Farmboy65
New Member
Somebody - not me - installed a water heater type flexible steel pipe between my house supply line shut-off and the pipe into the house. The line from the city water shut-off to my house's shut-off is intact, but this flex pipe sprung a leak (no way, right? lol). I replaced the flex pipe with another flex pipe *temporarily* to keep the supply flowing, but I'm left with a sketchy fix searching for a legitimate, durable repair option.
The line from the house is offset from the house shut-off by ~8". I'm in North TX, so we're dealing with clay soil.
I can't decide if the flex pipe was a shortcut to account for the offset between the shut-off and house line, or if it was used to allow for the expansion/contraction of the clay soil? Maybe this is common practice in 'clay state' rural plumbing where plumbing/building codes might not be followed to-the-letter?
I've already replaced the PVC coupler on the 'city-side' of my house shut-off twice in the last 6-8 years, so that has me thinking the clay's movement is wreaking havoc on these lines.
Any advice you can offer is appreciated. Thank You!!
The line from the house is offset from the house shut-off by ~8". I'm in North TX, so we're dealing with clay soil.
I can't decide if the flex pipe was a shortcut to account for the offset between the shut-off and house line, or if it was used to allow for the expansion/contraction of the clay soil? Maybe this is common practice in 'clay state' rural plumbing where plumbing/building codes might not be followed to-the-letter?
I've already replaced the PVC coupler on the 'city-side' of my house shut-off twice in the last 6-8 years, so that has me thinking the clay's movement is wreaking havoc on these lines.
Any advice you can offer is appreciated. Thank You!!
