bhayes wrote on Thu, 26 June 2014 09:00

Thanks for the suggestions. I had to use Teflon tape AND and pipe dope to finally get it to seal. Neither on their own did the job. So far it seems to be holding.

In my opinion that is the best way to insure a pipe won't leak.i learned it the hard way early.in my career I drained the heating piping of a 3 story apartment building to the bottom floor to replace a valve on the bottom floor and used Teflon tape on the new valve I refilled the building and the damn thing dripped no matter how tight I made it. Had to empty the building again and use dope and tape to fix it. From then on I used both when I didn't want any dripping.