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Leaking soldered joint on copper pipe
On 01/03/18 15:54, wrote:
On Thursday, 1 March 2018 14:21:36 UTC, wrote:
On Thursday, March 1, 2018 at 1:49:37 PM UTC, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 12:33:01 +0000, Lee wrote:
Just a quick(!) question, why would a weeping soldered fitting continue
to weep at the same rate when the supply is turned off and the pressure
removed (by opening a tap) ?
If there is any water left above the weep the weep is still under
presure from the weight of that water.
... and so turning off the tap might actually result in the leak stopping.
Robert
How easy is it to get a blow torch to it? During some building work I was having done, the builder knocked a pipe which was below any drain off possibilities. A soldered joint started leaking so I ended up getting 2 blow torches to it and eventually was able to get it hot enough to melt the solder (having added flux first) and fix the joint. From memory (it was a good few years ago!) I *think* I ended up draining what I could first so assume the blow torches effectively evaporated the water enough to get hot enough for the solder to flow in.
BTDTGTTS but it can take an awful lot of propane
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