Seymour Bigby-Heinz -stuff wrote:

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:04:40 +0300, Dave wrote:

I have a leaking steel pipe that supplies warm water to radiators in my house.

A plumber dropped by and said it would be easiest to cut the bad part away and
weld a replacement. The pipe is about 2 inches thick.

The replacement is about two feet.

The plumber gave me a quote of about $2000 which I promptly refused.

What about using a fiberglass or something else? I'd rather just cut the cracked
steelpipe part away and weld a copper replacement part. Any ideas?

Call another plumber. See if the new guy's estimate agrees with the
first guy's estimate. If it does, ask why it is so expensive. They may
have a reason for asking for so much.

Mike

I called another plumber which has worked for couple of my neighbors. After
seeing the leak he quoted $350 which I promptly accepted!