How To Fix A Hole In Copper Pipe | Emergency Plumbing Repair

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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[ralger]

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.

[grissom]

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👍

[cyclingSausage]

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.

[stephenbranley]

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!

[comancheflyer]

I use a hoseclamp and a rubber washer between the pipe and hoseclamp. All done in less than one minute.

[nickg]

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.

[omnivore]

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.

[carissakinder]

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! ❤

[tims]

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.

[TheMargo]

Just what I I have to remove a saddle valve, of course the needle hole. I think I'll do coupler. If I can find my size.

[tonysu]

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.

[timhancock]

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 😂

[georgecurtis]

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.

[CHMichael]

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

[dazdaz]

Either fix has its pros and cons in different situations. Good to see this type of video without being hammered with 20 seconds of ads at the start then another 20 seconds of ads 5 minutes in !!! Ads are ruining YouTube !

[andyowens]

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.

[booyaadotorg]

Brilliant! Thank you for those two ways to fix a leaking pipe. It’s only a matter of time when this happens to me 🤣

[guser]

Underrated channel, great quality and presentation. Thanks and subscribed 👍

[jayseabie]

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! 😂

[scottnorton]

Sheet rock guys love this trick, that and pissing in tubs