Temporary Repair

• 1). Cut a piece of thick inner tubing 2 inches longer than the hole or tear in the pipe and wide enough to go once around the pipe.
  
  
• 2). Prime plastic pipe with purple PVC primer. Apply UPC (Uniform Plumbing Code) adhesive to one side of the rubber patch and wrap the pipe with it. If you have copper plumbing, apply RTV silicone sealant to the rubber.
  
  
• 3). Apply and tighten screw-type hose clamps over the rubber patch, both over and on both sides of the hole in the pipe. Allow all adhesive or sealant to dry fully and cure before turning on the water.
  
  

Permanent PVC Pipe Fix

• 1). Cut away and discard the section of pipe with the leak. Regardless of whether you use a cutter or a saw, use a chamfering cone to chamfer the pipe ends, both inside and out. When you cut pipe, it leaves a sharp edge, or burr. Chamfering removes and rounds that edge into a smooth taper, which allows obstruction-free insertion into a coupling slip. Inside, chamfering prevents fluid turbulence and the formation of potential obstructions.
  
  
• 2). Apply purple primer to both exposed pipe ends and to the inside of a PVC coupling slip.
  
  
• 3). Apply UPC-coded PVC adhesive thinly and evenly to both exposed pipe ends and the inside of the coupling slip.
  
  
• 4). Slide the pipe ends into the ends of the coupling slip, all the way up to the inside stop inside the slip. Immediately turn the slip a third turn around the joint to allow the adhesive to set evenly around the pipe. Allow the adhesive to dry and cure before turning the water back on.
  
  

Permanent Copper Pipe Fix

• 1). Cut out and discard the burst section of pipe with a rotating pipe cutter, leaving a chamfer at the ends of the remaining pipe ends.
  
  
• 2). Sand the pipe ends with 600-grit sandpaper so that solder will adhere to it. Apply liquid solder flux to the pipe ends and the inside of a copper coupling slip.
  
  
• 3). Slide the copper pipe ends into the coupling slip. Heat each end of the joint individually with a torch, until solder held against the pipe joint flows into the joint between the pipe and the slip.