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Originally Posted by sleepywheel
Something like that repair clamp is only a temporary fix. If it's leaking at one spot, it will be ready to leak at another. My girlfriends house had a copper pipe leak and had a plumber repair that leak with a new short piece. Then there was a leak next to where he repaired it so I had a look at it. I found that the copper plumbing on the cold water side had pinhole leaks all through the house. Best to replace the whole pipe than to patch.
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Yep, eventually we are going to replace the whole thing, but we want to do it in the summer when it's a little warmer and we don't have to deal with the rain and snow. This is only temporary to get through the winter.