Plumbing – How to cut copper water pipe to add a fitting

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I am used to working with PVC and CPVC, but these are copper pipes that I am thinking about adding in a water cooler that needs a water line. My question is, obviously I can't use the CPVC scissor like cutters to cut copper piping, so how would I cut the copper piping to add in a tee with 3 connections – one that goes up, one down to continue the flow as normal, and one that will come out that I can connect to the water cooler?

Thanks in advance all!

Best Answer

All depends on you. You can cut the pipe with a hacksaw, Sawzall, a copper tubing cutter like these: enter image description here enter image description here You might have to cut a length of pipe out to fit your valve. You could also use a piercing valve.

I don't endorse these products although good.

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