Pipe was bent by thieves in attempt to steal the the copper to sell. I now have a water pipe with a small crimp in it and is leaking water. The pressure is medium and it leaks about a gallon every 45min or better. I need to fix asap and I have little money but I am good with my hands are there any home remedies or cheap products that will stop the leak?
i hate it when these people get on here and give answers to the questions it is better to thought a fool than to keep talking and remove all doubt .any way there is no quick fix to copper there are a lot of gimmicks that say they will work and thy might for a few days but they are going to fail over time hire a plumber to come in and fix it the copper line will have to be resweated i will tell this if they charge you more than 125.00 you are getting bit it should not take more than thirty minutes to do this oh noe more thing if you don't know what they are doing don't tell the plumber that you don't know anything .all they should have to do is remove the fitting clean it and reinstall it if they have to replace it it still should not take but about thirty minutes
Are you referring to an external lock like the club or the internal lock that all new cars come equipped with?
i own a repair shop,and the good ones lock your steering wheel to the brake pedal ,that makes it impossible to get the car,and the good ones you cant pick or break off either,,that's a good anti theft device though,,it usually makes a thief mad,and they,ll destroy your car if they cant get it,,had that happen but they didn't get the car,,good luck i hope this help,s.
I'm not familiar with the products that Steve S mentioned but a portable propane torch, a copper pipe soldering kit, a short section of the same diameter and gauge of pipe, two couplers and a hack saw are all you need. Home depot or any hardware chain has the kit and materials and advice or a selection of books that you can just look at there and take a couple notes from. You simply shut off the water and drain the pipe. Cut a section out that is 1/2 inch longer than the piece of pipe you bought to replace the crimp. I usually buy a couple of feet and cut a 2 or 3 inch piece with the hack saw. You want it a little shorter than the damaged area that you cut out so you can work it in with the couplers(a lot have a nub in the middle to center the coupler so you can't slide it out of the way; if yours do not have the nub then you can make the patch the same size as the damaged cut out) Clean all the surfaces to a polish with a clean wire brush or sandpaper (inside the couplers and all 4 outside ends of the pipe), apply flux ( should come with the solder and a brush in the kit) to all of the surfaces and assemble the pieces. Heat the pipe and not the solder starting from one end working to the other. As each joint heats up place the unrolled solder along the top of each joint and let it melt in until you get a couple drips out of the bottom. Wipe each joint as you go with a dry rag. Make sure there is nothing flammable under or behind where yo are working or slide a half inch piece of ply wood behind or under where you are heating. it may smoke but if the pipe is dry you won't catch it on fire. Flush the pipe of leftover flux and check for leaks. It's really easier then it sounds.
Cut the kinked, leaky section out - you have restricted flow from the kink - sweat in a new piece of pipe with a couple of couplings. Cheap remedies or products are only for TEMPORARY repairs. Do it correctly, or you be fixing it again in no time. Or after you come home from vacation to a flooded house.
