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I have heard that the lye in concrete eats copper...
Hopefully that is Chicken Little talk.

I have one opinion on building materials & techniques...
If it hasn't been demonstrated to last over 100 years...I don't use it.

(Of course I still plaster w/ hair & lath so don't take me too seriously)
 
Basil said:
Now this if fun...I have the water turned off out at the street, but when someone needs to "go" I have to go out and turn it on so they can flush, then turn it back off again! Weee!!!
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If you have close by neighbors, I would suggest that you modify a garden hose with female ends and run it between the outdoor spigots. Remembering of course to close the valve in the house on the incoming water line.
 
TRMark said:
Basil said:
Now this if fun...I have the water turned off out at the street, but when someone needs to "go" I have to go out and turn it on so they can flush, then turn it back off again! Weee!!!
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If you have close by neighbors, I would suggest that you modify a garden hose with female ends and run it between the outdoor spigots. Remembering of course to close the valve in the house on the incoming water line.
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Or ... just fill up the bath tubs with water as a temporary cistern. And don't drink so much coffee :jester:

T.
 
ALL Copper here at my Hovel, from the street & through out the house. PCV is illegal here in my county for culinary plumbing, We have Basements, so all piping is ran under the floor joists, {Basement ceiling}. AND ...... Yea ..... From the street to the house, the pipe is burried 4 ft underground.
Our water is hard as nails! It eats faucet seats in short order and will make a 30 gallon water heater tank weigh more then you can lift when enpty in about two years.
So plumbing here is a constant battle, BUT .......... NO digging as of yet ...... Knock on wood! { other than the initial digging to instal the sprinkler sys service valve. and now it needs to be replaced so I will eventualy have to re dig it up.
No Job No Money No Worries, Go Camping ....... Ride ATV`s........ Be happy!
 
Basil said:
Houston, we have pipe! Ok, about 4 ft down I finally got to the pipe and have located the leak. Now the fun begins!
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<span style="color: #006600">Yes, repairing the leaking pipe is usually
quite simple. Ya might need to purchase a bit of grass seed
as a final touch </span>
:yesnod: :thumbsup:


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DONE! It's 10:20PM. Pictures later. Somebody get the license number of the truck that just hit me!

Basil
 
Yep - gotta watch out for them monster trucks ...

(glad you're back in business!)

T.
 
Might even say he's flush now...

:devilgrin:
 
The digging begins:

leak1.jpg



Half way there:

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The fix is in. The PVC pipe from the street is about a foot deeper than the copper pipe that goes into the house. They had it connected with a copper flex line which had broken. Here is the repaired line: Note the use of the "Shark Bite" on the right side. That's a special coupling that allows you to couple coper pipe to copper pipe without the need to solder:

leak3.jpg
 
From the look of the grass around the hole in your 1st photo, it looks like the leak's been around for a while.
 
Time to shower Basil with praise for a john well done... :thirsty:
 
martx-5 said:
Time to shower Basil with praise for a john well done... :thirsty:
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I was just about to tell you to scroll up, but you beat me to it and edited your post! LOL
 
A couple more leaky pipes and your lawn will look great! Seriously, glad it wasn't under the slab like you first feared.
 
Amen to that!

And I used them Aussie "SharkBite" thingies on me bruvver's shower mixer replacement. Impressed with th ease, tho thought 'em much like electrical crimp fasteners... we'll see.

His job did NOT include any digging. Just some SawzAll action. He got to patch all th' drywall problems. I didn't volunteer for that part. :smirk:
 
Tinster said:
Hey Boss! Good job.

Don't ya just HATE digging??

d
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Yes, and when its wet clay soil, the stuff doesn't come off the shovel when you toss it, si I had to always band the shovel shaft on something to get each shovel full to break loose! And the afternoon monsoon showers didn't help either!
 
Basil said:
Tinster said:
Hey Boss! Good job.

Don't ya just HATE digging??

d
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Yes, and when its wet clay soil, the stuff doesn't come off the shovel when you toss it, si I had to always band the shovel shaft on something to get each shovel full to break loose! And the afternoon monsoon showers didn't help either!
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Did they fill yur excavation with monsoon water as well?
:shocked:


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