Not sure why, but the entire tap popped off when I was using my hose. Quickly ran inside to turn it off from the utility room, but now i don't have a hose until i get this fixed.
I went to home depot and bought a shark bite tap, but when i went to put it in, i accidentally pushed the pipe into my house. So i grabbed some plyers and started pulling it back out, and in the process i mutilated the tip of the copper pipe
Here's a pic of what it looks like now:
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You can see it's not a perfect circle any more, rough edges, and even a slit on the bottom. Completely messed up.
So now the shark bite tap doesn't fit in nicely.
What do i need to do to fix this? Do i need to cut off a few inches and re-solder some new pipe on so that i can fit the shark bite tap on? is there some kind of small piece i can buy that will connect over top of the pipe after i cut the tip off, and then it will taper back down to the 1/2" size?
thanks in advance