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pin hole leak in copper t join mattb 12-22-2006
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Posted by mattb on December 22, 2006, 7:49 pm


I've noticed a pinhole leak in a copper "T" joint in our basement. The
leak is coming from the bottom of the "T" and it appears to be the
solder that's leaking, not the copper. Is it ok to just "sweat" some
more solder into that joint to stop the leak or should I be replacing
the entire "T"? Cutting the "T" out and redoing everything to get rid
of the leak seems painful ...


Posted by BobK207 on December 22, 2006, 8:14 pm



mattb wrote:
> I've noticed a pinhole leak in a copper "T" joint in our basement. The
> leak is coming from the bottom of the "T" and it appears to be the
> solder that's leaking, not the copper. Is it ok to just "sweat" some
> more solder into that joint to stop the leak or should I be replacing
> the entire "T"? Cutting the "T" out and redoing everything to get rid
> of the leak seems painful ...


These previous threads have addressed this

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.home.repair/browse_thread/thread/a3a92fdde44e5edc/73e342c3e4232646?lnk=gst&q=leak+copper+joint&rnum=19&hl=en#73e342c3e4232646

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.home.repair/browse_thread/thread/e33780695c2c960f/09d1696186ad9d9e?lnk=gst&q=leak+copper+joint&rnum=1&hl=en#09d1696186ad9d9e

cheers
Bob


Posted by Sacramento Dave on December 22, 2006, 8:15 pm



> I've noticed a pinhole leak in a copper "T" joint in our basement. The
> leak is coming from the bottom of the "T" and it appears to be the
> solder that's leaking, not the copper. Is it ok to just "sweat" some
> more solder into that joint to stop the leak or should I be replacing
> the entire "T"? Cutting the "T" out and redoing everything to get rid
> of the leak seems painful ...
>

First you must get all the water out, sometimes not all that easy. You may
have to cut a coupling in. You can try and reheat the T re solder it. When
the pipe is hot put flux on it. If this dose not work then you might be
better off replacing the T . It might just be a case of bad prep, missed a
spot with flux something on the pipe if you do pull the T spend some time
cleaning pipe ends and T and make sure you cover it all with flux.



Posted by on December 23, 2006, 11:56 am


Replace all the plumbing in the house. If you have one leak, there
will be more.


wrote:

>I've noticed a pinhole leak in a copper "T" joint in our basement. The
>leak is coming from the bottom of the "T" and it appears to be the
>solder that's leaking, not the copper. Is it ok to just "sweat" some
>more solder into that joint to stop the leak or should I be replacing
>the entire "T"? Cutting the "T" out and redoing everything to get rid
>of the leak seems painful ...


Posted by Ashton Crusher on December 23, 2006, 2:00 pm


On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 10:56:56 -0600, someone@someISP.com wrote:

>Replace all the plumbing in the house. If you have one leak, there
>will be more.
>

He really should just buy a new house, if the plumbing is wearing out
everything else will be too.


>
>wrote:
>
>>I've noticed a pinhole leak in a copper "T" joint in our basement. The
>>leak is coming from the bottom of the "T" and it appears to be the
>>solder that's leaking, not the copper. Is it ok to just "sweat" some
>>more solder into that joint to stop the leak or should I be replacing
>>the entire "T"? Cutting the "T" out and redoing everything to get rid
>>of the leak seems painful ...

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