FAST AND EASY FIX FOR A WATER PIPE LEAK!
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This video demonstrates a quick and effective temporary repair for a pinhole leak in a galvanized water pipe. The process involves shutting off the water supply, preparing a piece of rubber hose as a gasket, placing it over the leak, and securing it tightly with a worm clamp. This method provides a durable temporary solution until a permanent repair can be made, preventing further water damage and maintaining system integrity.
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(3,955 characters)see that right there? That is just a pinhole leak in a galvanized pipe that is actually hooked up to the expansion tank. And we're going to shut that down because it is actually streaming pretty decent. Hey folks, that thinks the guy here. And today I'm going to show you how to make a temporary repair on a waterline, something real quick, easy. I have a friend, they sent me a picture while I was at work and said, Hey, we've got water going everywhere. And it looks to me like it's just a pinhole leak coming out of a line. So I'm going to check it out. You just need a couple of things. And this is a repair that I've done many times over. I'm sure a lot of plumbers have in a quick pinch and it works for a long time. So come along. Let's get to fixing. Okay, so you can see that right there. That is just a pinhole leak in a galvanized pipe that is actually hooked up to the expansion tank. And we're going to shut that down because it is actually streaming pretty decent. You can kind of see that, right? Water hit and just kind of went somewhere in the middle of the night. I put a towel down right here. But I got a quick fix for it. So just go ahead, shut your water down. I'm going to go open some faucets. We'll get this drained down and I'll show you real quick how to do this. Okay, so you can see that that is done. Just open the faucet. That stopped that leaking. And we're going to go ahead and I'm going to put a temporary patch on it. So what I use for that. So here's a couple of things we're going to use. We need an old piece of hose and a hose clamp, a worm clamp, right? This works really well. And we're just going to need a piece of this. You can see what I jabbed it with the knife a little bit. But we're just going to need one little section of this. One little piece of that. We'll grab our worm clamp, grab our six and one. You guys have seen me use this so much now. I mean, these are a lot of my everyday tools, right? Okay, so then we'll just take this clamp, get it started. Okay, got that there. And now we'll put this back on here and you just want to make sure that you have the clamp right over that little hole. And that's about all that you need to make sure, right? So once you have that in place, just tighten it down. You had a screw gun. This would go a little bit faster. But it's going to be good to go. If you guys like this kind of content, please consider subscribing to the channel. You know, we're just trying to help. And this is a very quality temporary fix. I've done this in many places, right? All over the world, there have been repairs like this done as a temporary fix. They're just super quick, easy. So now we're able to go ahead, reach back here. We're going to turn the hot water back on. And we should be ready to rock and roll. Okay, so now it's dry. We're back hooked up. I'm going to go ahead and let the water run for a little while. Make sure there's no leak. And then we'll come back another time and we'll put something different in here than this galvanized. We're going to see what went wrong in here because this doesn't look like it's that old. I know it's not that old. And it should not have got a pinhole in it. So that is my super easy temporary repair for a pinhole leak. All right, that works on any kind of pipe. And that could be temporary for a very, very, very long time. All right, I can show you a couple that work right now that they're temporary for a long time. I really hope this video helped. If you're looking at some kind of situation like this, just know you could do that with the water on as well. Not a big deal. It's going to work. Just make sure you get it in the right location and you're not going to have an issue. All right, if you guys like the content, please consider subscribing to the channel. We would greatly appreciate it. We are just trying to help and we really hope we're doing that. Thank you very much. And we'll see you again real soon.
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