd like to show you a pic of this but I don't have permission from the neighborhood parents. Trust me it was funny as all get-out!)



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Then I jammed it on the pipe I just cleaned to test fit. Looks purty good!



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Then I got my flux brushed on and fired up my torch.



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I forgot to pull out a length of solder, burned the hair off my arm, and had to turn the torch off. Pretend I didn't say that and stop laughing at me.

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Solder pulled out:



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Torch and solder. I had to heat it for 2 minutes (I counted) before it would melt the solder around the joint. And I had to do it twice. the first time it didn't stick. The second time was golden, so maybe 2 minutes wasn't long enough.



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Once it's stuck DONT YANK ON IT. For one, it's HOT. It'll burn your face off. For two it's still gooey and not entirely stuck. Let it cool a bit. I used this time to ready my new tank. First I pulled the little stoppers out of the intake and outflow pipes. These little rubbers are easy to drop into the pipe so unless you use your pinky, you should use a booger picker. You know, one of those screwdrivers with a toothpick on one end.



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Now I grabbed my special plastic lined pipe nipples (snicker!) here. They have a little rubber valve in them that can go either way. I put mine sticking up.



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Schmear some lox on them. Or if you don't have lox you can put pipe dope on there.



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Then I screwed them in hand tight to make sure I didn't cross thread them.



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Finish with a pipe wrench until they're gutentite! (Good-n-tight!)



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Time for the old heave ho! I had The Redhead come out of her babysitting and help me lift it into place.



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I put the flue stand and flue on first. I had to remove it to do the pipes though so eh.



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I got all the pipes tightened well. They have a rubber washer in them so you don't need to dope them up.



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Then I had The Redhead go inside and turn on the hot water faucet to let the air out while I slowly turned on the water inlet valve and let the tank fill up. I stayed right with it too just in case my expert soldering job blew up under pressure. Thankfully it held just fine!



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