It worked perfectly! The drain hole allowed the steam and water to
escape and I was able to remelt the solder without taking the joint
apart... Thanks so much. John Mitchell
John Mitchell wrote:
> Great idea, I'll give it a try first. John
>
> Jack Brooks wrote:
>> Don't cut the pipe. Drill a small hole (1/16th) in the bottom, open
>> up a
>> faucet and put some air pressure on it through the faucet. If there is
>> water present, it will come out. When it stops, solder up the hole.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bill Gingerich
>> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 7:20 PM
>> To: 'Steven Trovato'; 'John Mitchell'; 'Shop Talk List'
>> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Sweat joint leak
>>
>> I'm not a plumber, but I have to agree. There is still water in the
>> line.
>> Any water in the line will make soldering very difficult if not
>> impossible.
>> You may have to cut the pipe to drain the rest of the water. Then
>> sweat in
>> another coupling to fix the cut.
>>
>> A plumber friend told me that he used bread stuffed into a pipe to keep
>> water from draining to the area he was trying to solder. After the
>> water
>> was turned back on the bread would dissolve without a problem.
>>
>> BillG
>> OKC
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Steven Trovato
>> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 8:34 PM
>> To: John Mitchell; Shop Talk List
>> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Sweat joint leak
>>
>> I would say that the only way this can happen is if you still have
>> water in
>> the line. Oxy-acetylene should be major overkill for this job. Go
>> back and
>> make extra sure that the line is really drained.
>>
>> -Steve Trovato
>> strovato@optonline.net
>>
>> At 09:23 PM 1/18/2009, John Mitchell wrote:
>>
>>> I have a pin hole drip in one of the solder joints in my half
>>> inch hot water line. I shut off the hot water, opened some valves
>>> and drained the line out through a spigot I have in the garage. I
>>> thought Id be able to heat the joint enough to get the solder to
>>> flow, but I can't get the joint hot enough, even with
>>> oxy-acetylene. Any suggestions On how I can repair this? It's a
>>> very tiny leak, I just happed to be looking up and saw the drop
>>> hanging on the joint. Thanks for any help. John Mitchell
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