A small leak through a crack in a water pipe can be temporarily stopped in an emergency. A plumber may not be intermediately available, or you may not have the proper tools or an appropriate piece of pipe for a replacement, or you may not have time enough at the moment to do a permanent job.
Place a flat rubber or leather gasket over the crack and hammer a piece of sheet metal to fit over the piece of sheet metal to fit over the gasket; then secure both to the pie with a clamp obtainable at hardware stores.
Where the leak is at a screw pipe joint and cannot be stopped by tightening the joint with pipe wrenches, apply a thin coating of commercial iron cement and/or a gasket and put a pipe band over it. A pipe ban is rugged and has two bolts whereas a pipe clamp is lighter and has only one bolt.
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