Reported Post by jjonas

[jjonas (Jeffrey Jonas)]

jjonas has reported a post.

Reason:

SPAM!!!

Gotta say, the moderators are getting awfully lazy lately !!!

Post: Plumb Yourself : Repair Leaky Pipes
Forum: Plumbing
Assigned Moderators: gbeaumont, fmagdefrau, fcarrio, lkage, mkyriacou, jmckenna1, rromoser, sgilligan1, iniquette, bjones5, jramos, wwilson3

Posted by: Linda Ray
Original Content:

There are a lots of plumbing leaks. Some can flood your house, while others aren’t nearly so damaging. Your method of stopping a leak depends upon the type of leak it is. If the leak reaches some joint, tighten the joint. If the leak is within a pipe, take away the section that’s leaking and replace it with a brand new section. Unfortunately, this is more easily said than can be done. For instance, when you turn a threaded galvanized steel pipe to unscrew it from the fitting at one end, you tighten the pipe into its fitting in the other end. With copper pipe, the brand new section must be sweat-soldered in position. Most pipe replacement tasks are that is better left to some plumber, but, like a do-it-yourselfer, you may consider an alternate: the pipe patch.

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[sstanczyk (Stephen Stanczyk, WA License #221)]

Interesting. Nick approved it. Larry Kage disappoved it. Then Nick approved it again.

[jjonas (Jeffrey Jonas)]

Well, I did my job. Not much else I can do.

[jwicklander (Jeffrey Wicklander)]

What forum rules were violated by that post? Just curious… there was no soliciting a certain product. It was providing and informative DIY tip. The link itself led to a DIY site that does not sell a specific product or single sided opinions. The site was about general knowledge and helpful info. IMO, I don’t think that post fell under the term ‘spam’.

Jeff

[jjonas (Jeffrey Jonas)]

Read again…

@linda ray

but, like a do-it-yourselfer, you may consider an alternate: the pipe patch.

Note: the link no longer points to the quoted info. Seems it has been moved/removed.

Also, since posted in the open MB, and viewable by all, the post infers that Nachi inspectors condone the use of DIY short-cut repairs. This, being posted by a non-member, is suspect, and could be mis-construed by the public.