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    Feb 23, 2008, 07:22 AM
    New bathtub faucet, shower fiting leaking
    A neighbor installed a new bathtub faucet for me. At the point the shower connects to it, it is leaking badly. How can I fix that?
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    Feb 23, 2008, 07:28 AM
    The shower connects in several places. The shower raiser connects to the valve body, the shower arm connects to a drop earred ell in the wall and the shower head connects to the chrome shower arm. That's three joints. Which one leaks? Or is it something else? Give us a explanation and more details. Tom
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    Feb 23, 2008, 07:38 AM
    It is leaking where the pipe attaches to new faucet. Thank you.
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    Feb 23, 2008, 09:53 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by imgoldenjewel
    It is leaking where the pipe attaches to new faucet. Thank you.
    This is a picture of a shower valve,(see image) The top opening is where the shower raiser attaches to the valve. Is this where it's leaking from? Tom
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    Feb 24, 2008, 03:14 PM
    Yes, that's it. Thank you Virginia
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    Feb 24, 2008, 03:23 PM
    The most obvious answer would be to ask your neighbor to uninstall the riser pipe and to reinstall it correctly. If it is threaded he needs at least 3-4 full wraps of white teflon tape. If it is a sweat fitting he needs to reheat the connection, completely clean both parts removing all solder and then resolder withflux paste.
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    Feb 27, 2008, 07:19 AM
    Thank you, Virginia
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