[Shop-talk] Sweat joint leak

[Jack Brooks]

Don't cut the pipe.  Drill a small hole (1/16th) in the bottom, open up a
faucet and put some air pressure on it through the faucet.  If there is
water present, it will come out.  When it stops, solder up the hole. 

-----Original Message-----
From: shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bill Gingerich
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 7:20 PM
To: 'Steven Trovato'; 'John Mitchell'; 'Shop Talk List'
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Sweat joint leak

I'm not a plumber, but I have to agree.  There is still water in the line.
Any water in the line will make soldering very difficult if not impossible.
You may have to cut the pipe to drain the rest of the water.  Then sweat in
another coupling to fix the cut.

A plumber friend told me that he used bread stuffed into a pipe to keep
water from draining to the area he was trying to solder.  After the water
was turned back on the bread would dissolve without a problem.

BillG
OKC



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[mailto:shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Steven Trovato
Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 8:34 PM
To: John Mitchell; Shop Talk List
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Sweat joint leak

I would say that the only way this can happen is if you still have water in
the line.  Oxy-acetylene should be major overkill for this job.  Go back and
make extra sure that the line is really drained.

-Steve Trovato
strovato at optonline.net

At 09:23 PM 1/18/2009, John Mitchell wrote:
>    I have a pin hole drip in one of the solder joints in my half  inch 
>hot water line.  I shut off the hot water, opened some valves  and 
>drained the line out through a spigot I have in the garage.  I  thought 
>Id be able to heat the joint enough to get the solder to  flow, but I 
>can't get the joint hot enough, even with  oxy-acetylene.  Any 
>suggestions On how I can repair this?  It's a  very tiny leak, I just 
>happed to be looking up and saw the drop  hanging on the joint.  Thanks 
>for any help.  John Mitchell 
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