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System has been filled with water under pressure for 10 days now. No seepage observed. Everything still dry.

Update - I replaced all the brass caps on the stub-outs with ball valves. Had the city turn on the water, opened the main shutoff valve, opened each valve in turn to bleed air out of the system and left it filled with water under pressure for 24 hours. No leaks observed. All connections seem to...

That was the first thing I did. No measurable pressure drop in 15 minutes.

Pressure drop occurred over 7 continuous days. Tried fluid around many joints including where the pressure gauge was attached. Heating system is up and running so temperature has been fairly constant. I say "fairly" because my mini-split heat pumps struggle a bit to keep up when the outdoor...

Just installed a DIY Pex B system in a small house I am building. Testing with compressed air at 50 PSI shows pressure drop of about 1 PSI every 24 hours. I am using a delta multi-choice shower valve with test cap only (no cartridge) as the bridge between the hot and cold loops. I have taken the...

I just registered today but have read and benefited from many of the posts before. So sad to hear this news. My thoughts and prayers are with Terry and his family.