How To Fix A Hole In Copper Pipe | Emergency Plumbing Repair
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Welcome to my latest plumbing tips video where i will be showing you how to repair a hole in a copper water pipe. I will show you how to fix a pin hole and get you out of a muddle. If you like the content leave a like and please subscribe for more content like this as I've got a lot more to come and there will be something that will help you out. Theres other plumbing tutorials on my channel to check out!
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I really like your videos. Simple and to the point without being patronising, and full of ideas to put at the back of my mind for when disaster strikes!
That's the aim of this channel. Keeping it simple!
I just push in a bit of my wife's sponge pudding. It never leaks after that.
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mindsight - let's see twelve days is long enough for your wife to file divorce papers ,,,, So?
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What is sponge pudding? Like she is absorbing all your income, or she happened to bake a sponge cake and put some awful figgy pudding all over that people pretend to eat, but they just plug leaky pipes and such? Well, which one is it mate?
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watched a bunch of these tonight. best so far. cheers matey
Your welcome 👍
@@TheDIYGuy1 His welcome??
You're welcome...
I'm a plumber and over the years have fixed frozen burst pipes with just solder and flux, cleaning it first with sand cloth. Squeeze the crack as closed as you can. Silver solder works best. No need for a patch piece.
A hole in a copper water pipe means the pipe is weak and the time it takes to put a temporary patch on, I can remove all of the bad pipe and replace w/ new.
I have been using Plex pipe for about ten years now and it makes life simple.. It's easier to replace copper pipe w/ Plex, then it is to solder copper, especially in tight places..
Plex is flexible so it cuts down on needing a lot of elbows..
& it's in compliance w/ building codes.
Do you get wire wool from wire sheep?
How did you guess 😄
Why wouldnt someone just drop a bead of solder on the hole?
Cut. Sharkbite connector. Done
Not always possible if for example your hole is in a tight spot on a crossover and you can't access it properly.
@@TheDIYGuy1 if thats the case how are you soldering with a torch.. pex is the present and future. Put the copper down and walk away. Everyone i know threw out all their copper stuff years ago.
@@bb590 if you've a decent torch it can be done. In fact I did one on a central heating pipe two weeks ago which would of been a nightmare to cut out due to its location. Both PEX and copper have a place.
Lead solder
#1. Stay calm
#2. Turn the water valve off.
#3. Cut open the drywall, enough to work on the system comfortably.
#4. Get a short hose and 3 hose clamps.
. . . What ? They make a patch ?
Piece of flat rubber and a jubilee clip.
My dad showed me how to fix a punctured copper pipe(I punctured it when nailing a floorboard back down😁).
He cleaned the area.Screwed a small brass screw into the hole and then soldered over it.It never leaked👍
Great idea. That's a lot easier than going out and trying to get one of these patches as they're hard to come by.
I wonder if we can use liquid PTFE together with the screw. I have use this method for PVC pipe which is much thicker and is non metallic. Copper pipe is much thinner and unlikely will work..
Awesome impressive I will do just that THANKS A BUNCH!
@@tbot5709have you tried it yet, by any chance?
My Dad used to just take a short piece of copper pipe one size bigger and cut it into two half pipes , then he would use one of the half pipes just like your fancy patch . He sure taught me a lot of stuff I still miss him , he’s been gone now almost ten years . Great channel you have thanks for the update in technology , all the plumbing here in Canada has been plastic for about thirty years but I still think copper is better just more expensive so it’s only used in industrial or commercial buildings now not residential.
Sounds like a good dad
“All the plumbing in Canada” 😂 I live in a house with copper pipes only. As with the rest of the homes/buildings in my community. I was told last year that all houses would get plastic pipes but I still have yet to see that. Im still dealing with busted, pinhole in my copper pipes. Sucks. Lol.
I know this comment was a year ago. I just had to correct the “all the plumbing here in Canada”. 😂
I said within the last 30 years it was plastic before that yes it was copper and sometimes crappy galvanized metal pipe.
I use a hoseclamp and a rubber washer between the pipe and hoseclamp. All done in less than one minute.
I repaired a central heating pipe by wrapping bicycle tube around it and securing the tube with cable ties. It was initially a temporary repair, but it lasted for 18 years until I decided to replace all my radiators.
The anxiety would drive me crazy
I had the mounting bolt the holds the alternator in my car snap off when I was miles from home, No fan no cooling the rad like that.
