Re: Update on Old and the Ice Storm

Posted by El Toro on January 18, 2007 at 17:09:07 from (64.12.116.65):

In Reply to: Update on Old and the Ice Storm posted by David Kronwall on January 18, 2007 at 16:32:23:

If that mobile home is made like the one I owned when in the Army it had 3/8 copper tubing instead of 1/2" copper pipe. Either one would be easy to replace. I rented my mobile home for 12 years and I had to replace the copper tubing since small pin holes ate thru and started leaking. I just double flared the ends and replaced all of it. Copper pipe is a little harder to work with since you need to sweat solder the joints. They shouldn't be that hard to get to in a mobile home.

I had a leak in my home this past June. I found water dripping in the basement and I just thought it was in between the walls. There were no shutoff valves that feed the second floor. The first thing I did was to install shutoff valves. I had to shutoff the main valve to the house. After I had installed the valves I turned on the hot water and I didn't have any leaks. It started to drip when I turned on the cold, but it took a awhile. I called 3 plumbers in the area
and the first two never called back when I had to leave a message. The third plumber I called I spoke to the girl in the office. She said the plumber would have to come out and talk to me. I said I don't need to talk to anyone I need a plumber that has seen this problem before. They never called back either.

I was talking to my wife about this leak and I said I'm going to try and find that leak by dropping a light into the wall. There's a closet
behind the full bath upstairs and I cut out a section of the drywall in the closet. I found no leaks behind that sink in the bath. I drilled 3 big holes thru top plate and dropped my small light into one of the holes and there where I found the leaking pipe. It was hard to get to and I cut out the leaky section and made the repair. I borrowed my buddy's torch since I needed a long hose and I dragged the garden hose to the second floor just in case, but I didn't need it. No leaks in the last 6 months. The copper pipe had a pin hole in an elbow. Hal

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• Re: Update on Old and the Ice Storm E.B. Haymakin' 21:04:41 01/18/07 (0)
• Re: Update on Old and the Ice Storm JayWalt 17:32:57 01/18/07 (1)
  • Re: Update on Old and the Ice Storm steveormary 21:19:41 01/18/07 (0)

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