...so one thing I forgot when I soldered up my new bath piping was to make sure that the fitting for my sink was flat against the wall first.
As a result, I needed to push it down to fit flush. I don't think it'll ever pull out, but am wondering if as a preventive measure, I should maybe heat up the pipe to get it to 'fit' better without pressure on it?
To explain better, a 2' section of 1/2" coming from a T from a 3/4" line was maybe 2" away from wall after soldering joint on other side of a wall. I could push it in, and attach to cinderblock with tapcon screws through the brass elbow (where the male nipple will screw into). Won't guess what force I used, but it's on the wall snug and the 1/2" didn't get kinked at all...but will this overly stress the "T"? I'm thinking to heat it up to get it to 'anneal' (not sure right term) into the position it's in?
Thanks folks!
Doug in NJ
As a result, I needed to push it down to fit flush. I don't think it'll ever pull out, but am wondering if as a preventive measure, I should maybe heat up the pipe to get it to 'fit' better without pressure on it?
To explain better, a 2' section of 1/2" coming from a T from a 3/4" line was maybe 2" away from wall after soldering joint on other side of a wall. I could push it in, and attach to cinderblock with tapcon screws through the brass elbow (where the male nipple will screw into). Won't guess what force I used, but it's on the wall snug and the 1/2" didn't get kinked at all...but will this overly stress the "T"? I'm thinking to heat it up to get it to 'anneal' (not sure right term) into the position it's in?
Thanks folks!
Doug in NJ