Repairing a hole in a pipe.
If I had a copper pipe with a hole in it - say a nail had been driven
through it - is it possible to repair this hole by heating the pipe with a blow-torch and melting some plumbing solder into the hole? (This hasn't actually happened btw - I'm just wondering how best to ever deal with this eventuality!) Thanks, Mark. |
Repairing a hole in a pipe.
wrote in message ... If I had a copper pipe with a hole in it - say a nail had been driven through it - is it possible to repair this hole by heating the pipe with a blow-torch and melting some plumbing solder into the hole? (This hasn't actually happened btw - I'm just wondering how best to ever deal with this eventuality!) Thanks, Mark. The correct way is to cut a piece off and solder a Female insert on,however this is sometimes not possible? so a piece of 1" long copper pipe is cut and then cut in half along the 1" so you have a piece of copper pipe that will sit over the hole and you solder around its edges to the main pipe. |
Repairing a hole in a pipe.
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Repairing a hole in a pipe.
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Repairing a hole in a pipe.
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message ... wrote: If I had a copper pipe with a hole in it - say a nail had been driven through it - is it possible to repair this hole by heating the pipe with a blow-torch and melting some plumbing solder into the hole? (This hasn't actually happened btw - I'm just wondering how best to ever deal with this eventuality!) Thanks, Mark. I tried it once: it wasn't too successful. The solder needs to be fully liquid to bind, and that meant it tended to run away from the hole by capillary action. However a split piece of pipe, flattened slightly and cleaned should make a good enough patch, but the standard thing is to cut the pipe and use a slip coupling. Ultimately thats what I did. I once had a problem where the wife drilled a wall (!) and nicked a water pipe that was buried in there, It was totally impractical to dig it out enough to do a 'proper' repair, so I took some stout copper wire culled from some 2.5mm t&e and wrapped it around the pipe and twisted the ends together, having first cleaned the pipe to a shine around the damage. I then slid the two loops together, and bent the wire out to form a 'circle' around the damage. With some flux on there, and a large electric soldering iron, I was then able to fill the copper wire circle with solder, which bonded well to both the pipe and wire. Left exposed for a while, I was able to confirm that the leak had indeed been fixed reliably, so eventually, I reinstated the plaster. I lived in the house for some years after that, and no problem with the repair ever appeared, so as they say, the job was a good 'un. Arfa |
Repairing a hole in a pipe.
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wrote: If I had a copper pipe with a hole in it - say a nail had been driven through it - is it possible to repair this hole by heating the pipe with a blow-torch and melting some plumbing solder into the hole? (This hasn't actually happened btw - I'm just wondering how best to ever deal with this eventuality!) Thanks, Mark. I tried it once: it wasn't too successful. The solder needs to be fully liquid to bind, and that meant it tended to run away from the hole by capillary action. I suspect it could be done with plumbers metal - which is what they used to make lead joints. It maintains a wide plastic zone and can be wiped (moulded) into position and maintain bulk. Of course, I doubt there's a lead free version for potable water pipes. Tim |
Repairing a hole in a pipe.
On Oct 8, 3:12*pm, Tim S wrote:
The Natural Philosopher coughed up some electrons that declared: wrote: If I had a copper pipe with a hole in it - say a nail had been driven through it - is it possible to repair this hole by heating the pipe with a blow-torch and melting some plumbing solder into the hole? (This hasn't actually happened btw - I'm just wondering how best to ever deal with this eventuality!) Thanks, Mark. I tried it once: it wasn't too successful. The solder needs to be fully liquid to bind, and that *meant it tended to run away from the hole by capillary action. I suspect it could be done with plumbers metal - which is what they used to make lead joints. It maintains a wide plastic zone and can be wiped (moulded) into position and maintain bulk. Of course, I doubt there's a lead free version for potable water pipes. Tim yes - but bear in mind those solder joints were very thick to get sufficient strength. NT |
Repairing a hole in a pipe.
Arfa Daily wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message ... wrote: If I had a copper pipe with a hole in it - say a nail had been driven through it - is it possible to repair this hole by heating the pipe with a blow-torch and melting some plumbing solder into the hole? (This hasn't actually happened btw - I'm just wondering how best to ever deal with this eventuality!) Thanks, Mark. I tried it once: it wasn't too successful. The solder needs to be fully liquid to bind, and that meant it tended to run away from the hole by capillary action. However a split piece of pipe, flattened slightly and cleaned should make a good enough patch, but the standard thing is to cut the pipe and use a slip coupling. Ultimately thats what I did. I once had a problem where the wife drilled a wall (!) and nicked a water pipe that was buried in there, It was totally impractical to dig it out enough to do a 'proper' repair, so I took some stout copper wire culled from some 2.5mm t&e and wrapped it around the pipe and twisted the ends together, having first cleaned the pipe to a shine around the damage. I then slid the two loops together, and bent the wire out to form a 'circle' around the damage. With some flux on there, and a large electric soldering iron, I was then able to fill the copper wire circle with solder, which bonded well to both the pipe and wire. Left exposed for a while, I was able to confirm that the leak had indeed been fixed reliably, so eventually, I reinstated the plaster. I lived in the house for some years after that, and no problem with the repair ever appeared, so as they say, the job was a good 'un. Arfa That is a net trick as well. Filed in case I ever need it. |
Repairing a hole in a pipe.
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, wrote: If I had a copper pipe with a hole in it - say a nail had been driven through it - is it possible to repair this hole by heating the pipe with a blow-torch and melting some plumbing solder into the hole? If it were a very tiny hole it might. But probably not on a larger one. (This hasn't actually happened btw - I'm just wondering how best to ever deal with this eventuality!) Cut the pipe at the hole and use a coupler. -- *Taxation WITH representation ain't much fun, either. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
Repairing a hole in a pipe.
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Philosopher writes Arfa Daily wrote: "The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message I once had a problem where the wife drilled a wall (!) and nicked a water pipe that was buried in there, It was totally impractical to dig it out enough to do a 'proper' repair, so I took some stout copper wire culled from some 2.5mm t&e and wrapped it around the pipe and twisted the ends together, having first cleaned the pipe to a shine around the damage. I then slid the two loops together, and bent the wire out to form a 'circle' around the damage. With some flux on there, and a large electric soldering iron, I was then able to fill the copper wire circle with solder, which bonded well to both the pipe and wire. Left exposed for a while, I was able to confirm that the leak had indeed been fixed reliably, so eventually, I reinstated the plaster. I lived in the house for some years after that, and no problem with the repair ever appeared, so as they say, the job was a good 'un. Arfa That is a net trick as well. Filed in case I ever need it. Got me thinking too but I probably would just have wrapped the wire round the pipe many times to create a sleeve then soldered up the whole lot. -- fred BBC3, ITV2/3/4, channels going to the DOGs |
Repairing a hole in a pipe.
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , wrote: If I had a copper pipe with a hole in it - say a nail had been driven through it - is it possible to repair this hole by heating the pipe with a blow-torch and melting some plumbing solder into the hole? If it were a very tiny hole it might. But probably not on a larger one. (This hasn't actually happened btw - I'm just wondering how best to ever deal with this eventuality!) Cut the pipe at the hole and use a coupler. Put a self tapping size 6 screw in the nail hole. Worked for me. |
Repairing a hole in a pipe.
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