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> I have a shop floor with plastic hot water <BR>
> heating pipes. Some of these pipes have cracked <BR>
> as the floor has settled. Is there some product <BR>
> I can put in the water to seal the leaks, such as <BR>
> Bars Leaks or Allumaseal. These products are used <BR>
> in engine radiators. <BR>
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  • Geoff Harrop
    Geoff Harrop Member Posts: 1
    infloor heating pipe brakes

    I have a shop floor with plastic hot water heating pipes. Some of these pipes have cracked as the floor has settled.
    Is there some product I can put in the water to seal the leaks, such as Bars Leaks or Allumaseal. These products are used in engine radiators.
  • Unknown
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    Not that I know of.Geoff,

    > I have a shop floor with plastic hot water

    > heating pipes. Some of these pipes have cracked

    > as the floor has settled. Is there some product

    > I can put in the water to seal the leaks, such as

    > Bars Leaks or Allumaseal. These products are used

    > in engine radiators.





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  • Unknown
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    No easy way that I know of,,,

    Geoff,

    However, It may be possable to locate the leak(s) and repair them with a little demolition from above. I use an infared thermometer and have had good luck so far repairing broken embeded tubing.

    What type of plastic tube was used?

    Pipedream;-)

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  • Mark Hunt
    Mark Hunt Member Posts: 4,908
    The floor settled?

    > I have a shop floor with plastic hot water

    > heating pipes. Some of these pipes have cracked

    > as the floor has settled. Is there some product

    > I can put in the water to seal the leaks, such as

    > Bars Leaks or Allumaseal. These products are used

    > in engine radiators.





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  • Mark Hunt
    Mark Hunt Member Posts: 4,908
    The floor settled?


    Plastic tube cracked because the floor settled?

    Did you build on a sink hole?

    Who's tube was it?

    Mark H

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  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Member Posts: 23,873
    The bigger question

    is why the floor is moving? Until you can determine this I wouldn't spend much time trying to fix or locate sheared tubes.

    It is not unusual for concrete to crack, and generally this does not damage the tube. If the slab has settled or moved this may be on going based on jobsite conditions or improper backfill and prep work under the slab.

    There are sealers for pin holes and such, but ripped tube would be another issue.

    hot rod
    Bob "hot rod" Rohr
    trainer for Caleffi NA
    Living the hydronic dream
  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Member Posts: 23,873
    The bigger question

    is why the floor is moving? Until you can determine this I wouldn't spend much time trying to fix or locate sheared tubes.

    It is not unusual for concrete to crack, and generally this does not damage the tube. If the slab has settled or moved this may be on going based on jobsite conditions or improper backfill and prep work under the slab.

    There are sealers for pin holes and such, but ripped tube would be another issue.

    hot rod
    Bob "hot rod" Rohr
    trainer for Caleffi NA
    Living the hydronic dream
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