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Dave

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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?

Are you talking about regular iron pipe, with threaded ends and
fittings? and 2 inches "thick" do you mean diameter? Pipe is measured
by ID, so "about 2 inches thick" would likel be 1 1/2" pipe. That size
implies steam to me rather than hot water, but it could be either.

It's hot water for radiators in the house.
The 2 inches thick mean diameter.

Could you describe the leak? Is it s crack, leaking at a fitting,
damaged, corroded or ??? It would make a difference as to best method
of repair.