| cold water supply pipe under sink won't stop draining
Hello,
I had a faucet leaking from the spout. I turned off the water at the main line outside my house, turned off the valve stops, and took the stem to Lowe's to replace it. Found out faucet is too old for repair parts. I bought a new faucet, also stainless steel mesh supply lines and new valve stops, as the old ones as well as the copper supply lines were horribly caked with calcium and green. I installed the faucet, the hot water supply line and valve stop, but I am at a standstill after 48 hours---the cold water pipe(from the wall) hasn't finished draining! I rechecked the main line valve, but it is turned all the way off. There are no other shutoff valves(other than for the water heater) other than the ones under the individual sinks. The pipe has drained just over 8 gallons of cold water in the last 48 hours, but it is still coming out at a steady fast drip! Why won't it stop draining, and how can I make it stop? I tried installing the stop valve anyway, but it continued to leak even after installing it. I used the plumber's tape on all screw threads, I have tightened all the other nuts according to the recommendations on each part, so I anticipate some places to leak after I turn the main water line back on, but I can't get to that point until I get that stupid stop valve installed......
Elizabeth
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