Hello!,
Slightly desperate, please excuse my stupidity but I havent a clue when it comes to plumbing.
Whilst attempting to put up a mirror in the hallway of our new house, my other half drilled into a plastic pipe which seems to supply the radiator beneath it.
The pipe is consealed in the wall, which is plasterboard then brick (external wall) with no gap.We've cut away some plaster to get a better look at it and can see the pipe has just been grazed, but due to the pressure of the water it still shoots out at a rate of knots as soon as we turn the hot water on. It has an identical pipe next to it which is unharmed.
I've had a look around and seen lots of pipe connectors where you cut out the broken bit of pipe and replace it with another section and a connector, but we cannot get at the pipe without ripping half of the wall out, as it is plastered into the wall (I hope that makes sense!) I can email a pic if I'm not explaining it well.
I've tried to bung the hole with loctite power putty which sets like concrete but to no avail! It holds for about 5 minutes then due to the sheer pressure of it, the water starts shooting out wherever it can escape!
I'm stuck as to what to do. Does anyone have a suggestion? I'm really desperate, we've no hot water or heating and I havent a clue what to do.
In case it makes any difference we've got a closed non-vented central heating system in a brand new house and I'm loathed to start pulling down walls!
Heeeeeeelp!
sluggy_bug :0)
Slightly desperate, please excuse my stupidity but I havent a clue when it comes to plumbing.
Whilst attempting to put up a mirror in the hallway of our new house, my other half drilled into a plastic pipe which seems to supply the radiator beneath it.
The pipe is consealed in the wall, which is plasterboard then brick (external wall) with no gap.We've cut away some plaster to get a better look at it and can see the pipe has just been grazed, but due to the pressure of the water it still shoots out at a rate of knots as soon as we turn the hot water on. It has an identical pipe next to it which is unharmed.
I've had a look around and seen lots of pipe connectors where you cut out the broken bit of pipe and replace it with another section and a connector, but we cannot get at the pipe without ripping half of the wall out, as it is plastered into the wall (I hope that makes sense!) I can email a pic if I'm not explaining it well.
I've tried to bung the hole with loctite power putty which sets like concrete but to no avail! It holds for about 5 minutes then due to the sheer pressure of it, the water starts shooting out wherever it can escape!
I'm stuck as to what to do. Does anyone have a suggestion? I'm really desperate, we've no hot water or heating and I havent a clue what to do.
In case it makes any difference we've got a closed non-vented central heating system in a brand new house and I'm loathed to start pulling down walls!
Heeeeeeelp!
sluggy_bug :0)
