Risk for a water pipe to collapse?

[MarcLdn]

Hi,

I have attached 2 photos with this message (please ignore the red circle on the second photo, it's not relevant for this issue).

The first photo is the bottom of the pipe. The second photo is the top of the pipe.

I have this main water pipe inside my flat. It goes from the roof and down inside my apartment.
After a small leak, the water damaged the wall as you can see on the first photo and so now the hole where the clip holding the pipe is seems bigger as the wall broke a little. It's still holding fine but I'm worried that it gets worse.

An engineer from the water company told me that he thinks the pipe is fine and shouldn't have any serious issue.

However I'd like the worst case scenario: what would happen if the clips in the first photo totally destroy the wall to the point they're no longer holding inside the wall. Would that put too much pressure on the pipe and make it somehow collapse or something? Basically the pipe would be held only from the top clip (second photo, above the water meter), would that be enough?

I tried to put filler inside the hole but the wall is so thin that it doesn't even hold, it would fall behind the wall.

Thanks.

 

[just pumps]

Nothing stopping you adding extra clips if you wish.

 

[dilalio]

Lovin the valve label on the stopcock

Righty tighty leftie loosey.

 

[Jackrae]

Fit a little shelf bracket under the "U" to give real support (if that's what you want). The clips do not support the pipe, they are merely holding it close to the wall

 

[dilalio]

Clips "are" meant to support pipe.
Gas runs have specific clipping distances for exactly this purpose.