CORVAIRWILD
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I'm helping a friend/neighbor remodel an early 20th century Victorian, and we removed the 3 cast iron radiators, refinished the floors, and when I went to replace them this eve, I noticed one of the nipples is oval. Yup. somewhere along the line it was overtightened, so nevertheless I went ahead and titened things up, and even before the water came up, I could hear it hissing...
We're not sure how the nipple is removed. There appears to be a couple of "teeth" to allow use of a special interior wrench or tool, and I tried to remove the large external nut with a 38" pipe wrench, but it wouldn't budge. I could try a cheater pipe tmmw, or what should I do? I will go to the local plumbing supply and see what they think... Pipe ID is 1"
I also made a video... it's long, so bear with me, or FF to near the end
We're not sure how the nipple is removed. There appears to be a couple of "teeth" to allow use of a special interior wrench or tool, and I tried to remove the large external nut with a 38" pipe wrench, but it wouldn't budge. I could try a cheater pipe tmmw, or what should I do? I will go to the local plumbing supply and see what they think... Pipe ID is 1"
I also made a video... it's long, so bear with me, or FF to near the end