whoaru99
Epic Member
I'd try the tap option because to me that looks mostly like corroded old pipe thread, not crusty putty/dope.
If it comes to replace I'm thinking Sawzall. My experience, albeit somewhat limited, is once you start trying to bust loose very old threads (if they are threads rather than leaded joints) is that either it doesn't come apart or other parts of the plumbing start breaking in corroded, thin areas.
I ran into that doing my own sink job. Ended up breaking a pipe on a branch. Finally gave in to trying to do that, got out the Sawzall, made a couple cuts, replaced back with a couple couplings (the kind with the metal shell as shown above). Took a fraction of the time I had already invested fighting with the old stuff.
Yeah, they're cheap tools but the whole set is probably less cost than one 1.5" pipe tap of big name. And, lets face it, if plumbing is not your business, how often you gonna use a 1.5" NPT tap; a couple times in your life, maybe?
https://m.harborfreight.com/6-piece-pipe-taps-42432.html?utm_referrer=direct/not provided
If it comes to replace I'm thinking Sawzall. My experience, albeit somewhat limited, is once you start trying to bust loose very old threads (if they are threads rather than leaded joints) is that either it doesn't come apart or other parts of the plumbing start breaking in corroded, thin areas.
I ran into that doing my own sink job. Ended up breaking a pipe on a branch. Finally gave in to trying to do that, got out the Sawzall, made a couple cuts, replaced back with a couple couplings (the kind with the metal shell as shown above). Took a fraction of the time I had already invested fighting with the old stuff.
Yeah, they're cheap tools but the whole set is probably less cost than one 1.5" pipe tap of big name. And, lets face it, if plumbing is not your business, how often you gonna use a 1.5" NPT tap; a couple times in your life, maybe?
https://m.harborfreight.com/6-piece-pipe-taps-42432.html?utm_referrer=direct/not provided
Last edited: