Acquired J-Pole construction skills carried over into home repairs

Not really electronics or ham radio related, well maybe a little... About 6 months ago I went into the basement and found this:

I thought that my water heater failed and was leaking all over the place. However, upon further inspection it turned out that there was a leak but not from the heater tank. The leak was occurring on the hot water side pipe. It was a pin hole leak from the pipe itself not anywhere near a solder joint. A pin hole right through the copper. I attempted to temporarily fix it with a hardware store clamp. This was successful to a limited extent but required much finagling.

Having at the time just soldered together a copper pipe J-pole I acquired rudimentary skills at soldering together this large metal tube. I decided to try my hand at replacing a section of pipe with this leak. The point of no return was the first cut with the tool I purchased for the J-pole experiment. 

The repair was a complete success! As proud as I am of my accomplishment, it does not look the best. The repair has held and seems to be a permanent fix. I just hope this was a fluke and that pin hole leaks will not appear elsewhere in the future.