Molo
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1. Electric hot water tank is leaking directly from the spot where the cold goes into the tank, Can I fix this somehown (there is quite a bit of rust in this area) Is there a trick for threading these things out of the tank without ruining whatever it is they thread into?
2. I was running some new copper to a sink/shower/ and toilet. I put soldered the threaded male adapters onto the ends of each line so they could receive the 1/4 turn shut-off valves I'm using (I did the soldering before I threaded the shut-offs onto the male adapter). I wrapped the male copper end in teflon (going the right direction) and screwed the shut-offs on using wrenches. THEY ALL LEAKED!
a.How tight do I have to make these?
b.Should I be using pipe dope and teflon?
c.How many wraps of teflon are reccomended?
3. A PVC question; I accidentally dripped a bit of primer in a coupleing that I haven't used yet. The primer dried up, can I still use the coupling?
TIA,
Molo
2. I was running some new copper to a sink/shower/ and toilet. I put soldered the threaded male adapters onto the ends of each line so they could receive the 1/4 turn shut-off valves I'm using (I did the soldering before I threaded the shut-offs onto the male adapter). I wrapped the male copper end in teflon (going the right direction) and screwed the shut-offs on using wrenches. THEY ALL LEAKED!
a.How tight do I have to make these?
b.Should I be using pipe dope and teflon?
c.How many wraps of teflon are reccomended?
3. A PVC question; I accidentally dripped a bit of primer in a coupleing that I haven't used yet. The primer dried up, can I still use the coupling?
TIA,
Molo
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