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- From: dgi@pyuxe.uucp (25493-iveson)
- Subject: Re: Sticky paste in plumbing
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 13:03:29 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.130329.9081@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- References: <1992Jul26.141414.19582@crd.ge.com>
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- In article <1992Jul26.141414.19582@crd.ge.com>, joseph@emmax5crd.ge.com (joseph) writes:
- > Yesterday when I was walking around in the basement of my house,
- > I noticed something which has gotten me worried. I have copper
- > plumbing, and the welding material (lead ?) used to join sections
- > of pipe together seem to be melting. This happens only on
- > pipes carrying hot water. The welding material has turned into
- > sort of a sticky paste.
-
- It's probably excess soldering flux that wasn't wiped off by the plumber.
- Take a warm soapy rag and wash it off, then feel the silver solder around
- the joint. I'm pretty sure that you'll find that it isn't melting. That
- is, unless you have steam coming out of your hot water faucets. ;)
-
- Dave Iveson @ Bellcore, Piscataway, N.J.
-
- Disclaimer: The opinions expressed are my own, no one else wants to take the
- blame for them. ;-)
-