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Do you have a picture? Did the solder joint fail?
" Never heard that one"I just read the whole thread and ill bet $100 that they didn't ream the pipes. What city was your home built? Was it custom or are you in a new neighborhood like in a desert community?
Are you the original owner? Are you on a municipal water system or private well ?I’m thinking it’s joint failure as well. And in less than 10 years I’m thinking it was because there was some contaminate on the joint when it was soldered (not wiped like you said). Do you think I should pursue the builder? I'd probably have to find another plumber and maybe even a corrosion engineer to make an independent assessment. Has anyone had any experience with this?
They dropped the part back off like they said they would. It looks like they cleaned off the corrosion a little bit around the joints. I'm looking on the inside and there's corrosion product inside the elbow and outside at the joints. I'd have to get a couple of shark bite fittings and pressurize the part to see exactly where the leak is.
Do you think I should test my water for hardness and acidity? I suppose I can get the testing supplies at a pet/aquarium store.
If it's just a drain for backwash or something like that, it'll be fine. I'd have probably replaced the burnt section just because I messed it up.Interesting idea. I haven't been able to talk to my adjuster yet. I'll see what he says but it looks like the builder will probably get away with this one....indicently, I had a plumber replace the faulty section and when he was soldering the new elbow in place he burnt my water softener PVC drain line. It looks mostly superficial but do you think I should be concerned with it?