yuletak
New Member
Hi, dug up a leak over the wknd and fixed it. However, I've got the following situation.
From the meter to the house, I've got PVC pipe which is then connected to a copper pipe. Just recently, it sprung a leak from where a male PVC adapter into the female copper end goes in. So I cut it off, used another adapter, cemented a small length of pvc to that, and connected it to the original PVC pipe w/ a compression coupling. There's going to be some movement naturally w/ variations in temp and humidity in the soil. I think the main cause is the fact that on top of the soil where the joint is, we have laid some bricks which allows us to park a car over the area. The weight of the car (over one tire) possibly could've caused the leak.
So my question is, is it a good idea to somehow at least try to restrict the movement of the pipe in a vertical plane caused the weight of the car?
TIA.
From the meter to the house, I've got PVC pipe which is then connected to a copper pipe. Just recently, it sprung a leak from where a male PVC adapter into the female copper end goes in. So I cut it off, used another adapter, cemented a small length of pvc to that, and connected it to the original PVC pipe w/ a compression coupling. There's going to be some movement naturally w/ variations in temp and humidity in the soil. I think the main cause is the fact that on top of the soil where the joint is, we have laid some bricks which allows us to park a car over the area. The weight of the car (over one tire) possibly could've caused the leak.
So my question is, is it a good idea to somehow at least try to restrict the movement of the pipe in a vertical plane caused the weight of the car?
TIA.
