Plastic Water Main

[walshie 2,804]

We've got 1/2" or possibly 3/4" blue plastic water main coming into our house from the yard.

 

Now it's eventually stopped raining I've noticed a damp patch in the gravel. It might well be the rainwater from the gravel evaporating, or it might be the water main weeping.

 

Rather than dig it up to have a look, I'm going to turn the water off at the borehole for a few hours and see if this dries up.

 

If it doesn't, is there something you can repair water main with or would I need to cut a section out and replace it with a length of pipe and 2 couplings?

 

Cheers.

[moxy 617]

Cut and replace. On line the couplings are about 80p a piece.

[walshie 2,804]

Cut and replace. On line the couplings are about 80p a piece.

 

80p each? I wasn't thinking of spending that kind of money.

[moxy 617]

you should have moved to Scotland!!

 

Duct tape it is then.

[taz2010 1,297]

depending on how big the burst is you could cut and put a straight coupler on it without putting a piece of pipe in

[Rabid 1,936]

Provided it's a small hole, and the pipe isn't too damaged, dig it up carefully, a neat cut and just a straight connector.

[walshie 2,804]

Definitely the pipe. Haven't got down to it yet, but I can see a small swirl in the water.

[king 11,972]

Definitely the pipe. Haven't got down to it yet, but I can see a small swirl in the water.

 

That could be the spin of the earth mun dai.