Clean the pipe and fitting Clean dirt and corrosion off the outside of the pipe end with a 120-grit emery cloth. The copper should shine when you're done.

Dear Brianna: Trying to solder copper pipe fittings for the first time can be intimidating. It actually is quite easy to do with proper preparation of the pieces. You will be working with a ...

Someone stole $5,000 worth of copper pipe fittings from a construction trailer parked at the new Northside Elementary School on Kane Street, according to La Crosse police.