raferguson
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I have not done much if any plumbing on my 2005 Sunnybrook, which I am of course happy about. Now I am trying to replace a drain valve. In the course of removing the old drain valve, I realized that the collars clamping the ends of the pipes were copper sleeves, with nothing to grab onto. I ended up using die grinders to remove them, but that generated a lot of heat, and probably damaged the plastic pipe, although I tried spraying them with water occasionally to cool them down. I do not know how the sleeves were put on originally, perhaps slipped onto the pipe before the connector was inserted.
Is there a reasonable way to remove those copper sleeves? Should I just cut the pipe and then splice in a new piece of pipe? What is the best way to cut this plastic pipe? I cut one with a hacksaw, but it left a lot of debris. Being almost 20 years old, I assume that the plastic is less flexible than it used to be. For the repair, I have the metal clamp on sleeves, which can be easily cut off if needed.
I do not have much experience with plastic pipe, as the houses I have lived in have had copper pipe, and I have not had to work on my RV plumbing before.
Is there a reasonable way to remove those copper sleeves? Should I just cut the pipe and then splice in a new piece of pipe? What is the best way to cut this plastic pipe? I cut one with a hacksaw, but it left a lot of debris. Being almost 20 years old, I assume that the plastic is less flexible than it used to be. For the repair, I have the metal clamp on sleeves, which can be easily cut off if needed.
I do not have much experience with plastic pipe, as the houses I have lived in have had copper pipe, and I have not had to work on my RV plumbing before.