Soldering Copper Pipes With Water in Them (7 Solutions) | GOT2LEARN

This guy kicks ass. He makes great videos that are very well done and very educational. He's a wonderful member of the YouTube community!

Any time I have to do some plumbing at home, I end up watching some of your videos before I start. Thanks for putting them up!

Learned the bread plug "hack" while I was moonlighting as a plumber's assistant nearly 20 years ago. You have to use plain white bread; the cheaper the better, and no crusts. Any other bread can swell or deposit "chunks" of grain in the water lines potentially leading to another leak or rupture. Cheap white bread tends to almost instantly dissolve when pressure is reestablished due to the high sugar content and more fragile gluten structure.

This is the most educating & professional channel on plumbing I've found. Great job brother! 🇨🇦 🎯 🇨🇦

I’ve used the the dissolvable plugs that look like a real big gel pill. They come in the various copper pipe sizes with the insertion tool. The pipe has to be burr free as per the instructions and they are way better at holding back the endless trickle than bread. When done just add a little heat where they are and whoosh they are gone. They eventually totally dissolve and do not plug your fixtures.

Brilliant - I wish there was Youtube 20 years ago, when I had this happen.

I like to create a temporary dam. For instance, in your mock up wall in the video, cut and drain as much as you can. On the side the water is coming from, go back a couple of studs and use a long flat screw driver as a wedge to raise the pipe to the top of the hole, creating a peak to block water from flowing toward your patch. If the line is on the bottom of a joist, again go back and use the handle of the screw driver to now create a dip to hold the water. Sometimes with this you have to remove a clamp. You should be ready with everything fluxed as you will have a small window to sweat. Another good idea is solder all joints that do not have water flowing on them, then go back and sweat a coupling away from those, such as the tee in the video. The idea is that it's much easier and cheaper to solder a coupling and if you have to cut something out because it didn't take then all you lose is a coupling.

Caution - Many years back I tried this method and it worked. There was one major issue “All my fixtures got blocked once the water was turned on”. It took hours to clean out everything. Toilets, faucets, shower, etc. I opened the utility tub faucet first thinking ahead to dispose of the bread. It didn’t work and bread still clogged my system. I would say be careful where this method is used. If the pipe being repaired is in the beginning of your water source it could clog up other fixtures. If the repair is at the end of the water source and effects one or two fixtures go for it. I had to learn the hard way. Just sharing my experience.

Very helpful. Was able to solve the water problem and successfully complete my DIY plumbing job. Thanks.

Wet vac does indeed work very well, saved me few times.

Thanks for the video. I admire your clear concise and rhythmic explanations. I can tell you spent time gathering all of your thoughts and conveying them For the video.

I'm really impressed. I am the Chairman of maintenance at my condo building and over the last 5 years I initiated a replacement cut off taps that began leaking behind the vanities in bathrooms and on the ground floors (we're only 3 stories) I would be waiting hours for the cold water to drain. I have used the vac but still would get water that wouldn't stop. Incredible advice!

Good job, great tips. I’ve used the bread trick several times.

Wow, as usual I enjoy his videos. This one one threw me so many curves I know I'll have to dig deep in my memory bank when I run into these situations. I laughed when he said 'Not this stuff'. I happen to like rye bread. While still fresh in thought, my next trip to the hardware store I'll try to pick up a few drain unions/elbows for my 'parts on hand' box. Outstanding job got2learn.

Propress it like I do and call it a day. lol but always a good reminder. Good video man.

Thank you so much for the trick of using bread,after 2 tries and trips to town for more parts because of dripping water it worked..again thank you...😊

As a plumber in the UK we use propane and MAP gas which burns at a higher temperature. I have successfully souldered "Yorkshire" fittings with a ring of soulder already in the fitting many times with water in the pipe using MAP gas. Good trick with the bread though!

Another great video.!!!! thanks for putting more options on my table, because I absolutely struggle with plumbing. 🙂🙂

You missed the freezing kit, the main way i used to do it. Great to see the other ways too.

This absalutly works I have used the tip to save the day more then once. Thanks for sharing.