[puttster]

Changing sprinkler and sawed through a tooty to get at it. Caught the PVC just as it comes out from under the sidewalk.
Thoughts on a repair are welcome!

 

[bfrabel]

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Homewer...-Compression-Coupling-511-43-34-34H/206667869

 

[ServiceCall]

No need to buy a slip coupling. Cut thru the pipe. Dig a little further back and bow the pipe into a standard coupling. Don’t forget the glue.

 

[puttster]

The cut is only an inch or two from the sprinkler. If possible I'd like to just patch the cut. Maybe epoxy?

 

[dj3]

No need to buy a slip coupling. Cut thru the pipe. Dig a little further back and bow the pipe into a standard coupling. Don’t forget the glue.

That's the way to do on the cheap...
And don't forget to prime too!

 

[ServiceCall]

The cut is only an inch or two from the sprinkler. If possible I'd like to just patch the cut. Maybe epoxy?

No that will never hold.

 

[dj3]

OP, watch some repair videos on youtube, you can do it, they can help.

 

[de-nagorg]

No need to buy a slip coupling. Cut thru the pipe. Dig a little further back and bow the pipe into a standard coupling. Don’t forget the glue.

Get 2 couplings, one for each side of the head, and move the head an inch or two, it won't affect the water pattern.

Another tip, when cutting roots close to the sprinkler, use your tree loppers instead of the Sawzall.

And save the plumbing.


ED

 

[TheEplumber]

The cut is only an inch or two from the sprinkler. If possible I'd like to just patch the cut. Maybe epoxy?

If you are that close to the head, go ahead and dig up the sprinkler. Then cut through the pipe, square up the ends and reassemble using a normal coupling. Use PVC glue and primer- follow directions on the cans and you're good to go

 

[puttster]

As it turned out the tube for the sprinkler attaches about a foot from the cut. But the root is still squeezing the pipe so I'm thinking a clamp of some kind would work better than a coupler. Correct?

 

[XSleeper]

You just need to dig more of the freaking root out. It's not glued to the pipe you know.

 

[de-nagorg]

As it turned out the tube for the sprinkler attaches about a foot from the cut. But the root is still squeezing the pipe so I'm thinking a clamp of some kind would work better than a coupler. Correct?

Ok, if you want to "engineer" it, here is a fast way.

Get some rubber hose from an automotive supply, split it lengthwise, and slide it over the cut, and use a worm drive heater hose clamp on both ends of the rubber, to clamp it off and stop the leak.

This works great for a few years until the clamps rust out, and release.

ED

 

[huesmann]

Stainless clamps.

 

[de-nagorg]

Stainless clamps.

Yes they are, but the worm screw is not, it's still base steel.:wink2:

ED

 

[puttster]

Went with the rubber hose and clamps looks like it's holding thanks guys.

 

[pjmarkert]

Fixed a 2 inch pool line underground, cut an old bicycle inner tube, wrapped around pipe and put 2 stainless hose clams on it, it has held almost 20 years now.

 

[de-nagorg]

Fixed a 2 inch pool line underground, cut an old bicycle inner tube, wrapped around pipe and put 2 stainless hose clams on it, it has held almost 20 years now.

After 20 years, there is a good possibility that those clamp screws have corroded away, and the only thing holding the "boot" on the pipe is the pressure of the surrounding dirt.

Is this a pressurized fill line, or a drain line of some kind?


ED

 

[pjmarkert]

After 20 years, there is a good possibility that those clamp screws have corroded away, and the only thing holding the "boot" on the pipe is the pressure of the surrounding dirt.



Is this a pressurized fill line, or a drain line of some kind?





ED

It is a suction line.

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[Missouri Bound]

There is always a Fernco coupler.

 

[de-nagorg]

It is a suction line.

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Different application, there is no pressure outward to cause it to leak, and works for you, but probably not for a sprinkler.


ED