Hay, Thanks. That does make sense as the pipe did seem heavier like an iron pipe. I knew it was not copper.
Dave A. Working together, sharing the light of salvation seen through the cross of Jesus Rev. Dave Andrus, Director Lutheran Blind Mission 888 215 2455 HTTP://WWW.BLINDMISSION.ORG -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Brice Mijares Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 12:30 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Plumming question female iron pipe threads ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Andrus" <dave.and...@blindmission.org <mailto:dave.andrus%40blindmission.org> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 9:24 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Plumming question > Hi, > > The question: what does f.i.p. stand for? > > The story behind the question. > My wife found a very nice marbeltop sink and vanity for our bathroom. > So last night I went to take out the old one in our present bathroom. > Of course nothing is as easy as take out, put in. > > I went to turn off the valves under the sink. I found out when I took > off the supply line that the valves no longer work. Lots of water > spirting everywhere. They felt very old and almost rusty. So it did > not surprise me that they did not work. I thought of replacing the > rubber washer in the valve but decided that new valves would be a better route to go. > > I went and turned off the water at the main that I could take off this > non-working valve and send it with my sighted wife to the store to get > two new ones. Turning off the main, turning on faucets all around the > house to bleed out water from the pipes I went back to the bathroom. > Well I found out that the main valve also does not shut off the water > completely. I found that out when I went to take off the valve under > the sink. More water spirting everywhere. > > So I quickly put it on to stop the flow of water. > > Coming out of the wall was a pipe which I measured at 7/8 of an inch > outter diameter with threads. > > So my wife went to the store and brought home a valve which was a half > inch f.i.p. valve. The valve was female and fit the male end of the > pipe coming out of the wall perfectly. > > So with water flowing out, I switched the old for the new, fitting > perfectly. Now the valves are working well. > > So the question again is what does f.i.p. on this half inch valve mean? > > Dave A. > > Working together, sharing the light of salvation seen through the > cross of Jesus > > Rev. Dave Andrus, Director > Lutheran Blind Mission > 888 215 2455 > HTTP://WWW.BLINDMISSION.ORG <HTTP://WWW.BLINDMISSION.ORG> > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 4918 (20100305) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com <http://www.eset.com> > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4918 (20100305) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com <http://www.eset.com>
