pipe wrench for water heaters

As a scrapper, you have to have a pipe wrench for water heaters or for other items that require a pipe wrench.
At the begging, I was using a regular wrench but that didn't work so I was hitting it with a hammer and the pipes will break. So I decided not to be lazy and went to walmart and bought a pipe wrench. What ideas do you have if you don't have a pipe wrench to remove the brass?

Give those brass valves a good smack with a claw hammer and the thread breaks off, the amount of brass you loose any worth a hill of beans.

I love my framing hammer.

Originally Posted by alloy2

Give those brass valves a good smack with a claw hammer and the thread breaks off, the amount of brass you loose any worth a hill of beans.

I love my framing hammer.

You didn't find that hammer scrappin' alloy... Looks like you might have broken loose with a little scrapping cash.

Originally Posted by geravega77

As a scrapper, you have to have a pipe wrench for water heaters or for other items that require a pipe wrench.
At the begging, I was using a regular wrench but that didn't work so I was hitting it with a hammer and the pipes will break. So I decided not to be lazy and went to walmart and bought a pipe wrench. What ideas do you have if you don't have a pipe wrench to remove the brass?

Looks like someone else hit the lotto, too.

A hammer and a prybar with a stiker head in the end are absolutely the two best tools i have when it comes to scapping

I usually just stick a pipe or long extension in the open end of the valve and turn it out.