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1. 
   DaveRicheson | Jul 16, 2007 03:06pm | #1

   If it didn't leak in the first five minutes, I would have closed that puppy up. Two weeks, no leaks, your home free.

    

   Dave

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   JTC1 | Jul 16, 2007 04:25pm | #2

   Ditto to Dave's reply.

   Jim

   Never underestimate the value of a sharp pencil or good light.

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   DanH | Jul 16, 2007 04:36pm | #3

   I'd agree with the others. So long as the pipe isn't subject to stress that might break a poor solder joint, it should last decades at least.

   So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin
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   peteshlagor | Jul 16, 2007 05:41pm | #4

   I don't know.  With your luck lately...

    

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   brownbagg | Jul 16, 2007 07:33pm | #5

   thats why it open, that and Im lazy. had to go buy the smelly yellow board that replace green board any way. Its been rainy everyday too

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   McPlumb | Jul 16, 2007 11:28pm | #6

   Wait at least a year depending on what zodiac sign you were born under.

    

   BS

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   jjones | Jul 17, 2007 12:52am | #7

   i would say you got it ,but try this  wipe area clean then tap on fitting a few times , check it then youll be abel to sleep well

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   brownbagg | Jul 17, 2007 01:49am | #8

   I can solder fine, this was just diffucult because it was in the wall. and kept moving, I needed three hand without catching the wall on fire.

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   BUIC | Jul 17, 2007 09:47pm | #9

     That's why I keep a fire proof sheet in my plumbing box.

     An 8"x10" sheet you can place anywhere to protect a surface from the torch.

     About $10 IIRC, supply house, depot, or lowes all have them....buic

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   DanH | Jul 17, 2007 10:30pm | #10

   Of course, just the sheet is fireproof, not whatever's behind it. ;)(I was working on the upstairs bath, redoing the shower riser. Prepared to solder the drop-ear ell to the riser pipe when I glanced upward a couple of inches and noticed I'd jammed newspaper into the wall cavity to stop drafts through the opening above the drop ceiling (another story). Thought better of that and removed the newspaper, replacing it with a piece of tin, while doing the soldering.)
   So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable Creature, since it enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do. --Benjamin Franklin

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   BUIC | Jul 17, 2007 11:53pm | #11

     True, but you could put a piece of paper behind it and it won't ignite, it'll barely get warm...buic