Recent content by jonnyblaze

Yup. Just made the call. He’ll be here in a couple hours. Thanks for the advice. You’re right the space is tight and I’d have a lot of anxiety trying to patch it then closing the wall knowing it’s only a short term fix.

Thank you for the advice. apologies for the stupid question, but when you say replace it, what do you mean? Do you mean sweat it out and solder a new coupling? Because that will definitely require bringing in a pro.

Long story short I’m a total novice, first time DIYer. trying to learn new things in quarantine. I had a leak behind the wall, after messing with it a while found that it was coming from an old epoxy putty job on the drain pipe from the master bathroom. My buddy works for con Ed and suggested...