This is for beginners that have soldered a pipe but not been successful in soldering the joint correctly causing the joint to leak. It's an easy fix once you know how.
The real problem is getting water out of the pipe and often the pipe must be cut to do that which means adding and sweating in a slip coupler where the pipe was cut to drain the line..
Sometimes if you don’t have any other fittings close by the one that’s leaking you can drill a small hole in the bottom of the pipe and then braze it once you get the water out
Was doing this today with water in pipe. Had to do it twice
How do you re-solder or additional solder after running water through the pipe and now there's steam upon reheating the fittings?
This is not the correct way to do it. The joint must be pulled apart or cut out and redone.
What if the elbow is facing down? Looks like gravity pulled the solder into the crease but my pipe is facing down?
The real problem is getting water out of the pipe and often the pipe must be cut to do that which means adding and sweating in a slip coupler where the pipe was cut to drain the line..
And then how do you insert the slip coupler, if the pipes do not move ?
Sometimes if you don’t have any other fittings close by the one that’s leaking you can drill a small hole in the bottom of the pipe and then braze it once you get the water out
Does it work if there is water in the pipe?
Hi Billy no it won't work if there is water in the pipe, the pipe needs to be completely empty. Hope this helps
Yessah ❤
No prep work? Tsk Tsk Tsk....
leaded solder?
English plumbing mate.
Nope, that’s not how is done!