Hi, my father's house has a leaking lead inlet water mains pipe. I cant see the break as it is covered by the pipe wall bracket, i imagine it is a crack. The pipe is dripping a drop once every 10 secs and is in the cellar/basement of my father's house.
How would I do a temporary repair to stop the dripping until the lead piping system is replaced?
Thanks for your help inadvance regards anthony
A bucket. You might find a piece of string can be used to encourage the water away from the wall into the bucket.
Christian.
You can buy an epoxy based putty especially for this sort of situation.
One such putty is Unibond Express repair, which must be applied to the crack when it is dry:
If it's not possible to turn the water off and dry the crack then JB Waterweld is worth considering, as it cures under water:
sponix
Thanks for the info sponix
Most hardware stores sell a red rubber in a pack with some cork and gasket material. They are about 6 inch squares, under $5. Cut a strip of the rubber and put a hose clamp (or two) around it. You will have to open and spread the clamp to get it around the pipe.
Mark
| On 4 Nov 2005 03:08:20 -0800, snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.co.uk wrote: | | >Hi, | >my father's house has a leaking lead inlet water mains pipe. I cant see | >the break as it is covered by the pipe wall bracket, i imagine it is a | >crack. The pipe is dripping a drop once every 10 secs and is in the | >cellar/basement of my father's house. | >
| >How would I do a temporary repair to stop the dripping until the lead | >piping system is replaced? | >
| >Thanks for your help inadvance | >regards | >anthony | | Most hardware stores sell a red rubber in a pack with some cork and | gasket material. They are about 6 inch squares, under $5. | Cut a strip of the rubber and put a hose clamp (or two) around it. | You will have to open and spread the clamp to get it around the pipe.
Not so! Hardware stores are very rare in the UK, they hardly exist in towns. In my years I have never seen what you describe.
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