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We're going to show you how we patched a hole in this pipe. Stick with us.
Jason: Poopy pipe!
Poopy pipe...
Today we're doing a little project
Hopefully little, doing a little patch repair so that we continue to proceed with our laundry room makeover
Today will be patching this hole in this drainpipe. It looks like it might just be seeping out a little bit
The previous owners had patched this hole with a piece of wood, a wood stick which didn't hold up over the test of time
Our solution hopefully is a little bit more
Semi-permanent we know it's not permanent without replacing the entire pipe so we picked up this kit
It's called freeze fix pipe and hose repair kit
We have no idea if it's going to do the job or not
But we're gonna find out. So the first step is to clean up the hole but before doing that
It's important to make sure that there's no pressure there, otherwise
The gunk in the hole might come back at you. In this case
It's a drain pipe, so we know we're okay, but just in case I'm gonna make Jason do it
All right, I'm going to try drilling in the screw into this and pulling out what remains there. Hopefully this isn't too disgusting
You might want to back the camera up a little bit...
Okay oh
Did you get it on you? No.
That's more rotten than I thought though
Have to get some more tools to help clean that out
I'm gonna try drilling it and
Just getting the drill bit in there and then pulling it out with the drill bit see what happens there.
That's okay, that's what we wanted. It's clear
It's actually a little bit cleaner than I thought so that's a good thing
Trying to clean that up as much as we can before we add the putty and then the fiberglass wrap on top of it
The first step it says is to blend this putty
And then before it hardens to apply it on to the hole and taper of the edges
Which we will then wrap it with tape but
I'm wondering if this is going to be enough we have a pretty big hole there
And I'm kind of questioning the kit because it looks like it's for pretty small holes
But we'll we'll see we have no choice at this point
I'm blending the two-part epoxy putty
Until there are no black specks remaining
With moist hands, so it doesn't stick to my hand
Do I want it to kind of go in the hole? Yeah, go in the hole
Yeah, make it go in the like make it go in the hole. I did. Then spread it out around
and try to make it like flat around
I think. I haven't used it before either
It says to taper out the edges
It's definitely in I don't want it to go all the way because, I mean, it would continue to go in, right?
I think we should have opted for a new wooden stick...
Would your inspector eyes say that that's tapered enough?
Or keep tapering it? I mean it doesn't hurt. There's no hole here
It's important that it's tapered well and stuck on the bottom because that's where it's going to run if it's gonna leak
It looks... even that alone is better than the wooden stick
Okay, so putty is up. The next step is we need to wrap
Around the putty around the hole with this tape
The instructions say to put on gloves, didn't say safety glasses, but I figure if need gloves... it won't hurt
So we need to wet the tape thoroughly and then we're going to wrap around
Starting from the bottom
Because we're concerned whether or not we're going to have enough tape because this is a wider pipe
And it ideally we're gonna get eight to ten layers
Around the actual hole or leak itself and we're gonna apply tension as we go around continuously
You got it? Now pull your way a little
Do you have it good because I have to pull? I mean it's pretty wide
Okay, I gotta let go so you can get around
Two wraps! All right!
Should I push? yeah, yep
Now I know why you wanted me to do this!
I pulled out the *bleep* stick!
I should keep my mouth closed...
So we're a little shy of the eight to ten wraps given that we only got two
So run into a little bit of a hiccup here, and it is a Sunday night
We're going to see what we can find
We're gonna see if we can find some more tape because at this point we're committed to this project
We left this for an hour and although we even know we only have two wraps on this
we're really impressed with how it has bonded to the pipe and
It does cover the lower half of the hole
We picked up some flex tape at a Walmart. It was the only thing we could find at this time of day
But looking at this now we kind of think that
This is probably sufficient as it is. I don't necessarily recommend this for everybody
Ideally, you know, even with the instructions it says eight to ten wraps, but we got two
But there's no pressure on this. It's a it's a drain it goes by so we're gonna
we're gonna leave it like this and we're going to keep an eye on it over the next few days and
Hope that no
Poopy water drips on you during laundry time
And we are going to place this pipe in the future so for now we think this is a sufficient solution for us
Time will tell, but we will keep an eye on it
Like I said, maybe not the ideal fix
But certainly much better than the wooden stick that was in there before. Seeing how this sealed
We were quite impressed with the product
It does seem like it really gripped on there the putty hardened very well the tape hardened and bonded very well
obviously, I think the package is designed for a smaller pipe but
It would have been nice for them to say how much was in the package I think
Unless it does say. Yeah, it does say that
But I never really looked at that. I mean it was part of the package and we needed the package to do it so yeah
It's only 30 inches, if you're wondering. Bottom line, at this point we would recommend the product but
We'll post some comments down below in the future if we notice that it starts behaving differently yeah
so far so good and
Definitely did the job for us
now that we have that fixed and we can move on to the rest of the laundry room makeover and
And really try and get this room put together. It's been in an awful state for a few weeks now so
Months
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