Pluming

Tips For Repairing Copper Water Pipes

If you own a home with copper water pipes, sooner or later you’re probably going to have a leak that needs fixed. You could call a plumber and whip out your checkbook or credit card and hope you don’t have to dig into your childrens college funds to pay the guy (or gal), or you could do it yourself, which is probably the reason you’re here to begin with!

Repairing copper water lines isn’t that difficult. You’ll need a few specific tools like sandpaper or a pipe cleaning tool, solder, flux, a gas torch, an old rag with a little automatic transmission fluid on it. That’s about all you need to repair copper pipes.

If you’ve never “sweated” a copper pipe, then here is a list of YouTube video’s on “how to solder Copper pipes“. As you’ll see, it’s really very easy. Just make sure you practice as much as you need to in order to feel comfortable soldering your copper water pipes.