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My old house (Beta) recently suffered a leaky valve at the incoming line past the meter. A call around to some local plumbers revealed a charge of $200 to repair it. Fortunately I was involved in deep conversation with Brian who had experience working with other peoples pipes. He offered to fix the problem for the low price of zero, which was better than the professional plumbers guild had to offer. Having never done plumbing before, I was fascinated with his expert handling of the pipes, the pipe fittings, and the blow torch that heated up the pipe connections before he smeared a load of solder all over them. Exhausted, we left the job in anticipation of the water being turned back on. Unfortunately, the first attempt proved leaky, but Dr. Plumber never leaves a job undone and was quickly back smearing another load of solder all over my leaky pipes. This time there were no leaks and my pipes were stronger than ever. Dr. Plumber: you can blow torch a load of solder on my pipes anytime.