Radiator Repair

How do you repair rusted radiator pipes?

My house has some type of old heating system that looks like several small radiators connected together. It also has a short metal covering with a vent over the top of the radiators. I heat with gas. My problem is one of the pipes has rusted a hole going into the radiator. I now have water leaking all over my bathroom floor. I sanded the pipe and tryed to sauder the hole closed but the sauder would not hold to the pipe. It did not help matters when I also could not figure out how to shut off the water supply to the pipes. Does anyone know how to repair this type of pipe? If you have any clues of how to shut the water off, that would be wonderful.

Public Comments

1. Well Im a Plumber and you have a problem. Lets start with the water 1st Check near the unit in the bathroom there should be a valve at every unit. But this is not always the case. If not go to your basement or where the main unit is and look for the shut off there. The only thing is Most of the valves have not been turned off in 30yrs and they dont close all the way or they close but wont open again. Now for the pipe. Well No easy way to say this It needs to be replaced. There are lil fixes you can try They have lil clamps with rubber on the inside of the clamp you put it over the pipe and tighten up. But no matter what you do this is only a quick fix. The problem with solder is it dont work with water and also if the pipe is bad there is a 95% chance that the whole pc is bad. This is not a easy thing to fix though. I would suggest to call A Plumber not just anyone Call someone that works on these kind of units. I have seen some really bad jobs by plumbers that think they can fix anything that moves water and made it 10times worse. I hate to give you the bad news But if you want it done correct this is what you have to do. Sorry and Goodluck PS- If you need any help or the other quick lil fixes E-Mail me at kos101@yahoo.com