If a fitting leaks, can you just braze it in instead of cutting it out and having to add more pipe?

November 13, 2019

If a fitting leaks, can you just braze it in instead of cutting it out and having to add more pipe?

Trying to braze the fitting will very likely melt the O-ring material and thus introduce contaminants into the system that could cause other system issues, so the fittings should never be brazed.