Quick Fix For A Pin Hole Leak On A Water Pipe! #plumbing #hack #helpingothers

[KuanTii]

they make actual clams just for this . Look for for a water pipe clamp. This is what you do till you replace the pipe

[jamesfisher]

Nothing is as permanent as a temporary fix.

[ricklee]

I've done that on a copper water line that nobody could find a shut off I did it live and it's been 10 years and it's still there

[jawnlaughlin]

5 years later we'll see another video of a plumber saying look at this sHiT

[danwiens]

I call these fixes “Tempermanent”
They are temporary, until they are permanent

[robertjackson]

It's possible the Zinc Anode has disintegrated inside the Hot Water Heater and is now corroding these pipes. Might want to check it.

[levipatzer]

I work out in the oil fields and we make massive patches like this all the time! But on massive 30" lines. 1/2" rubber, old cut piece of same size pipe, and a few 1-1/2 ton come alongs to clamp it on. Works great!

[bindig]

Yep. I did that exact patch on a pipe in my house and never replaced it. That was over 20 yrs ago

[JaR]

I’ve seen my dad do this on his V8 inboard boat. The coolant line needed it and we where not in a location to replace it immediately. That was a long time ago, thanks for bringing that back to my memory.

[jerradbryant]

All those fittings have fresh pipe dope on ‘em! Good job setting this up guy!

[DaddyBeanDaddyBean]

A crab boat on Deadliest Catch had a hydraulic leak in the middle of the Bering Sea. They shut it down, cleaned the outside of the pipe with brake cleaner, smeared epoxy on it, wrapped a piece of rubber from a buoy around it, then put a row of hose clamps over it. It held up through the rest of that crab season.

[colleengallo]

I had a trim carpenter shoot a nail into a water line. Saw drips on the ceiling of the kitchen. House was three months old. Builder didn’t want to fix, said the drip stains were from cooking bit they weren’t anywhere near the stove or sink. Two holes cut into the ceiling and two holes cut into the bathroom wall to find the leak. What a mess.

[Thetvw]

In the Navy they taught us a similar technique for repairs on pipes mainly on 150 psi fire main. Had the special clamps for repairs one active and the old school method to temporarily repair pipes.

[Brett.]

That's called a Mexican bandaid. Been using them for years. Works on copper very well and you don't need to shut the water off. If you don't have hose a piece of rubber from a toilet flapper works just as well.

[newyearseve]

It really should use brass fittings on top of the water heater and not galvanized

[tobybigham]

The fun part is the old houses I have demo'ed that had like 20 or more of these fixes at various times. You can almost see a progression in clamp technology on some jobs!

[timbrunson]

in an emergency, you can sharpen a number 2 pencil, shove the tip in the hole as far as possible, and then break it off. The graphite swells, helping seal the leak temporarily. You as an added measure wrap with a piece of plastic or rubber and a clamp.

[joshw]

The good ol “ we’ll come back another time to fix this right “ …… never happens

[christophersines]

Problem is these temporary fixes tend to become permanent too easily.

[peterp]

thanks for the tip. In the past two years, I had 3 pin hole leaks in copper piping. I never experienced that issue before and I have owned 14 houses of all ages!