Is it possible to hacksaw a section of copper tubing and to replace it with PVC pipe without doing any welding? If so, how is it done? Is this something a woman can do without calling a plumber?

Sharkbite fittings: PlumbingSupply.com - SharkBite Pipe Repair Fittings by Cash Acme (http://www.plumbingsupply.com/shark-bite-fittings.html) are a good choice. They should be available at the local hardware store.

The issue is if you have room to insert the repair section, otherwise it may have to be 2 sharkbite couplings and a PVC/CPVC uniion with the right glues and primer.

PVC is tubing too, not pipe.

You can hacksaw the section out, but the fittings depend on a burr free square edge. That's best done with a tubing cutter.

It's much easier to square up a PVC/CPVC with sandpaper than a copper tube.

PVC is generally ised for cold and CPVC used for hot water. When using cement you have to be somewhat careful to use the right system of primer/cement. There is a universal cemant system available.

Is it possible to hacksaw a section of copper tubing and to replace it with PVC pipe without doing any welding? If so, how is it done? Is this something a woman can do without calling a plumber?

Will this repair be above ground, or below? Inside a wall or out? Water pipe or drainage? In short we need more details. Regards, Tom

The repair will actually be in the basement. The pipe to be cut is the outdoor connection for my hose, which has no thread to hold a spigot. Therefore the pipe needs to be replaced with a new threaded piece of pipe on one end. All but about six inches of pipe are in the basement. The pipe runs cold water only.

All but about six inches of pipe are in the basement.
Are you saying that you have six inches of 1/2? Copper pipe outside?

Let me know. Tom

Approximately 6 inches. It comes out through the wall from my basement.

Approximately 6 inches. It comes out thru the wall from my basement.

Then why the hassle of converting to PVC when you can simply cut the copper pipe back, install either a 1/2" Sharkbite or compression threaded adapter(see images), and screw a hose bib on. Regards, Tom

Where would I cut it? Outside of the basement? And I don't really understand what those parts are that you are showing me.

Where would I cut it? Outside of the basement? And I don't really understand what those parts are that you are showing me.

You would cut the coipper a inch outside the basement wall. The parts I have put up have threads on one end that you screw into a hose bib while the other end simply attaches itself to the copper pipe without soldering.
These parts can picked up at any plumbing store. Good luck, Tom

Here is a "frost free" hose bib. You may be able to get one of about the right length. Standard Plumbing Supply -Catalog (http://www.standardplumbing.com/catalog.html?wscdet_show=000000000108102050#top)

Because they come in various lenghts.

Standard Plumbing Supply -Catalog (http://www.standardplumbing.com/catalog.html?wscdet_show=000000000108102050#top)

The second fitting from the top may be all that you need with the hose bibb.

The face is the sharkbite connector and it will fit over the copper pipe and the other end is a Female pipe thread which will accept the hose bibb.

Another way to make this connection toolless is to get a compression connector to a female pipe adapter.

Both methods could work.

Remember that in many cases soldered connections provide the only means of support for the bibb and when replacing a section without proper support, you COULD break the CPVC.

Which solution you use also depends on the routeing of the original pipe.