Patent ID: 8403007

Claim:
A pipe repair process, the process comprising steps of: enlarging and shaping a perforation of a pipe wall to a sized hole having a diameter for receiving a pipe repair plug, said pipe repair plug comprising: a pipe repair plug body having a cylindrical sidewall and pipe repair plug flange formed about a perimeter of a flange end of said pipe repair plug body, said body being fabricated of a solderable material and said cylindrical sidewall is watertight; inserting said cylindrical sidewall into said sized hole; and securing said pipe repair plug into said sized hole, seating said pipe repair plug flange against an exterior surface of said pipe wall and forming a watertight seal between a blind rivet and said pipe by applying solder to said pipe repair plug flange and said pipe wall exterior surface to create a solder joint between said pipe repair plug flange and said pipe wall exterior surface.