jgold47
Member
first thanks for the help on this site that got me this far. I completed a big copper (well for me anyways) a couple of weeks ago thanks to the site.
I have only one spot where there is a leak.
I added a hose bib. I brought copper to the bib then in this order
taped the bib threads with teflon, screwed on copper female fitting, the soldered the fitting onto the supply.
I am sure you are all laughing at something stupid about that I did, but its leaking around the threads.
To fix this, am I better off leaving the soldered connection alone, backing the bib out of the threaded connection, re-taping and resecuring (this will mean screwing up the outside of the house where we had a hard time gettng everything secured and sealed). Or can I heat up the solder joint, tighen the fitting on the inside and be done.
And can you solder with that teflon tape on everything?
I have only one spot where there is a leak.
I added a hose bib. I brought copper to the bib then in this order
taped the bib threads with teflon, screwed on copper female fitting, the soldered the fitting onto the supply.
I am sure you are all laughing at something stupid about that I did, but its leaking around the threads.
To fix this, am I better off leaving the soldered connection alone, backing the bib out of the threaded connection, re-taping and resecuring (this will mean screwing up the outside of the house where we had a hard time gettng everything secured and sealed). Or can I heat up the solder joint, tighen the fitting on the inside and be done.
And can you solder with that teflon tape on everything?