Best way:
Shut water off, drain line, cut past hole, cap,and sweat.

Barring that...cut off water...open a valve near the location where the
saddle tap was, using an air compressorblow the water OUT of the line, and
sweat a bit of solder into the hole..

Its much easier to cut the line and fix it right.


"Mike Wood" wrote in message
...
I want to completely remove a leaky saddle valve which once
fed an icemaker water line ( no longer in use).
What's the best/easiest way to permanently remove the valve
and seal the remaining hole in the copper pipe? I prefer NOT
to cut the line and solder in a coupling.

Mike
Wake Forest, NC