Rummaged around in the trunk and found a small c clamp, clamped in place, I didn't think it would even work, keep my eye on the temperature guage and prayed all the way home.
6 months later I still hadn't fixed it.
@@bipedalbob you should tie something to the c-clamp so that if it wiggles loose it can't fall and become a object (projectile) on the road.
@@jamesclark6487 no need,
That was over 40 years ago. I did finally fix it though .
A small jubilee clip would be more secure than tie wraps
Hmm, I've soldered (tin/lead) professionally on musical instruments (brass, nickel silver, copper, silver and gold) for decades, and never, ever once, had a solder joint fracture due to water cooling. The lead-free tin/copper solder works the same way. I've always cooled with water right away, once the solder has frozen and the piece is still boiling hot, because it's the best way to get the flux residue off. Tip; you can make a patch using a section of the same diameter pipe. Cut it lengthwise such that you get slightly more than a half circle, remove the burrs, and it will "snap" over the original pipe nicely. Then solder using liquid flux and solid wire solder. If you need to clamp the patch onto the pipe for some reason, use soft steel wire, wrapped around the part and twisted tight, then solder, then cut and remove the wire.
Drop some silver solder on to it or try with flux and solder, drain the pipe first.
Only comment I'd add is that the hole in this vide was caused by a drill and not by corrosion.
It's more common to run into pinhole leaks that are caused by corrosion which requires a lot more work than what was described in this video. When the cause is corrosion, you can bet that much more of the pipe has been weakened than just the one or more pinhole leaks that are visible, what's happening is that on the inside of the pipe you probably have several places where a hole is about to show up soon to follow the ones that have already appeared, and every one of them on the inside of the pipe will look like a BB hole in glass (a kind of inverted cone).
So, in all cases where the pinhole(s) are caused by corrosion or old age, you have to remove and replace that entire length of pipe. Don't repair just the pinhole or you'll end up coming back again and again as more pinhole leaks will show up.
Lmfao 🤣
Simple cut away the bad area and use a joiner
If I had a leak I would definitely wait at least 3 days with my water turned off for my Amazon repair patch order to arrive! 😂
How about ordering it right now & sticking it in your toolbox?
Never thought of that did ya genius?
It's called 'preventative maintenance'.
I have turn signal bulbs, headlights & other shit sitting there so that when an emergency comes along you go to your toolbox & handle that shit instead of being in YOUR sorry shoes when the answer has been given to you.
I had a tiny hole in a pipe in my basement right where I stood at my work bench that dripped water on me. I used a hose clamp and a piece of inner tube to seal it. That was over a decade ago and it still doesn't leak. They also sell couplers without an internal stop that will slide over the pipe, after cutting it. Then you can put flux on the pipe and solder the coupling. The solder will draw into the space between the coupler and pipe.
Yes otherwise known as a repair coupling. If you can Solder , you can get away with filling the pin hole that way as well. Coupling is best.
I had a pipe split a bit due to an unusual freeze as the pipe was outside. All I did was put a piece of bicycle inner tube over it, take a hose clamp and tighten it up over the split. It's still holding over 30 years later.
So you’ve been drinking and cooking with inner tube residue for 30 years? Nice.
@@vinny5004 what would that matter considering what is already in your water ? Anyway, cant happen as the hole was so small it was barely spraying out. The most important thing is that it was the hot water pipe to my old garage for the wash room. Sink and washer machine. Plus stuff just doesnt transfer like that in enough volume to make any differance at all. Thanks for being concerned about my health.
Waste of money…clean and solder the hole. I’ve done this for 50+ years and never ever had a problem.
Thanks for this. I'm in USA and I've never seen those patches here. I've fixed a few pin hole leaks but they always seem to be at elbows or couplings.
I'm in Florida - our water is eating from the inside. You get tiny holes on the outside ( bigger inside wall)
@@CHMichael your water must how low ph making it acidic. You could always add a neautralizer tank with calcite in it to increase the ph to prevent the holes. Especially if you see any green blue coloring around your fixtures or in sink and tub. That’s a classic sign of acidic water eating your copper pipes up from the inside.
When it happens at elbows and couplings, it's usually because the pipe wasn't properly deburred on the inside before fitting. This creates internal eddys in the flow that eats away the pipe over time.
@@heroinmom153 that is absolutely correct. 💯
I get tiny holes and inject non bubbling gorilla glue - works great. 6y an holding.
