cinderbike
New Member
Bought a house last month, and I've been making my way through the house fixing/replacing everything.
The master bath tub spout was leaking pretty good (1-2 drips a second!) so the first thing I did was replace the cartridge (Moen posi-temp). I ended up just buying a whole new trim kit - I am on a mission to de-chrome the house - and was having a LOT of trouble getting the shower arm not to leak. Several hours on this and similar websites, I went to Lowe's and got the heavy duty Teflon tape instead of the <$1 stuff I had been using, wrapped it about 4-5 times, and it seems to have fixed the problem.
Question is, how long should I check for leaks? I ran the shower for a little over eight minutes and didn't see any leaks or drops forming, am I in the clear?
PS: not sure if the shower always did this and I never noticed (haven't really had a chance to use the master bath for obvious reasons) but after running the shower, once I shut it off I hear a hollow dripping/clicking sound and it sounds like it's coming from inside the (copper) pipes. Any idea what it might be, and should I be concerned? It only does it for 5-10 minutes after.
The master bath tub spout was leaking pretty good (1-2 drips a second!) so the first thing I did was replace the cartridge (Moen posi-temp). I ended up just buying a whole new trim kit - I am on a mission to de-chrome the house - and was having a LOT of trouble getting the shower arm not to leak. Several hours on this and similar websites, I went to Lowe's and got the heavy duty Teflon tape instead of the <$1 stuff I had been using, wrapped it about 4-5 times, and it seems to have fixed the problem.
Question is, how long should I check for leaks? I ran the shower for a little over eight minutes and didn't see any leaks or drops forming, am I in the clear?
PS: not sure if the shower always did this and I never noticed (haven't really had a chance to use the master bath for obvious reasons) but after running the shower, once I shut it off I hear a hollow dripping/clicking sound and it sounds like it's coming from inside the (copper) pipes. Any idea what it might be, and should I be concerned? It only does it for 5-10 minutes after.