Greetings,
About 3 years ago I installed a supply line from my home propane system to my propane grill located on my wooden deck (obligatory wood reference ;-)) utilizing black pipe and Oatey pipe joint compound. A few days ago I walked out on the deck and immediately noticed the tell-tale odor of propane. First thing I checked was my grill thinking I had left it on, but it was not. next, out came the squirt bottle of soapy water and I found small bubbles being produced at 2 of the joints in the pipe. This pipe had not been touched or moved in the 3 years it has been in place, so I am not sure what caused the joints to leak. My question is should I use something else to reseal the joints? Or just take the assembly apart, clean the threads and reapply pipe joint compound and reseal? I assume (there is that word) that just re-tightening the joint is probably not the best option. Do these type of joints need any periodic maintenance, or is it just Murphy rearing his ugly head? (since the leak was detected, I did shut off the supply line, don't want someone lighting the grill and getting more than they bargained for ;-)
TIA
-George-