[Shop-talk] Is this a shutoff?

[Scott Hall]

I'd think you'd just remove the section of pipe. You really can't solder a
pinhole leak shut, even on water lines. Eventually the solder will give way.

You can get a sleeve, I suppose, but I'd imagine you'd want to remove the
pipe to slide the sleeve over it anyway, which means removing the section
of pipe anyway...

I guess someone probably makes a sleeve that is split so you don't need to
remove the section of pipe, too, but geez...like someone else said, this
stuff goes boom if you mess up. Take the section out and put in a new
section.

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 11:49 AM, John Miller <jem at milleredp.com> wrote:

> I'm pondering how one would re-solder a pinhole leak in a copper gas
>> pipe system.  I can't think of a way that doesn't involve the solderer
>> becoming an involuntary astronaut.
>>
>
> I guess you'd want to be isolating the area you're working on and purging
> it with something inert before you light up.
>
> I don't imagine this kind of thing would be widely accepted by authorities
> overseeing much residential/light commercial construction.
>
> John.
>
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