Plumbing – Is it possible to fix a leak in PP-R piping by injecting some type of substance

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I have a central heating system based on PP-R piping and radiators. The PP-R piping goes under the floor. The problem is that the pressure is droping 0.2 atm / week and I am sure there's a leak somewhere under the flooring.

I was wondering if anyone has heard of some sort of sealing substance that could be injected into the system? I've read about something similar for copper piping, but can't find anything related to PP-R, don't know if it would be even possible.

I really don't want to remove the flooring in order to fix this, due to costs, so I am considering this as the ultimate solution.

Best Answer

As Steven mentioned how do you know you've fixed it? Also, do you want to circulate sealing compound through your boiler?And damp under a house can cause a lot of problems. If you want to know the exact location of the leak and under the floor is totally inaccessible you could consider using a thermal imaging contractor to find the leak to localize damage to the flooring and [this site] (http://www.ekoplastik.com/?download=ekoplastik_ppr_mont_en.pdf) has information on repairing of PP-R pipe in page 27.