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Aaron (IL)
I live in Illinois and under the kitchen sink the cutoff valve for the hot water is copper, but the pipe feeding it appears to be PVC. There is a leak at what looks like the nut part that attaches to the PVC. Tried tightening the connection and the leak gets worse. If I loosen the fitting the leak becomes a slow drip. How do I fix this problem, and is this even code?
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KCRoto (MO)
could you post a picture?
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packy (MA)
it sounds like a compression joint???
if so, shut off the main, back off the nut so you can see the compression ring, put few wraps of teflon tape around the sleeve, put a touch of grease on that and tighten.
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Aaron (IL)
Packy,
Thanks for the reply I will try your suggestion this weekend and let you know if it fixed the problem.
Aaron
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Aaron (IL)
KCRoto,
I am going to try Packy's suggestion and if that doesn't fix the problem I will post a pic so you can evaluate the situation. Thank you for your reply and I will post picture over the weekend if the other suggestion doesn't fix the problem.
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