Loosening Seized Pipe Threads with a Cold Chisel 

Thanks, glad it was helpful!

Glad my video was useful and happy plumbing!

I've got the same basic problem, thinking about doing the same. Really rusted plug fitting is dripping, thinking of just chiseling it out

Clean out plugs on drains are pretty easy to chisel out but water lines tend to use solid plugs which are much harder to remove

That mini saw isn't as powerful as a full-sized Sawzall but it can be used one-handed and fits in tight spots. I'd recommend it.

That pipe tap should definitely help clean out the threads! Make sure to use cutting oil with it to help lubricate the tap.

Exact same situation for me… have yet to get the extraction part done though. Want to sell me the pipe tap when you’re done with it? 😂

The torch I used in the video works with both MAPP and propane

@@DragonBuilds I thought you tore it up with a chisel so I stopped watching before the torch was used

That is another great method that works! I have done it before with success.

They are called pipe nipple extractors and I have used them before, they work well for removing a broken off pipe but not when the pipe is seized up with rust.

Nipple extractors are useful but they won’t work if the threads are seized from corrosion

This is really a last resort option when you can't get the pipe unscrewed.

Sometimes a joint is so badly seized that it is impossible to loosen with a pipe wrench because the pipe or fitting would crush before the joint unscrews. I've used this technique to remove rotten galvanized pipe screwed into a cast iron stack.

@@DragonBuilds 1. The extractors or internal pipe wrench still have less chance of harming the threads and 2. Your telling me the first thing you would do is saw the nipple even to the fitting without trying the pipe wrench? Sure, we have all used the "technique" I time or two on a busted tub drain but never on a pipe nipple. Get outa here!

@@JayWillis2120 I always try a pipe wrench first. This method is the absolute last resort when nothing else works to unscrew the pipe.

@@DragonBuilds then why not ever mention international pipe wrenches or extractors? Admit it, you watched someone do this backwoods lazy hack and think you found gold. "Don't go buy a 30 dollar extractor kit, go get a 150 dollar hackzall and a chisel instead!"

@@JayWillis2120 an extractor won't work if the pipe is completely seized

Some times we dont have a torch...or are in an area things could catch on fire. Just ......use two hammers.....place one hammer on the opposite side..... hit the pipe firmly with the other hammer. Do this all around the fitting........several times. Dont hit so hard as to cave the pipe in. Just to loosen the threads. Rust takes up space.......and by tapping on the fitting / pipe it forces the rust to move...give way.......and then use a vice grips or pipe wrench and remove it.

You don’t need a power saw, a hand saw is slower but should still work.

@@DragonBuilds oh OK will try, thank you