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Take the frost level into consideration when you are digging those holes.

The same fittings used on hard drawn will work on soft/annealed copper tube,all soft copper starts life as ridgid/hard drawn tubing and then it is annealed. Internal working pressure on soft copper is lower than ridgid. http://www.camlee.com/Products/plumbingtubespecs.htm

Mine hangs from a steel I beam with a large C clamp and a short piece of chain,easy to move out of the way.

Mine is an old concrete laundry tub,been there since the 70's.

If their too dirty/greasy I pitch them,the others get washed at home.All of my shop rags/towels are a nice shade of pink now,keeps them separated from anything used on the cars for cleaning.

You will also find that any vehicle traffic over that buried water line will drive the frost down deeper than if there was none,lots of snow cover will do the opposite.

Around me you can play the game and say so and so offered me X$ what can you do,as long as your not way out of line with pricing,sometimes it gets you another 10 or 15 cents per pound,it depends on how far you want to drive.I usually end up with 3 to 4 hundred pounds when I go so maybe I have a...

The pipe that is roughed in for the shower drain,be sure that it already has a trap installed.I've seen plumbers just bring up a vertical pipe with no trap,the right way is to install the trap on the U.G..Some guys box it out like that so you have some room to work if the rough in is a little...

Maybe those $2000 and $3000 bids you received reflect the cost involved of installing the water service BELOW the prevailing frost depth,not at 4'.It will only take one good winter where the frost goes below 4' and you'll be digging it up to fix a burst pipe and you'll use up the money you saved...

Your going to have a tough time getting a trap on the new sink at that height, we rough laundry tubs at 16",lavs at 19" and kitchen sinks 16" to 21"off the floor depending on the sink/cabinet combo give or take,check some of the other sinks in the home and see how high off the floor the waste...

I'll also vote for type K,and any joints flared not soldered or compression.There has been talk about flux used in soldering as a factor in the early failure of the pipe if not properly flushed,lots of area's require the use of water soluble flux now(which doesn't work as well as the old stuff...

Any plumbing wholesaler that deals in Wade,J.R. Smith or Zurn products can order similar items for you,they won't be cheap.

ABS will support a flame/fire PVC won't

Try 7/8 unistrut and clamps , the strut is coated and the clamps come copper plated for copper and galv. for black pipe . The bottom of my 1" air lines are only 2" down from the ceiling using these and you can set the clamps anywhere on the strut . I don't know about cost but you can get them at...

Charlotte cast iron and PVC DWV fittings .

Are you 100% sure that the toilet didn't have hot water piped to it instead of cold ?

You can rent the correct tool at just about any auto parts store for removal and installation of the harmonic balancer .

In the U.S. there are millions of homes with ductwork running from the house thru the garage , it's called a raised ranch . Many of them have the ceiling joists running from the front of the house to the back which leaves the main trunk line for heat/cool running perpendicular to them at the...

Ditto for the inspectors in this area , don't try to use them if you want to pass inspection . To Elroys statement that they are true couplings , run a pipe ****** with a tapered thread into a mallable coupling and then try it on the " thread protector coupling " and you will see a world of...

The Rector Seal is O.K. for gas and it's not always the cost of the fittings , I've had better luck over the years with domestic fittings opposed to imported but not always . The unions that you are using are called " ground joint unions " some people will tell you not to put any pipe dope on...