Drilled through a water pipe

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AngelaBrady

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Hi all,
I decided to renovate the kitchen this lockdown, it was going quite well until I wanted to put up the suspension rail for the base cabinets and accidentally drilled through a water pipe. I have shut off the water in the house and I have dug around it a little and can see that its not a full hole just a dent in a copper pipe but water still leaked out.
I had some milliput from when I did the sink plumbing so I have temporarily stuck that on, but what next? Is there a permanent solution, I don't want to pay for a plumber unless I absolutely have to.
Please advise.
thanks
 
Why don't you want to call a plumber, do you want to flood your kitchen??

Post some pictures.

Andy
 
UPDATE*** Solution found.
You need 3 things :
Soldering Flex Paste
Flowflex repair patch
Gas burner mini blow torch.

takes 20-30 min.
 
HERTS P&D said:
Engineering taught but asking 'how to' on a plumbing forum.

Andy
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lol doesn't hurt to ask, I don't underestimate people, thought someone might have a reply not just mouth off but my luck... ur the only one to reply :sleep:

Its okay, got the answer so wanted to share it with anyone else that's stuck and only getting "Why don't you want to call a plumber, do you want to flood your kitchen??" as a reply from a so called pro .:cool:

Its all good Andy/Daniel, your tools will appreciate your attitude :):)
 
no worries, solution s found, ordered them off amazon ++ the torch works for creme brûlée so might reward myself post repair :LOL:
 
Make sure the pipe is fully drained before trying to solder. Any water left in the pipe will stop it getting up to temperature and the solder won’t fuse.
 
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