Say what you like, but the chopik is one of the greatest inventions of plumbers and plumbers for the prompt repair of pipes.

Indeed ... Well, how can you fix a leak in a pipe even faster? By and large, for a chopik there is no difference: to plug a small switch or a hefty hole. The main thing is that the plumber should have a knife for making a chopik. And the material ... Yes, you never know around us wooden products that can be "quickly" converted into a chopik.

In theory, chopik is a temporary measure. He defeated the leak, and now you can safely look for a pipe to replace the emergency section, choose a convenient time, and do everything “along the way”.

However, the realities of life are: "There is nothing more permanent than temporary." I don’t know who first announced this truth, but it was said very accurately! As a result ... Millions of chopiks stick out in the pipes of our country ...

On this topic, dear readers, I have put together an interesting selection for you. And at the end of the article I will tell a joke about a chopik .

When I said that for a chopik there is no difference what size and shape the hole needs to be plugged, I meant just such a case. Well, how many chopiks were sanded there!?

 Mega chopsticks as a stub!!! Something tells me that they will fly out like a cork when pressure is applied during the heating season.

In some cases, there is simply no alternative to chopik. In principle, there is no great pressure in the sewer pipes ... And if it squeezes out ... the whole basement will float in shit:

And here the reason for finding this “drin” in the wheel is not very clear: either a hefty knot pierced the wheel, and it remained hanging around ... or the puncture is so large that the car owner decided to use a kind of chop to get to the nearest tire fitting.

Chopsticks are applicable not only to eliminate leaks, but also to fix the street column ...

And without such a measure, in the heating season ... well, absolutely nothing! If there are bitter frosts on the street, you won’t block the entire entrance. We'll have to wait for spring.

And now a joke about a plumber and a chopik:

A young plumber got a job, after graduating from college, in the housing office.

They assigned him to a mentor - an experienced, seasoned plumber. On the very first day, an emergency happened: a sewer pipe burst in the basement of a high-rise building. The mentor and his student went to fix the leak.

They open the basement door, and there ... the whole basement is in shit. The mentor says:

- I'll go see what happened there, and for now, make a chop on a 100 mm pipe. Can you do it?

The student nodded his head and the mentor climbed into the basement, plunging into the slush to the very waist. In half an hour it pops up:

-Chopik ready?

-Yeah

The plumber took the chop and climbed back. After 15 minutes, he climbs out of the basement, covered in shit, but happy as an elephant. He sits on the step and says:

- Study student, otherwise you will serve chopiki.