How To Fix A Crack In A Cast Iron Drain Pipe

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How tin I set a crevice in cast fe drain pipe?
Author: bjcherek (NE) Is there annihilation on the market that will permit me to fix a small leak in the bandage iron bleed piping? It just leaks a little when we flush the toilet. The leak is correct to a higher place the joint and I actually would like to use something similar a fiberglass resin to go on the drip under control. Does anyone out there know of anything? Any help volition exist appreciated. thanks Edited 2 times.
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How tin I set a crevice in cast fe drain pipe?

Author: bjcherek (NE)

Is there annihilation on the market that will permit me to fix a small leak in the bandage iron bleed piping? It just leaks a little when we flush the toilet. The leak is correct to a higher place the joint and I actually would like to use something similar a fiberglass resin to go on the drip under control. Does anyone out there know of anything? Any help volition exist appreciated. thanks

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Re: How can I ready a crack in bandage atomic number 26 drain pipe?
Writer: hj (AZ) Bandage fe is metallic, and metal rusts. You tin patch the crack yous see, but it will still rust under your patch. The rusting volition create pressure on the metallic and the crack volition continue upward By your patch. There is NO long term repair other than replacing it.
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Re: How tin can I fix a crack in cast iron bleed piping?
Author: PlumberManDan (IA) Information technology depends what joint, Mail a picture on Photobucket.com (FREE) it could exist every bit easy equally replacing the wax ring PlumbCat TM 2003 Plumbermandan
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Re: How can I fix a fissure in cast fe drain pipe?
Author: packy (MA) i have a large hunk of hard tar that roofers melt to do a "tar and gravel" roof. i brreak off a little piece and melt it into crack with my torch. it sets up in seconds and makes a long lasting repair.
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Re: How can I fix a scissure in cast iron drain pipe?
Writer: njmike (NJ) Sounds similar a task for the chain snapper!!
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Re: How tin I fix a crevice in cast iron bleed pipe?
Author: mpscheiner (CA) Thank you Packy! That's a cool trick!
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Re: How can I ready a fissure in bandage atomic number 26 drain pipe?
Author: hj (AZ) Why not heat the pipe and so the tar melts on the pipe and seeps into the crevice?
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Re: How tin I ready a crack in bandage iron drain pipe?
Writer: Nayman'southward Drain Services (Non-Usa) the piping should be warmed some, not heated. I accept done the aforementioned in my by life, and if the pipe stays warm too long, the tar has a tendency to form long strings within of it, promoting the possibility of newspaper/stuff hanging up on them. This is especially true of lateral cracks on the tops of bandage pipes.
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Re: How can I fix a crack in cast atomic number 26 drain piping?
Author: joe plumber (NE) Years agone at that place was a company that produced what they called Crevice Stick .It was zero more than than a roll of tar about 5'' long and the size of a 50 cent coin .You heated it up with your torch and applied it to the crevice in the soil pipe.Don't call back information technology is still produced anymore..
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Re: How can I fix a crack in bandage fe bleed pipage?
Writer: NICK (CA) Y'all can wire brush it clean and use 2 role epoxy putty. That stuff tin can hold back water pressure and for a bleed line information technology would be no problem. If the harm is all-encompassing and totally corroding elswhere it should exist replaced though.
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Re: How can I set up a crevice in cast iron drain pipe?
Author: packy (MA) joe, you are giving away your historic period. years ago nosotros had something similar. it was chosen securo. it came in a tube virtually the size of a fatty cigar. the top came off the tube like the peak of a sharpy pen. we always had a tube of securo in our shirt pocket. as for the tar stuff i have, when i cascade a joint (not very often) i intermission a few small pieces of tar and drop them on top of the oakum. when the hot lead hits the tar, it melts information technology and forms all around the within and the outside of the lead. yep, soil piping used to exist heavily tarred for this reason but nowadays the tar on pipage and fittings is practically non-existent..
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Author: packy (MA)

joe, you are giving away your historic period. years ago nosotros had something similar. it was chosen securo.
it came in a tube virtually the size of a fatty cigar. the top came off the tube like the peak of a sharpy pen. we always had a tube of securo in our shirt pocket.
as for the tar stuff i have, when i cascade a joint (not very often) i intermission a few small pieces of tar and drop them on top of the oakum. when the hot lead hits the tar, it melts information technology and forms all around the within and the outside of the lead. yep, soil piping used to exist heavily tarred for this reason but nowadays the tar on pipage and fittings is practically non-existent..

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Re: How can I fix a crack in bandage atomic number 26 drain pipage?
Author: sum (FL) will the scissure rust faster than the rest of the metal because the bare metal is exposed to moisture from the flow? If and then, when I connect a PVC piping to a CI pipe, and cut the CI pipage to make the connection, the cut edge is blank metallic and when I inserted it into a no hub coupling, that bare border will be in contact with water all the time, volition that cause that end to corrode faster?
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Re: How can I fix a crack in bandage atomic number 26 drain pipage?

Author: sum (FL)

will the scissure rust faster than the rest of the metal because the bare metal is exposed to moisture from the flow?

If and then, when I connect a PVC piping to a CI pipe, and cut the CI pipage to make the connection, the cut edge is blank metallic and when I inserted it into a no hub coupling, that bare border will be in contact with water all the time, volition that cause that end to corrode faster?

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Re: How can I fix a crack in cast atomic number 26 bleed pipage?
Writer: waukeshaplumbing (WI) Duck record or mighty putty the correct and just fashion to repair it is to replace the rotten section.
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Re: How tin I set a crack in cast iron drain pipe?
Writer: hj (AZ) Cast iron does not "rust" in the conventional sense of the term. It develops a "patina", but in a fissure that patina creates pressure level, which forces the edges apart and thus elongates, and continues, the crack.
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Re: How tin can I ready a crack in cast iron bleed pipe?
Author: hj (AZ) Well, a "professional" would use a commercial product, such as "Krackstick", seal the break instead of tar, anyway.
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Re: How can I fix a crack in cast iron drain pipe?
Author: hj (AZ) IT was practical "common cold" and forced into the opening.
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Re: " J B Weld " ! ! !
Author: hj (AZ) "If it moves and should not, use Ducttape. If it doesn't movement and should, utilise WD-twoscore". That pretty much takes intendance of the Universe, then where does J B Weld come in?
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Re: How can I set a crack in cast fe drain pipe?
Author: PlumberManDan (IA) A professional WOuld Propose Replacement of the affected line, especially if it were easily accessible, Supercede the portion of the piping that has bug. PlumbCat TM 2003 Plumbermandan
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Re: How can I set a crack in cast iron drain pipe?
Author: Nayman's Drain Services (Non-U.s.a.) True, PMD But the OP asked for a quick fix
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Re: How can I fix a scissure in bandage iron drain pipage?
Writer: hj (AZ) A "quick fix" would be to wrap some of Sully's "super cast tape" around it. Three rolls for $10.00, but if you act quickly, he will double the offering to Half dozen rolls.
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Re: How can I prepare a crack in cast iron drain pipe?
Writer: SteamDaddy (NJ) Use putty to make the repair. Putty not silicone
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Author: jimmy-o (CA) quote: " Author: hj "If information technology moves and should non, use Ducttape. If it doesn't move and should, use WD-40". That pretty much takes intendance of the Universe," This is why I similar hj.....he actually sees the big picture!
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Author: Nayman'south Drain Services (Not-US) Equally long every bit I get a free Slap-Chop, with Vince'southward silver tongue in information technology, I'll take that deal.
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