Method of connecting two pipes

A method of connecting a first pipe to a second pipe, comprising the steps of:

• a. positioning said first pipe within a die;
• b. providing an intermediate tubular member having (1) a first end with an outside diameter substantially equal to an inside diameter of said second pipe, and (2) a second end of having an outside diameter substantially equal to an outside diameter of a neck portion formed on at least one end of said second pipe;
• c. inserting said first end of said intermediate tubular member into said neck portion of said second pipe;
• d. inserting said intermediate tubular member and at least a portion of said neck portion of said second pipe into a first bore formed in said first pipe member, said first bore being defined by a tubular wall of said first pipe, said second end of said intermediate member being disposed adjacent a shoulder portion of said first pipe within said first bore;
• e. pressing said neck portion of said second pipe into a space disposed between an external surface of said intermediate tubular member and an internal surface of said tubular wall of said first pipe;
• f. inserting a plastic rod within a second bore formed in said intermediate tubular member;
• g. exerting an axial pressure against said plastic rod for radially displacing respective portions of said intermediate tubular member and said neck portion of said second pipe into cavities formed in said internal surface of said tubular wall of said first pipe;
• and,
• h. removing said plastic rod from said intermediate tubular member and removing said die from said first pipe.