For larger problems - rubber stretch tape .rap 1x then ad copper plate and apply pressure wrapping. Also works.
- in case your scared of a blowtorch
Working in council housing it was always " changeover day" when people moved/ swapped houses that brought these leaks. When people lifted the carpets they pulled out all the nails they had hammered through pipes under the floorboards. Oh joy most Fridays 😂
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I was chatting to an old guy in the local many years ago, he'd been a carpenter who worked on a large local council housing estate that was built in the early 50's. He was saying that the houses were really well built, and the workmen took a lot of care as they knew that they'd probably be living in one of the houses they were building
So using the second method how do you move the second section of pipe back far enough to slip it into the connector?
If you're using a push fitting like the one shown, you'd probably want to elevate one side of the pipe so you can push the fitting home easily. Then you'd have to hope there's enough play in the pipe to get the other side lined up. If you're using a solder or compression fitting they make "slip" couplings that the pipe can pass all the way through. You have to make sure each end of the pipe is of relatively equal depth inside the coupling when you go to solder or press it though.
No stop coupling
@@ctaylor7089 Got it. Thanks both.
One comment - the additional fitting is fine unless working in a confined area, where you cannot move the cut ends apart far enough to fit the piece in. That's when I discovered slip fittings - you can get a "straight slip coupling" - then you can just bend the pipe out, slide the coupling all the way on to one side of the joint, let it spring back to align with the other end of the pipe, and slide the coupling back over the joint. Solder in place, job done.
Normal couplings have a ridge in the middle to help centre the fitting on to both ends of the pipes, so won't slide on far enough if you can't get a big enough gap between the ends. Slip couplings overcome this - hendy when you need 'em, so I've now got a few in my spares box for when I need one.
I cut a short section out and put a 90 Deg bend on each open end. Then make a "C piece" from 2 more 90 Deg bends with a short length of pipe connecting them. Then slide the c piece you made onto the 2 90 Deg bends fitted previously.
Sheet rock guys love this trick, that and pissing in tubs
I just tried one of the click fix jobbies and it didn't stick to the pipe. Did I use too much heat or flux? Or heated it for too long? The pipe is vertical.
2:21. That’s gonna out a LOT of copper filings in the pipe, eventually leading to clogs down the line.
The reviews on amazon suggest these patches can't be used on vertical copper pipes. Can't understand why though. The leak I need to fix is on a vertical pipe so before I order can anyone tell me if this is true. Thanks
Brazing the whole is easier and more permanent.
When it comes to pinholes, the first thing you want to do is take a sharpie and mark exactly where the hole is. THEN turn off the water
How much does it usually cost around for a burst water pipe a few leaks from a copper pipe and plastic if i was to call a plumber
U got my like cause u gave a sht about your horsestall open filming a YT video :)
Keep it up bro :) 1:56
I repaired a leaking pipe insitue with some amalgamating tape 30 years + ago and its still holding up lol
Lol 😆
I have never seen a patch for a copper pipe , But if it works ! I generally fix something like that with a copper coupling or a copper union sometimes I weld it with silfoss with 5 % silver in it .
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Das Rohr wird richtig mit Schmirgelpapier gereinigt, getrennt und dann wird eine Kupfermuffe eingelötet.
Alles andere ist Behelf und Pfusch.
In my new house the sparky used a multitool to cut a patch out of the ceiling and nicked a central heating pipe that was on the other side of the plasterboard. He flew around like a headless chicken trying to stop it pissing down. I couldn't stop laughing! :'D
Lol these things happen. At least you took it well 😃
@@TheDIYGuy1 My dad was a plumber so I knew what to do, as you said these things happen!
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@@sevenodonata doesn't matter if u know what to do. If you don't know where the shut off valve is its gona cause a lot of damage while u look.
Finally UA-cam showing me a fix it video where it actually helps people lol.
Watching plumbing makes me think of the good old days of watching my dad swear in German over metric overtaking imperial hahaha
Haha 😃
oh my god......... Nordstream blows up and i get this in my recommended......
Putting a screw in a copper pipe is bologna!!!!!
Brilliant! Thank you for those two ways to fix a leaking pipe. It’s only a matter of time when this happens to me 🤣
Your welcome 👍
why de burr, a pipe slice gives a lovely cut edge but you know that
What is the name of the last device that snaps the pipe together after you cut it
Where do I find the push fit connector? i dont see a link below?
