Sweating 1" copper tee
 

One of the legs develop a pinhole leak at the junction between the coupling
and the 1" pipe about one drop every minute 24 hours after sweating. Another
24 hours later the leak had stopped. What's going on? Should I re-sweat that
joint?

Sweating 1" copper tee
 

Jack wrote:
One of the legs develop a pinhole leak at the junction between the coupling
and the 1" pipe about one drop every minute 24 hours after sweating. Another
24 hours later the leak had stopped. What's going on? Should I re-sweat that
joint?


Leak sealed up with hard water deposits...............one of the
blessings of hard water :)

Should I re-sweat that joint?,

How difficult a location to redo the work?
How damaging of the leak got really bad?

I hate to admit it but in my own houses I have (only a very few times)
just left something like this alone & considered myself lucky. :)

Haven't had it bite me (yet)

I would never leave something like this in work for someone else, the
risk is too high.

But for my own work, the repair guy is right there.....................

cheers
Bob

Sweating 1" copper tee
 

"BobK207" wrote in message
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Jack wrote:
One of the legs develop a pinhole leak at the junction between the
coupling
and the 1" pipe about one drop every minute 24 hours after sweating.
Another
24 hours later the leak had stopped. What's going on? Should I re-sweat
that
joint?


Leak sealed up with hard water deposits...............one of the
blessings of hard water :)

Should I re-sweat that joint?,

How difficult a location to redo the work?
How damaging of the leak got really bad?

I hate to admit it but in my own houses I have (only a very few times)
just left something like this alone & considered myself lucky. :)

Haven't had it bite me (yet)

I would never leave something like this in work for someone else, the
risk is too high.

But for my own work, the repair guy is right there.....................

I have done exactly the same thing; repaired a tiny leak for someone else,
but left my own. Glad to know I am not the only neurotic.

Sweating 1" copper tee
 

On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 03:40:56 GMT, "Toller" wrote:


"BobK207" wrote in message
roups.com...

Jack wrote:
One of the legs develop a pinhole leak at the junction between the
coupling
and the 1" pipe about one drop every minute 24 hours after sweating.
Another
24 hours later the leak had stopped. What's going on? Should I re-sweat
that
joint?


Leak sealed up with hard water deposits...............one of the
blessings of hard water :)

Should I re-sweat that joint?,

How difficult a location to redo the work?
How damaging of the leak got really bad?

I hate to admit it but in my own houses I have (only a very few times)
just left something like this alone & considered myself lucky. :)

Haven't had it bite me (yet)

I would never leave something like this in work for someone else, the
risk is too high.

But for my own work, the repair guy is right there.....................

I have done exactly the same thing; repaired a tiny leak for someone else,
but left my own. Glad to know I am not the only neurotic.

That's not neurotic. You really should have good or high standards
when you work for someone else. You often can have lower standards to
when you work for yourself.

You'll check at appropriate times to see if it starts leaking again.
The other guy won't.

Even if he is not paying you, you implicity promised the other guy
you'd do a good job.
You didn't promise yourself nuttin'.

If there is a leak again, you'll know exactly where to look first.
The other guy won't.

If the other guy drowns when the T drips, it's your fault.

If you drown, serves you right.

Sweating 1" copper tee
 

If I had a solder joint that was leaking after I did it, I would just
fix it the right way, whether it's my own house or someone elses.