Leaky copper
 

Just noticed one of the copper supply lines to my washer has a slow leak. The copper is painted green, looks like floor enamel.

Haven't traced the leak yet, but if it's just one of the joints is there anything I can use to seal the joint rather than rip it apart?

thanks - spence

No, you have to take the joint apart and clean it then re solder it
oh and a license professional has to do it

:faga:

Yea, right :)

-spence

Actually not copper, it's the 1/2" pvc. Painted to look like painted copper! :uhoh:

-spence

So you have to locate the leak and then buy that fitting and two couplings and a small piece of pipe and cpvc primer and glue and cut the leak out and then reassemble.

tinker-toys for grownups.

saliva works great for sealing joints :hihi:

Only when it starts to boat :heybaby:

I'm going to take the cheap and easy road. Shut off water, dry pipes and coat with a load of Plumber's Goop :gu:

We'll see if it holds long enough for me to forget about it :sleeps:

-spence

I would hate to see it blow apart when you were away on travel, and leave your wife to deal with it

Good point, I'd better show her where the shutoff valves are :)

It's a little drip, I doubt the whole thing's gonna blow out...but I know...I know...

-spence

3m 5200 works underwater

I just don't get it... if you're going to address a problem, do it right the first time! Why do homeowners think they're going to save money with a jury rig solution? It's your house isn't it? Hell, it keeps us in the trades busy, often with a much larger repair... Do you do the same thing with the brakes on the car that your wife drives your kids around in?

The thing is it is so much easier to repair it right the first time, I found that trying to patch the issue is just having to fix it twice. no mater what water always finds it's way thru any thing, and is the most distructive. it takes as much time if not more to fix it right the first time.

It's called being LAZY :laugha:

Seriously, I've been fixing problems with this house the "right way" since day one...I'm tired. I just want a little drip to stop for a while, not run new lines from the basement...which is what it would take to do this right. It's such a hack-job to begin with it doesn't make any sense to patch into what's already an imperfect job.

-spence

OK so you got a lil leak which requires you to cut out and replace a small section of PVC? Well how about replace about 10 feet of old ass iron pipe that has been in the house god knows how long! The story... backed up pipes... pulled off an end cap and started snaking the pipes in the basement... well @#@$!! pipes are so old and rusted out the freakin snake busts some holes in it!!!! Ended up having to cut a 10 foot section of the iron pipe out and replace it. Man that was NOT a fun job. Oh and how about the time the old oil tanks starts leakin on a Friday night? Yea this stuff is not fun for a 26 year old... hence I moved out of my dad's property and decided I would rather pay rent. Playing land lord is not fun (especially when the rent you collect does not go to you!)

Ok, the patch didn't work so I fixed it properly.

ARE YOU ALL HAPPY?

:jump:

-spence

scoobe I hope you dad got the drip fixed on the tank. If some renter complains about smell to building inspector could costs big bucks depending on haw far it has migraating inot the concrete floor. ThomT

no i'm not happy- lol
 

cuz ya fixed it before i could post...

alls ya had to do was cut the pvc pipe
where the leak was.....

and then slide on a slip coupling
prime the area where the cut was made
dob on some glue
and slide the slip coupling back over the spot
with a little twist to make sure the glue is
spread evenly... ...

i've run 1 mile of PVC pipe