Posted: 11/24/2016 1:40:30 PM EDT
Leak location shown below. Do i try to remove object #2 (not sure what it's called)...then remove object 1 (which i guess is a lead pipe?). What tools/parts do i need? How to i make connections water tight - the connection above #1 , between 1 and 2, and below 2?
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Quoted: What is deielctric fitting? Quoted: Quoted: Kinda looks like a dielectric fitting. If you don't know what tools you need, you might be in over your head. Practice on something else. Not on a holiday...  What is deielctric fitting? |
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Kinda looks like a dielectric fitting. If you don't know what tools you need, you might be in over your head. Practice on something else. Not on a holiday... What is deielctric fitting? Its not needed... Just fiber fix that mother fucker... |
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Kinda looks like a dielectric fitting. If you don't know what tools you need, you might be in over your head. Practice on something else. Not on a holiday... What is deielctric fitting? Has a piece of insulating material [usually plastic or nylon] between the two pieces to cut down on corrosion. Poster above is correct, might just need a 1/4 turn or less to tighten and fix it. |
As others have said, wait until tomorrow when the stores are open. It would be ideal to replace 1 and 2, but the problem you will almost certainly have is 1 isn't going to want to be removed from the elbow above it. Galvanized pipe SUCKS after just a few years, due to corrosion. At a minimum you need two pipe wrenches to get it apart. Being close to the wall makes that a little sucky, but still do-able. Oh, and I'd reroute that flexible electric line so it's not touching the pipes. You can do this! 
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Quoted: Not trying to be mean. You're in over your head now. Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Kinda looks like a dielectric fitting. If you don't know what tools you need, you might be in over your head. Practice on something else. Not on a holiday... What is deielctric fitting? the end result will be the same. |
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Kinda looks like a dielectric fitting. If you don't know what tools you need, you might be in over your head. Practice on something else. Not on a holiday... What is deielctric fitting? A union used between two different sections of pipe to help slow corrosion. Copper or brass to galvanized or black iron. The plastic or fiber washer usually gets ate up or cracks. |
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yea it was dripping not too much water.... one drop every second.
I dont think i can do another 1/4 turn...it's already tight as can be. I tired to use a wrench and it moved very little. Besides...seems like a rust or corrosion issue causing it to leak? also that shutoff valve is closed position in the pic, so if i attempt to work on it, i wont worry about water flow. There is a main shutoff further lower right, and that is turned off as well. So after i turned off both valves for 2 hours now, i turned them back on, and have been using the sinks, toilets for half and hour, and there havent been any leeking so far. also what is that # 2 part? the metal thing wrap around with the screw above it is also part of that piece |
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The best form of home repair experience is knowing when you are ABOUT to get in over your head before you actually go and make it twice as bad. Generally that skill is learned through much trial and error. I've really had good luck in this arena despite lots of crazy stuff I've attempted. When in doubt don't make it worse.
One of the funner projects was trying to open a clogged sewage main line with a power auger. After 4 hours I conceded and called a pro. A $400 service call later concluded it was a collapsed clay pipe that would need to be replaced at a huge cost. |
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Don't know how things are up there, but the ground can shift down here and loosen pipes. Also the constant vibration from pressure fluctuations can do it also, as well as corrosion. It would be best to replace the fitting or at the least take it apart completely to re-dope it.
The guys above are messing with you. You won't need 36" pipe wrenches. By code 48" is minimum required torque. |