I've recently replaced a shower faucet, the old one was sweated directly to
the faucet. The new one, as I was told when I bought it, is standard with
threaded supply fittings.
I installed it, had to reroute some piping to get around some studs, etc
since the new one was just bigger enough to require it.
Anyway, I've pressure on the faucet for about two weeks now and have some
slow leaks at the threaded supplies. I used pipe dope and I threaded it with
what I though was enough pressure but not iron-pipe type pressure. Anyone
hazard a guess if this is the pipe dope or I didn't torque them down enough?
Should I just use tape? I'm going to disassemble the supplies tomorrow and
just want to get it right this time.

thanks,
js

I would suspect you over heated the pipe dope when sweating the other
fittings.

Robert

Yep, I agree. He should wrap the pipe with a wet rag between where the
soldering point is and what shouldn't be exposed to excess heat.

Bob

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I would suspect you over heated the pipe dope when sweating the other
fittings.

Robert

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I've recently replaced a shower faucet, the old one was sweated directly
to
the faucet. The new one, as I was told when I bought it, is standard with
threaded supply fittings.
I installed it, had to reroute some piping to get around some studs, etc
since the new one was just bigger enough to require it.
Anyway, I've pressure on the faucet for about two weeks now and have some
slow leaks at the threaded supplies. I used pipe dope and I threaded it
with
what I though was enough pressure but not iron-pipe type pressure. Anyone
hazard a guess if this is the pipe dope or I didn't torque them down
enough?
Should I just use tape? I'm going to disassemble the supplies tomorrow and
just want to get it right this time.


leaks at the threaded connections. do i got this right? the other response
is talking about sweated connections so im not sure..

teflon tape should be used to keep threaded connections from leaking.

randy

What pipe dope? You should use teflon tape on threaded fittings.

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What pipe dope? You should use teflon tape on threaded fittings.

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I'm the original poster.

Yes, I wanted to try pipe dope to avoid having to mess with the tape. Just
redid the threads with tape, and a few sweat joints yesterday. No leaks,
sticking w/ the tape for now on. Shoulda known better but it was an easier
enough fix, this time.

thanks all.