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Default hot water heat leak

On Nov 19, 5:12*am, Karl Townsend
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I've got a pin hole leak in a copper pipe on my hot water heat sytem.

Murphy is my partner. So, of course, the leak is right where the pipe
goes through the floor and you can't get at it. A proper repair is
going to mean removing the radiator above, cutting out a whole section
of pipe and replacing.

To avoid this job, does anyone suggest some sort of goo to just apply
to the surface of the pipe? Other easy fix?

Karl


What is the floor material? The reason I ask is that you may not have
the situation others have referred to where the pipe is rotting from
the inside. I had a pipe in my house develop pinholes where it passed
through a tile/cement wall. The pipe was eaten from the outside.

can JB Weld do this fix? I've never tried it.