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Rant: Fixed a leaky pipe in 10 minutes after 3 days of wrong advice
Everyone online said to just tighten the fitting, but that made the drip worse. I finally called a local plumber in Dallas who said I needed a new O-ring, not more torque. Why does every forum skip the simple fix first?
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iris_barnes873mo ago
Three days messing with a drip because some rando said tighten it. Next time take the fitting apart first and look at the rubber ring inside. If its flat or has a crack in it thats your problem right there. A new O-ring is like a dollar at any hardware store and takes two minutes to swap. I keep a little pack of assorted sizes in my toolbox for exactly this reason. People online love to guess but they dont have to live with your wet floor.
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adam1863mo ago
That first comment that said to tighten it probably had a stripped O-ring themselves and thought that fixed it. Sometimes the loudest advice online is from people who got lucky, not from actual knowledge.
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