Repairing 3 Inch Copper Drain Pipe

Pipe repair clamps secure pipe in place so that repairs can be made to damaged corroded or leaky water and gas pipes.

Repairing 3 inch copper drain pipe.

You can t flex them enough to slide on that last fitting and get it to seat fully. Step 2 cover or plug all holes in the pipe drains or access holes using the drain stoppers built into the sink s drain. The key to a good. Rather than struggle with cement pros use a mission coupling photos 3 and 4.

Most drain systems use rigid pipes fairly large in diameter. Search within results sort by top sellers. View more view all sort filter. A to z.

You can buy a sweat coupling sized to repair 1 2 in. I secure the gasket material with a pipe clamp the kind that has slots along most of its length and has a screw type mechanism to tighten and compress the rubber. Mark the leak shut off the main water valve and drain or thaw and drain the affected pipe. You must have the ability to create a suction inside.

The simpler repair that i use for pin hole leaks is that i wrap the pipe and the leak with gasket rubber which is about 3 32 thick and i cut it about an inch wide. Cut out the damaged section photo 1 then measure the gap and from the sweat coupling cut a repair piece that s 1 in. Longer than the damaged section. If the pvc is part of the drainage system don t run water into the drains during the repair.

You can also push pvc stoppers or rubber plugs into open holes in the pipe.