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While helping my ex-girlfriend replace her dishwasher, must have stressed the hot water supply line when giggling the pipes around to reconnect the line to the new dishwasher. Am now in "hot water"...(again!) with her as the joint is dripping in the basement now. Its copper pipe....if I heat up the joint will new solder seal it ? Or should the valve be replaced? Any input greatly appreciated...and no, no new boyfriend to help her!

2007-01-30 01:00:17 · 4 answers · asked by Foss 4 in Home & Garden Maintenance & Repairs

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If the solder joint is leaking, then you will need to turn off the water, drain that pipe (water in the pipe will prevent solder from working), and resolder the valve. If you are going to that much trouble, just replace the valve when you do the repair. I recommend using a ball valve as that type is more reliable than the other types, plus there are no gaskets to replace in it.

2007-01-30 01:07:00 · answer #1 · answered by credo quia est absurdum 7 · 3 0

Yes, it can be fixed but not just by heating.

Turn off the water at a valve before the leaking joint, or turn off the water to the house completely.

You'll need to heat the soldered joint, clean out the old solder completely from both the pipe and the inside of the join hardware, then re-solder the joint with new flux and solder.

2007-01-30 01:06:18 · answer #2 · answered by Colin M 3 · 1 0

The only remedy is to shut off the water line, unhook the leaking joint and clean & resolder it. This leak is typical when anyone has " jiggled " and pulled on old plumbing while doing some repairs.

2007-01-30 01:08:01 · answer #3 · answered by ramarro smith shadow 4 · 1 0

== cut off the water == drain the pipe -- make new connections using the ""purple PVC pipe glue"" the dish wash machine has no bearing on the on/off pressure .. you may have higher pressure to the house than when it was built and that is a phone call to the city water dept .... you can get a pressure control for the house that will lower the PSI of the water and lessen the chance of this happening to another H2O`outlet in the house ....

2016-03-29 09:36:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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