Ken Hammond
New Member
My bathroom pipe had a leak, so I called a plumber to fix it for me. While he was soldering he said some of the joints wouldn't take solder. I didn't know what he meant at the time because I don't know anything about plumbing.
But the pipes held when we tested it with water.
What he said kept looming in my mind so I took a mirror to look at the back of some of the solders a day later. Most of them seem to have solder all around, except for this one:
After doing some research, mostly on this forum, I learned that even though the joints are holding now, it might leak when subject to vibration or movement later. When I take showers I'm afraid to adjust the shower-head, fearing it'll jostle the pipe. I tend to be very paranoid. I've been driving myself crazy with the fear that it'll leak again in the future. The restoration process has been a nightmare. Should I be concerned?
But the pipes held when we tested it with water.
What he said kept looming in my mind so I took a mirror to look at the back of some of the solders a day later. Most of them seem to have solder all around, except for this one:
After doing some research, mostly on this forum, I learned that even though the joints are holding now, it might leak when subject to vibration or movement later. When I take showers I'm afraid to adjust the shower-head, fearing it'll jostle the pipe. I tend to be very paranoid. I've been driving myself crazy with the fear that it'll leak again in the future. The restoration process has been a nightmare. Should I be concerned?