Hi all this is my first post so please be gentle with me .
I am a keen diy'er and i can do most jobs around the house with good results ,however i have got a plumbing problem that is reocerring .
A few weeks ago i was removing some stud partioning in the bathroom cupboard where the hot water cylinder is and a lenth of wood with a nail in fell onto the cylinder and went through the cylinder skin causing a major leak , i drained the water out and cleaned the area around the hole and then used flux and pipe solder to try to repair the hole , all has been ok for about 2 weeks but today i noticed a small stream of water coming from the repaired area so i am worried that the repair i made is not going to hold even if i try to do it again , i am pretty good at doing soldered joints as i have fitted new pipes in the past with no problems so i was wondering if i am doing something wrong or is it not possible to repair a cylinder this way because of the pressure inside of it , i would like to repair it if possible rather than replace it because it is quite a large one and there would be quite a lot of work and expense to do this , any help would be much appreciated .
I am a keen diy'er and i can do most jobs around the house with good results ,however i have got a plumbing problem that is reocerring .
A few weeks ago i was removing some stud partioning in the bathroom cupboard where the hot water cylinder is and a lenth of wood with a nail in fell onto the cylinder and went through the cylinder skin causing a major leak , i drained the water out and cleaned the area around the hole and then used flux and pipe solder to try to repair the hole , all has been ok for about 2 weeks but today i noticed a small stream of water coming from the repaired area so i am worried that the repair i made is not going to hold even if i try to do it again , i am pretty good at doing soldered joints as i have fitted new pipes in the past with no problems so i was wondering if i am doing something wrong or is it not possible to repair a cylinder this way because of the pressure inside of it , i would like to repair it if possible rather than replace it because it is quite a large one and there would be quite a lot of work and expense to do this , any help would be much appreciated .