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Leaking Cooper Pipe Joint

  • 02-11-2016 8:16pm
    #1
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    One of the pipes in the boiler is leaking.

    Would this be common to happen after 10 years or so? There are damp stains on the wall so must have been happening for a while.

    Is this a job for a plumber or is this a DIY job.


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  • #2
    agusta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭agusta


    If you could post a picture it would help


  • #3
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Photo attached


  • #4
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,380 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    Could be a poorly plumbed pressure release valve. As Agusta suggested, a pic would help.

    Please follow site and charter rules. "Resistance is futile"



  • #5
    Robbie.G
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,884 ✭✭✭Robbie.G


    godtabh wrote: »
    One of the pipes in the boiler is leaking.

    Would this be common to happen after 10 years or so? There are damp stains on the wall so must have been happening for a while.

    Is this a job for a plumber or is this a DIY job.

    If you can get a spanner on the top of the valve and try to give it a tighten its on a fibre washer that might have just softened up


  • #6
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,380 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    Is this joint leaking or is it running down that pipe above the joiner.

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  • #7
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,243 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Wearb wrote: »
    Is this joint leaking or is it running down that pipe above the joiner.

    Where you have it circled is where I think the leak is


  • #8
    Wearb
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 6,380 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wearb


    godtabh wrote: »
    Where you have it circled is where I think the leak is

    Dry it all off and see if the leak is running down from above.
    After you do that I will leave it to RobbieG to suggest a remedy.

    Please follow site and charter rules. "Resistance is futile"



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