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Posted by aemeijers on June 8, 2008, 12:16 am
> Hello, looking for some advice here - I have a water pipe outside of
> my house under a deck which leads to the hose we use for the
> backyard. Last year it was cracked and a plumber fixed it by
> replacing the leaky portion. This year it's leaking again. Rather
> than use a plumber or replace the cracked portion, I was thinking of
> patching it with epoxy putty (along the lines of mighty putty but a
> generic version from a hardware store). Is this a really bad idea?
> Thanks!
Pay now or pay later. Epoxy may get you by for awhile, but it sounds like
the plumbing run needs to be reengineered. Is it getting frozen,
frost-heaved, corroding, or what? The plumber should have advised you of
what was likely causing the problem, and a permanent cure. Any exterior pipe
run and sillcock like that should have an inside valve to shut it off, and
some way to drain it when cold weather is forecast.
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aem sends...
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