slight leak from sprinkler valve female pipe thread inlet and water pipe joint

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slight leak from sprinkler valve female pipe thread inlet and water pipe joint

Author: dbaplgb (TX)

Hope everyone is safe here! My home sprinkler system has this rain bird CP075 - 3/4 in. FPT Inline Irrigation Valve valve and it is functioning with no problem, however, the water PVC pipe coming in to female pipe side has very slight leak so I was thinking to put some PVC cement when the whole thing is completely dry, or is there any better way of fixing this leak?

Arrow shows where the leak is [pvc and valve are intact, joint is having some gap causing water leak]

open housing is where leak is

Appreciate your help!

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Re: slight leak from sprinkler valve female pipe thread inlet and water pipe joint

Author: steve (CA)

I would cut the inlet and outlet pipes a few inches from the male adapters. Remove the valve and remaining pipe stubs as an intact unit. Check the valve for a crack, that might be causing the leak. If no crack, remove the inlet stub and reinstall it with PTFE(Teflon) pipe sealant. Reinstall the valve and stubs to the in-ground piping with unions or a glue coupling on the supply side and slip-on compression coupling on the outlet.

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