I bet plumbers hate these vids. I recently had to move the bath cuz it was rocking on its feet. I cut and capped the two pipes, make the bath solid again, then replaced them with 900mm flexies.
Obviously you need an expert to install a boiler but there are loads of little jobs you don’t need a plumber for. Saves £££s.
Glad to have helped you
When they take your shoes. You going fa that RIDE.
Underrated channel, great quality and presentation. Thanks and subscribed 👍
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Awesome explanation, thank you.
This is stewpid. I tryeed it on a pevecee pipe and it crackt write thru.
My electrician burst a pipe, to be fair the pipe was so close to the floorboard. He used the metal circle on the backbox and put some strong bonding glue and it worked like a charm.
It was funny when it burst, the high pitched scream never gets old :D
🙈 ouch
you can make the patch yourself just cut a bit of copper
old home? more likely gonna have to change out the whole thing.
Easy when the hole is drilled, try a real life hole caused by corrosion. Not as easy.
Absolutely right but this gives people the basic key skills.
Can I use a soldering iron instead of the torch…?
Great tips - keep up the great work mate 👍🏻
Thanks for watching!
These methods only work in ideal scenarios.
If you cant stop the water the soldering wont work. And if there is no movement on the pipework, the pushfit method wont work either.
Your correct.
Ive used a bit of marigold and insulation tape cut a small peice of the finger pulled fairly toght around the pipe then taped and inch either side i no its a total bodge job but it held for 5 years until all the pipework was replaced
Nice one ☝️
nicked it, with a reciprocator mulit tool, just a graze but I am still worried because it is a washer hot water line. I don't know how this will affect integrity later on. am trying to trim out some excess old drywall so I can fit my new worked drywall in that i measured.
I have a piece of rubber hosing and a jubilee clip on a pipe for over 20 years, I think I'll be long gone before it leaks again.
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In an emergency…empty pipe, clean area really well, flux and solder hole……fix properly later on with a coupling ,have one with a stop? File the stop off inside…..beside ….for some reason slip couplings are twice as expensive…..as stop couplings…….
why didnt u cut out the copper and extend the pvc?
Had someone call me out last night, he'd tried this (from ur video i'd guess)but didn't clean the c/u 1st & or hadnt properly drained,soon put a no1 on!remember the old days of multiple frost bursts we used to wipe them with plumbers solder!
Invest in a pipe expanding tool u can make ur own slip couplers up, Inc imperial/oversized ones,(toolstation used to sell them years ago).always thought the J/G fitting had to be screwed outwards to stop the collet ring being accidentally pushed in?
I would just cut it out. Use a shark bite or just replace with the new better plastic stuff.
That's always an option unless youve no room to feed pipe or fittings in or too much tension on the pipe
No! I use a hose clamp and rubber band or electrical tape. I always have succeeded with zero leakage afterward. If available a slit piece of garden hose is best with a quality hose clamp....a $1 repair that can last for years but I usually solder in a new coupling in a week or two.
Good video, but i don't know if this is really much of an "emergency" repair, which suggests to me something the average homeowner could do at 4pm on Sunday without calling someone. The average homeowner won't have the part, the flame resistant cloth and in many cases, they torch.
Nice video. A question: I had a leak on a 4 inch cast iron drain pipe and contacted the chemist from PC7. He had me apply PC7 plumbers putty and then let it set. Then PC7 epoxy over the putty - problem solved. Stuff hardens like diamonds. No problems for years now but I'd like to see if a similar technique would work on this copper pipe under water pressure with JB WATER WELD. It might be a good idea for another video - please consider. Thanks, I subscribed!
Tom
have you triedbaking soda and superglue?
@@esecallum No. I thought you were clowning but I just watched a video with a guy doing it!
When the main shutoff valve doesn't shutoff completely, it's time for the stale bread trick when soldering.
Careful drilling into walls, a slow leak undetected will cost thousands of dollar worth of damages, not to mention mold problems and not cover by insurance. Plus you could be sued by the tenant below.
Cut the pipe and use shark bite couplings and finished in 5 minutes . 2 of them cost about 20 at home depot
Horses for courses 👍
For a diyer use a push fit coupling
I've never had a pipe burst with a tini hole it's always a slit an inch or so long and the pipe is bulged out.
