On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:51:34 -0800, Oren wrote:

On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:34:26 -0500, wrote:

Temorary repair is drain, clean,
flux and solder. Can be a REAL ;ain to get drained to the point it is
not just a boiler when you apply the torch.

If the pipe won't drain or you cannot get the water out, drill a
1/16-inch hole in the pipe for the drain (low point). Solder the leak
and the intentionally made drain hole.

It works....
It OFTEN works. Depends on the run of the pipe. (slope). If the run
is back towards the source, or a low point, the hole you need to drill
may be in-accessible. Doesn't take much water to make a 2 minute job
into a half hour cursing session.

In those cases, cut the line, lower both ends of the cut to drain the
pipe, perhaps stuffing a brad plug into the end the water keeps
sneeking in from, and then install a patch joiner, or if you have
enough space, a regular joiner.