"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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Bob La Londe wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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Buerste wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

I used it on an out of round compression fitting on a toilet
shutoff
valve. It filled the void, and stopped the leak until I replaced the
toilet a year later. The 'plumber' had used too short of a tube and
crimped it before the gland nut was tight enough. I'm not saying to
use
it every time, but sometimes it keeps you from being without running
water while you get the right parts.

God, I HATE compression fittings! Shark-Bites are TOOOOO cool!


I might be getting old, but I still prefer soldered copper fittings.



Properly soldered fittings last forever.


They can be dismantled and reused with no waste, too.


You know its funny. I am lousy at sweating copper fittings. Just don't
have the knack... or haven't done it enough more likely. One day I walked
into my son's bedroom and sitting on his work bench was a copper tube
sculpture all assembled with sweated fittings and tube. When I asked were
he got it he said he made it in shop class. I looked it over carefully with
a magnifying class and every joint had perfect wetting out. No gaps and no
beads. Just beautiful fillets like you get when its done right. Talk about
a proud dad. There is one thing he can definitely do better than me.