In the basement of my house I had a pipe leaking water from the main valve. After replacing the old brass fitting with copper I have this hole in my wall. I was wondering if anyone here knows the correct materials to purchase to repair and if possible, give a detail procedure of how to repair the wall. I was told by the plumber that the wall needed to be built first and to then pour sand along with rocks to fill the rest of the hole. After that is done I assume the concrete is placed to build a flat surface. Here are some pics to showcase what I am dealing with. First pic is the view from the garage floor Second pic is the view from the basement

All piping passing thru the wall should be sleeved. Build a plywood form and attach it with wire to the exposed side. Form needs to be secured.I am assuming this wall is concrete.Add some rebar dowels and wire tie to form a crossing pattern.Then patch with concrete.

Thanks for advice. I have an individual quoting 200 for the whole project. Wall is concrete. The rebar dowels and wire tie should be placed in the concrete wall correct? Once again I appreciate your time and input.

got to love old houses,

ahhh, what do you actually have there, looks like galvanized to brass to copper to sharkbites, back to copper, I have done my fair share of plumbing and pipe fitting, I tried to count how many components you have between those three walls but it's pointless there's just too many, One of my pet peeves especially with plumbing is too keep as little joins as possible preferably permanent, soldered and for underground I am not referring to the kind you can do with one of those blue propane torches.

Is that really a Shark bite I see there? I remember when they first came out, I never tried one but I remember they were making all sorts of claims, underground in between three walls that's a new one,


point I am trying to make is: you might want to have another look at your plumbing before you think about fixing the wall just because it's not leaking now does not imply it's fixed