On Dec 22, 8:12�am, Ken wrote:
SteveC wrote:
I have a leak in my hot water tap for the clothes washer, it's coming from
where the tap was soldered to the copper pipe coming from the wall. �I tried
to heat up the solder to remove it to replace it, put I could not get the
solder to melt? �I was using one of those blue torches, but could not get it
hot enough, what was I doing wrong?? �What would I need to get that tap
off???

Thanks

� � � � Your problem is probably that the water in the pipe is sinking the heat
from the torch. �Try letting some of the water out of the pipe you are
soldering so that it does not effect the heat. �Sometimes this involves
opening a lower faucet and the one you are working on so that the water
level drops.

all water must be out of line and for practical purposes the
connection must be taken apart completely, everything cleaned, fluxed,
and resoldered