I live in an old house that has copper plumbing. One of the pipes in the upstairs bathroom floor has a big leak. Is there a way to connect an existing copper pipe using a pvc adapter and let me cut the bad part of the pipe out and replace it with pvc?

Hi Jaellis:

Is this for water or waste pipes..?

If water pipes, the best bet will be to purchase a sharkbite PUSH FIT fitting at home depot or Lowe's (called gatorbite fitting at lowes) and use this to do the work you want to do. Just need the sharkbite fittings, a copper tubing cutter, copper pipe (TYPE L) and some plumber's sandcloth and you should be able to do whatever you need without soldering. They make a repair coupling (slip coupling) for repair work... see image. It may be good here.

If for waste pipes then they make a SHIELDED CLAMP that transitions from plastic to PVC... see image. These are made specifically to transition from different pipe types.


Let me know if you have more questions...

MARK

Do these fit 2 inch pipes?

Yes... be sure to purchase the shielded clamp I posted... NOT the all rubber fernco type as these are intended for underground work.

You want to purchase a 2" copper x 2" PVC shielded clamp... available at most home supply stores OR definitely found at any plumbing supply store... see image.

MARK