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Repairing a pipe with a wire in it MiamiCuse 10-07-2007
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Posted by BobK207 on October 7, 2007, 12:19 pm
> Hi I have a 1-1/2" PVC pipe that goes underground. Inside of it carries an
> electric wire (looks Romex). It runs under the pool deck from one side of
> the house, deck is a concrete slab and brick tiles on top.
>
> It runs under a small planter area about 3'x3' in size. My wife wants to
> plant some herb in there so I asked the landscape guys to remove all the
> existing fern looking plants in the planter area, they pulled them out
> quickly but had to use a pick axe to get to the roots. In the process they
> broke this small PVC pipe with the wire in it.
>
> Now, I have dug up the dirt and wanted to repair this pipe.
>
> The only thing is, I can cut out a 6" section of this pipe, there is a wire
> running through it, so it is in the way of me putting in a new section of
> the PVC pipe "sleeve". I cannot think of a way to repair it without cutting
> this wire, then insert the sleeve, the move the sleeve to one side, then
> mend the wire, the put the sleeve back.
>
> I kept thinking, there must be a gadget I am not aware of that can do this.
> Do they have any plastic sleeves or pipes that are actually two half pipes
> that you can fit and glue together or something like that?
>
> Thanks,
>
> MC

MC-

How big is the damaged area? Cracked? Puncture?

Check out this product

http://www.interlock-cpt.com/

Click on the Snapper button (~ mid page, lefthand side)

cheers
Bob


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Posted by Jeff Wisnia on October 7, 2007, 12:40 pm
BobK207 wrote:
>
>>Hi I have a 1-1/2" PVC pipe that goes underground. Inside of it carries an
>>electric wire (looks Romex). It runs under the pool deck from one side of
>>the house, deck is a concrete slab and brick tiles on top.
>>
>>It runs under a small planter area about 3'x3' in size. My wife wants to
>>plant some herb in there so I asked the landscape guys to remove all the
>>existing fern looking plants in the planter area, they pulled them out
>>quickly but had to use a pick axe to get to the roots. In the process they
>>broke this small PVC pipe with the wire in it.
>>
>>Now, I have dug up the dirt and wanted to repair this pipe.
>>
>>The only thing is, I can cut out a 6" section of this pipe, there is a wire
>>running through it, so it is in the way of me putting in a new section of
>>the PVC pipe "sleeve". I cannot think of a way to repair it without cutting
>>this wire, then insert the sleeve, the move the sleeve to one side, then
>>mend the wire, the put the sleeve back.
>>
>>I kept thinking, there must be a gadget I am not aware of that can do this.
>>Do they have any plastic sleeves or pipes that are actually two half pipes
>>that you can fit and glue together or something like that?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>MC
>
>
> MC-
>
> How big is the damaged area? Cracked? Puncture?
>
> Check out this product
>
> http://www.interlock-cpt.com/
>
> Click on the Snapper button (~ mid page, lefthand side)
>
> cheers
> Bob
>


Applause please!!!

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.98*10^14 fathoms per fortnight.

Posted by dpb on October 7, 2007, 12:44 pm
Jeff Wisnia wrote:
> BobK207 wrote:
>>
>>> Hi I have a 1-1/2" PVC pipe that goes underground. Inside of it
>>> carries an electric wire (looks Romex). ...
>>> broke this small PVC pipe with the wire in it.
>>>
>>> Now, I have dug up the dirt and wanted to repair this pipe.
...
>> How big is the damaged area? Cracked? Puncture?
>>
>> Check out this product
>>
>> http://www.interlock-cpt.com/
>>
>> Click on the Snapper button (~ mid page, lefthand side)
...

>
> Applause please!!!

I don't recall...are dimensions for water and electrical pvc same? I
was sorta' thinking they weren't although maybe close enough????

Been too long since did any wiring that used conduit other than EMT...

--

Posted by BobK207 on October 7, 2007, 11:36 pm
> Jeff Wisnia wrote:
> > BobK207 wrote:
>
> >>> Hi I have a 1-1/2" PVC pipe that goes underground. Inside of it
> >>> carries an electric wire (looks Romex). ...
> >>> broke this small PVC pipe with the wire in it.
>
> >>> Now, I have dug up the dirt and wanted to repair this pipe.
> ...
> >> How big is the damaged area? Cracked? Puncture?
>
> >> Check out this product
>
> >>http://www.interlock-cpt.com/
>
> >> Click on the Snapper button (~ mid page, lefthand side)
>
> ...
>
>
>
> > Applause please!!!
>
> I don't recall...are dimensions for water and electrical pvc same? I
> was sorta' thinking they weren't although maybe close enough????
>
> Been too long since did any wiring that used conduit other than EMT...
>
> --

I have always considered PVC pipe & PVC Rigid Conduit to be
dimensionally identical (at least with manufacturing tolerances).

http://apiplastics.com/pvc_pipe_dimensions.html

http://www.royalpipe.com/pdfs/Conduit.pdf

I suggested the "pipe repair" fitting so that the conduit could be
made watertight to keep water & dirt out of the conduit.

cheers
Bob



Posted by MiamiCuse on October 10, 2007, 9:24 pm

> BobK207 wrote:
>>
>>>Hi I have a 1-1/2" PVC pipe that goes underground. Inside of it carries
>>>an
>>>electric wire (looks Romex). It runs under the pool deck from one side
>>>of
>>>the house, deck is a concrete slab and brick tiles on top.
>>>
>>>It runs under a small planter area about 3'x3' in size. My wife wants to
>>>plant some herb in there so I asked the landscape guys to remove all the
>>>existing fern looking plants in the planter area, they pulled them out
>>>quickly but had to use a pick axe to get to the roots. In the process
>>>they
>>>broke this small PVC pipe with the wire in it.
>>>
>>>Now, I have dug up the dirt and wanted to repair this pipe.
>>>
>>>The only thing is, I can cut out a 6" section of this pipe, there is a
>>>wire
>>>running through it, so it is in the way of me putting in a new section of
>>>the PVC pipe "sleeve". I cannot think of a way to repair it without
>>>cutting
>>>this wire, then insert the sleeve, the move the sleeve to one side, then
>>>mend the wire, the put the sleeve back.
>>>
>>>I kept thinking, there must be a gadget I am not aware of that can do
>>>this.
>>>Do they have any plastic sleeves or pipes that are actually two half
>>>pipes
>>>that you can fit and glue together or something like that?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>MC
>>
>>
>> MC-
>>
>> How big is the damaged area? Cracked? Puncture?
>>
>> Check out this product
>>
>> http://www.interlock-cpt.com/
>>
>> Click on the Snapper button (~ mid page, lefthand side)
>>
>> cheers
>> Bob
>>
>
>
> Applause please!!!
>
> Jeff
>
> --
> Jeffry Wisnia
> (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
> The speed of light is 1.98*10^14 fathoms per fortnight.

***** Applause *****



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