no. just do it all over.

 

Sorry, but the best solution is to re-do it from start.

 

Nope. Any "outside" application will probably leak after a short period of time. According to Murphy's Law, it will happen at the worst possible time.

 

Gotta re-do it. Sorry.

 

Wasn't a big deal... Re did it... But now its circulating, and i have a few TINY TINY TINY leaks (Like a drop 1-3 minutes) from 2-3 places.... Think after some heat cycles the teflon paste will work in and seal up?

 

dude, just dope the sh*t out of the male threading, much fatter than you think will fit in the female fitting. the excess will drip off when you put it on, who cares ?

 

I did dope the sh*t out of it... Thats why i'm shocked its leaking... and it was fairly tight before i soldered it too... which is why i'm like WTF....

 

I did dope the sh*t out of it... Thats why i'm shocked its leaking... and it was fairly tight before i soldered it too... which is why i'm like WTF....

Whoa, we may have found our problem. You said this is a furnace, right? What on earth are you soldering? I was thinking we were talking about gas connections, which should never never never be soldered.

If it is part of a boiler and you have sweat connections that transition to threaded connections, you MUST do the soldering first, then make the threaded connections with pipe dope after it cools off. Or use teflon tape, which can take the heat.

If your soldered connections (copper pipe) are leaking, you overheated the joint, had water/steam in the pipe near the joint, or had an unclean joint. There's no way to fix it, it must be redone.

 

I called a friend who is a plumber, and he explained that i probably overheated the joint... I dont have a union there, so I did what he recommended which was take a rag with ice cold water, and wrap the pasted connections while i did the soldering, and that looks much better... doesn't look like the paste is gone this time... And I tightened the fittings much more than i did before... Furnace is refilled and heating back up now... **Crossing Fingers**

 

hey ....pssst

Solder your stuff FIRST, then assemble it,

Post a picture if you can

 

I cant solder it first, because i was an idiot and didnt put a union lol. And I dont have a pic of the actual joint, but here is the finished boiler.