Pinhole leak in lead pipe

[Mevdog]

Hey guys,

I recently had a leak dripping in my kitchen, after searching around for the source I found this.

Its under a bath upstairs and pretty inaccessible, just to make things more interesting I guess.

I think it’s an old lead pipe with one of the joints of a t piece cut short, squished a little and filled with lead to cap it. It’s this capped end that has a very small leak and causing the water to drip down into the kitchen.

What would be the best way of sealing it and stopping the leak? As it’s been squished I don’t think an end cap would fit.
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[gmartine]

It's been peened, if you can the plug may just need a few taps with a ball pein hammer to reseal the plug.

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Best thing is to replace any lead with ideally copper, or plastic. A bigger job than you hoped I guess but worth it in the long run.
Cheers Jim.

 

[king of pipes]

As Jim says best to get it replaced . Kop

 

[Mevdog]

Thanks for the hammer advice gmartine! Nothing I wanted to do more than smash it after it’s caused such a headache! A few little taps however and it looks much better, not a microscopic jet stream, now just a small droplet clinging on after 10 or so minutes.
I appreciate that replacing the pipe is the best solution but until then is there a better fix? Perhaps applying another layer of solder?
Thanks for the quick reply guys!

 

[king of pipes]

Had reasonable success with this product as a quick fix but really its not a permanent fix . Kop