[Shop-talk] Plumbing fun

[Mark J Bradakis]

So I cut out enough sheetrock to get some wrenching room, got the old 
pipes out without too much trouble.  I sprayed a few of the joints with 
WD40 a few times, maybe that helped, maybe it didn't.


So now the question is can I get the sealing face that rusty old union 
cleaned up enough to get a good seal, or am I going to have to replace 
it too, which might mean tearing into the wall in the next room.  Or 
maybe not.

And then, this project has got me thinking.  It might be my cue to buy a 
roll of PEX, a cutter and a crimper and start using it to fix this 
problem and the next one on my list, the washing machine.  At the moment 
when you select a hot water wash, the machine fills up at a rate of 
about a gallon a day.  Is it just the fill hose being clogged, or the 
valve, or the pipes feeding it?  Fun fun fun!

mjb.


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