Leaking copper pipe

[Connie194]

Hi - totally new here and really need some advice. I have a pin hole in a 10mm copper wall pipe that supplies a nearby radiator. The hole is about 4cm from the bottom of coving. I have looked at the repair patches but these are for 15mm pipe as are the other fixes available - cannot find it in 10mm. The leak is a dribble with everything on so not pouring out but leaking. I have had 3 plumbers come and look at the leak and the advice has been different on each one and the prices seem too much.

One has said that he will have to access through upstairs floor (bedroom with laminate flooring) cost approx 650-700.

Another has said that he will drain the pipe and solder cost approx 380.

Final one said he can take more wall out either side and replace bit of piping cost approx 420.

None of them can give me an idea of how long it will take so it's difficult to work out the pricing structure.

Should also mention that there is no give in the pipe at all and no gap between wall and pipe so it's difficult to see if the hole has gone all the way through.

Please advise - pictures can be posted.

Thanks Connie

 

[Rtplumb]

Hi - thanks for replying. The air vent/valve is on the opposite side and seems OK. I left tissue under the nut and that has become wet overnight. I have maintained that there are maybe two leaks on the pipe as well - this has been denied three times. Two bubbles appear from the pipe and if you look closely there seems to be "two nicks" in the same place - picture attached which I think shows it. I have sent a video to the guy from yesterday who has not got back to me yet - I keep showing the leak and get told I'm wrong???

Thanks

Hi Connie,

Looking at the series’s of photos you posted it looks like the water is seeping through the copper via a nick in the pipe. I think it’s a problem best solved in person and not from looking at pictures.

Show these photos to the plumber who turns up and see what he says.

If the water is leaking from a nick in the pipe you can either cut the pipe back to where it’s under the floor and replace it from there ( best solution) or if you want to chance it, solder over the nicks (not a good method).

Hope this helps.