[cr1957]

At the T connection where the main water line connects to the house. The side of the T that leads into the house is fine. Problem is the side of the T that is connected to a backyard hose spiket water valve broke at its T connection. Copper sleave broke practically flush at its T connection. Now water shooting out of broken T side and no water going into the house. How to I fix or plug the T? cr1957

[hkstroud]

Don't think I fully understand. You have copper pipe. You have a tee in the main line from the street that feeds a hose bib. The pipe to the hose bib fits inside the tee. This is a soldered fitting. The pipe to the hose bib has broken at the tee. Is all of that correct? Hopefully you have the water turned off at the street.
What do you mean by copper sleeve?

[mygirlsdad77]

Can you post a pic of the broken tee?

[cr1957]

Fixed it, Sawed off the main water supply line at bottom of T and sawed off the copper line from the T side that leads to the house.

I discovered that the density of the pipe wall of the 3/4 inch copper pipe water supply line that connects to the bottom of the T to be thinner than the density of the 1/2 inch copper piping that leads into the house. Plumbing house informed me that the difference in the density correlates to a pipes' grade.

Being a novice in sweating pipe I sweated a piece of 3/4 pipe to the bottom of the T creating an extension. Then I sweated the T onto the 1/2 pipe that leads into the house. Then I connected the main supply line to the bottom T extension pipe with a compression fitting.


Thank you all for the suggestions and tips

cr1957

[hkstroud]

Congrats and thanks for the update.