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My home was built in 1960 so it has a lot of 3" copper drain pipes and some cast iron, too. All is in good shape, but...
Back in January, some drywallers were finishing a ceiling in the basement and they drove a screw through the 3" copper main drain line. Nobody noticed until a week or two ago when a leak appeared and made a wet spot on the ceiling. The drywall screw finally rotted away and let water through.
This pipe is fairly immovable, so I can't cut it once and get a Fernco fitting on it. I think I would have to cut it twice, slide one Fernco fitting to the left, one to the right, then put the cut pipe section back in place, then slide and tighten both fittings.
I think that's best since I'm going to patch the drywall and don't want to redo a temporary fix. Before I cut the pipe, am I fixing this correctly? From what I've read, things like plugging the hole with solder, epoxy, various goos, or a hose clamp/rubber contraption won't hold forever.
I couldn't figure out how to upload a photo here so I used imgflip to make a meme...
My home was built in 1960 so it has a lot of 3" copper drain pipes and some cast iron, too. All is in good shape, but...
Back in January, some drywallers were finishing a ceiling in the basement and they drove a screw through the 3" copper main drain line. Nobody noticed until a week or two ago when a leak appeared and made a wet spot on the ceiling. The drywall screw finally rotted away and let water through.
This pipe is fairly immovable, so I can't cut it once and get a Fernco fitting on it. I think I would have to cut it twice, slide one Fernco fitting to the left, one to the right, then put the cut pipe section back in place, then slide and tighten both fittings.
I think that's best since I'm going to patch the drywall and don't want to redo a temporary fix. Before I cut the pipe, am I fixing this correctly? From what I've read, things like plugging the hole with solder, epoxy, various goos, or a hose clamp/rubber contraption won't hold forever.
I couldn't figure out how to upload a photo here so I used imgflip to make a meme...