Finally patched my own leaking copper pipe without calling my buddy for backup

Had a pin hole leak show up in my basement ceiling last Tuesday night. Water was dripping right onto my workbench, not a ton but enough to annoy me. I cut out the bad section and sweat in a new coupling around 11pm. Took three tries cause my torch was acting up and I hate soldering overhead. Total cost was like $12 in parts versus paying someone $300 easy. Anyone else ever fix something small yourself and realize you should have just done it sooner?

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ellis.charles25d ago

...and that feeling of fixing it yourself is sweeter than any beer. Nothing beats proving to yourself you can handle it. The torch problems though, I feel that. Oxy acetylene is a pain but propane torches take forever. I almost melted a joist once trying to get a fitting hot enough. Now I keep a spare torch head in the toolbox just in case. Plus once you learn to sweat copper you save so much money over the years. Next time you got a valve or a tee to install you won't even blink.

wade55825d ago

Did you have that moment where you realize you just saved a ton of cash and feel like a genius?