I've had many 👍
I would emery cloth around the entire pipe and use enough flux, take a standard coupler and cut in in half down the middle making two of those pieces you show or just cut one side and spread it until it fits over the pipe and squeeze it down, even maybe using a hose clamp or two to form it back. Make sure the crack line is well away from the pipe perforation. Solder as usual and if needed have Channellock pliers ready to squeeze while the solder is still molten.
Of course, the best way is to fix it right by cutting the pipe with a tube cutter and installing a coupler. If the pipe won't flex enough to get the coupler in, then go down the pipe to a fitting where you can get enough room. I would hate to install a union, especially in a wall where it would be covered just to have it leak later.
After seeing the device, I do like how it snaps into place. The keys to effective soldering are....
Clean, Flux and not too much heat but heated evenly. Solder is drawn towards the heat source and yes, no movement while cooling and let it cool naturally.
Judging by the thumbnail I thought he was going to use a screw to fix the hole, couldn't you just put a tiny screw in an accidental hole and solder that in place?
In the 2nd example of the traditional method of fitting a union you state that you could instead solder a fitting on each end of the pipe. I'd like to see you do that because the residue water in the pipe is drawn out to the repair joint when heated and stops the solder from setting because the water cools the joint down. I've tried it and impossible to do unless you know of a trick. Soldering the patch is different because the solder is external to hole, but soldering to an open ended pipe that is non-dry inside is a totally different thing.
I've seen some plug the pipe with rolled up bread, it'll stop the water so you can solder but afterwards just dissolve
@@fuzzy1dk me old Dad taught me . that trick 50 years ago brilliant isn't it ☺
If the second fix the pipe can’t move what can you do? Slip shark bite will work.
I usually find there is no movement in the pipe so I go for a slip solder ring coupling over the hole.
What I have done with some pipes the froze and split was to clean the pipe all the way around. If the pipe was pushed put I would push it back on with pliers. For the patch I would take copper lamp shade wire about 6 inch long. Remove the coating and wrap it around the pipe and solder it in place. looks like crap but i never had such a patch leak
You obviously don't live the real world of water leaks and customers expectations
🥺🥺😩🙄 because you are too lazy to change the pipe 😟🤨
Not at all. There's as situations where for a DIYer this isn't an option
Where do you get the quick fix patches and do they come in small sizes for very thin copper pipes? Thx
Not sure those patches are common in the US, at least I have never seen them.
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Just a had bathroom sink pipe leak on me. Cut out part of the drywall for access to the pipe. I found a pin hole size hole. I hope I can repair like this. Thanks for the info! ❤
I wouldn't heat the patch directly. That could produce a cold solder joint on the pipe itself. I would heat the pipe first around the patch then the patch. But I would rather cut the pipe, make sure to get rid of the inside indent of the screw which would cause water turbulence and patch it with pipe and or a slip fitting.
2:21. That’s gonna out a LOT of copper filings in the pipe, eventually leading to clogs down the line.
Never seen them good idea . Probably not cheap or easy to find. I just use an end feed fitting ( you could use a solder ring one, a bit longer ) cut it in half, file out the little ridge in the middle.
Tin the inside, tin the pipe round the hole then solder them together and try not to make the same mistake again
What about the di-electric effect? Screws have to be a temporary plug.
Cover it with Magic Sculpt, epoxy resin. When dry it is as hard as concrete!
"If you don't have metal stucco lath... Use carbon fibre stucco lath!"
I always cut the pipe and slid a repair coupling over the joint and soldered it in place.
I always cut the pipe and slid a repair coupling over the joint and soldered it in place.
10 mins to explain 30 sec. Good info though
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Too wordy. Make it shorter.
out of curiosity; would teflon tape wrapping well the screw and reinserting it into hole stop the leak at least temporarily?
maybe we can fix nord stream 1 and 2 like this
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Buy a coupler and a pipe slice click the pipe slice wheel into the hole and cut the pipe put socket onto the pipe and solder
Rubber tubing sliced I half and a jubaliee clip done mine been like that 4 years now haha
Works as a good temp fix
@@TheDIYGuy1 yes It was and I do need to fix it haha
I think you should only put flux on the pipe where the solder is going to sit. All the flux sitting in the middle had no way to escape, so now that will sit there for years, corroding your pipe and poisoning the water. I think a regular coupling would be even better, so you can first make sure all the flux has evaporated, only after then add the tin.
Lmfao 🤣
Why don't you just replace the pipe.
This is a demo to educate people on pipe repair. On the job there are times when pipe replacement isn't the best option. It's situation dependant.
Wht is a tracer pincel