Is there any chance that you can just replace the pipe by routing through a
wall and abandon the leaking piece in the slab?
Sounds like an obvious fix you must've considered and rejected in the first
place, but (ahem) I did pretty much the same thing a couple of years ago,
spending lots of extra effort to connect the last pair of pipes when I
rerouted some water supply piping under my house's slab. After I finished,
I realized the ones that had been the worst trouble only went to the sink, 8
feet away along a wall that I could readily drill without any mess at all.
Good luck !
Karl Vacek
> I am working on a base board hot water heating system that is currently
> in my Mom's house of 40+ years. The basement feed and return copper
> pipes are set in the concrete slab and protrude from the floor to supply
> the radiators with hot water, then go back into the slab to the next
> radiator. Problem is,after 40+ years, one of the pipes in the floor has
> started leaking. To replace the pipe is going to be a nightmare as to do
> it right means tearing into walls and ceiling. Anyone know of a magic
> cure for sealing the pipe leak without damaging the furnace? I know it's
> a long shot, but if it saves the trouble of replacing the pipe, I'm
> willing to listen!!
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