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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
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>>
>> MC-
>>
>> How big is the damaged area? Cracked? Puncture?
>>
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>>
>> cheers
>> Bob
>>
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