Modern Vespa

Supposed to be "sold-her"?

Just "sold -er". No 'haitch'.

Ha...the culprits! Figured either the Brits or Canucks...or both.

If it don't fit don't faucet.

Excellent job Fledermaus!! You did a nice job. I'd be proud of that work, you should be too. Don't forget to wipe the joints down with a rag. A plumber told me to do that years ago. In response to my question, "Why?", he replied, "The flux can degrade the joint over time." Right or wrong, now I just wipe them down to get the excess flux off.

I've never heard it called anything but "sod-er".

Best
Miguel

Thanks for the reminder.....may have done it anyway, but YouTube made the point...as well as edifying me on the proper pronunciation of sauld-er.


And okay, I'll accept the praise. Not bad anyway for the last time being a dozen or more years ago....

Because the L is silent.

How do you pronounce "would"? Or could, should, calf, half, chalk, talk, or walk?

And if that's not convincing enough for you, there's this: "solder" comes from Old French soudure.

Better question: how do you pronounce "Colonel"?

English, it's a funny thing, innit?

Colon, eh?

same as why is herb pronounced erb
Well he got the job done, kudos mate... Im sure the solder/sodder copper option was cheaper than the sharkbite option in terms of materials and since you enjoyed doing the work that cost can't be quantified.
Wonderful to know you can do it & feel good bout it...

Not in English English! It's now an English word, not French, so not silent 'h's.

Colder? Bolder? Folder? Holder? Polder?

I hold it as self-evident that an educated Englishman should know better than to try to find consistency in the pronunciation of English.

Vive la différence!

SharkBite is the single greatest invention of the 20th century. I just replaced an outside spigot that leaked terribly with one set up with a Sharkbite attachment. I didn't have much pipe left after cutting off the old spigot. The Sharkbit slid on, screwed it fast. works like a charm.
I also used flexible Sharkbite piping for my water softener about 15 years ago. holding like a champ. I've sweat/soldered pipe before. I can do it. I just don't need to any more.

Au régiment!

https://it.puzzle-pipes.com/

I haven't looked down thread, but an alternative is cut plus Shark Bite fittings.

And you mentioned propane earlier. MAPP gas. It's hard to develop enough heat with propane.

This it the answer. Unless you want to go with the Vespa (old technology) method of solder crap.

The plumber who fixed my shower used Pro Press fittings. Excellent, but not so good for the DIY-er -- the tool costs $1300, he said.

The home I sold in January was one of the first in my city to have soldered copper water pipes. When the plumber had finished the installation he told me he had sold his pipe threading machine. "I won't use any galvanised pipe ever again!"
37 years later they were as new - aside from a brown patina on the outside.
New copper pipes are much thinner though.

I use (for outdoor) Tee compression fittings on plastic pipe. Very resistant and if desired there are quick gluing joints

I had those underground using HDPE pipes.
Above ground was copper.

Hah!

And a timely article in the Guardian this morning: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/28/english-perfect-language-arabic

Now, how are drywall repair skills?

Reasonably good. I've done a lot more of that than plumbing. OTHO, considering it's hidden in a basement closet behind a shelf, I'm inclined to just put a piece of quarter inch plywood over the opening and call it a day. Who knows, in 50 years someone might want to install a new faucet......

I vote for that method. Besides, makes it easy to get to for the next repair.

Call it an access panel and you're golden.

Value added!

The same reason we pronounce salmon "sammon" and almond as "ommon"

We are improving the Mother Tongue.