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    A question for the plumbing brains trust.

    I have broken through a stormwater pipe. As it's not under pressure I'm thinking of patching it rather than sleeving it. Should I use the pvc glue or sealant? The repair will be backfilled and paved.
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    Quote Originally Posted by V8Ian View Post
    I have broken through a stormwater pipe. As it's not under pressure I'm thinking of patching it rather than sleeving it. Should I use the pvc glue or sealant? The repair will be backfilled and paved.

    Just do what you think is the best for the situation If its deep down I would just patch and b fill

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    Hi,
    Cut a length of similar plastic pipe (90 mm?) and cut that in half lengthwise.
    With a couple of hose clamps and blue glue patch and clamp it. (Clamps can come off later on)
    Recover and carry on.

    ps. I' not a plumber, but I've seen it done that way.

    Cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by austastar View Post
    Hi,
    Cut a length of similar plastic pipe (90 mm?) and cut that in half lengthwise.
    With a couple of hose clamps and blue glue patch and clamp it. (Clamps can come off later on)
    Recover and carry on.

    ps. I' not a plumber, but I've seen it done that way.

    Cheers
    I've patched my live stormwater system this way, there's about a 2m head of water above the repair, no problems. Rather than split the patch pipe in half though, I slit it lengthwise down one side so I could open it up and snap it over the damaged section, that way it's self-clamping. A big hose clamp or two while the glue goes off can't hurt. Nice and clean, primer first and plenty of blue glue, the perfect crime.

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    The other option is to get 2 x rubber connectors and a small piece of stormwater pipe from your plumbing supplies and cut out the damaged piece and add new piece with two rubber connectors and hose clamps. the connectors will slide up the new p[eice to make joining easy.
    The connectors are good enough for a permanent repair provided the hose clamps are stainless.

    Ian
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    I'm with Ian. I have done exactly this a few weeks back. The rubber connectors are inexpensive and are apparently meant to last. Can get them from Bunnings etc. and grab a metre of storm pipe for the middle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ian4002000 View Post
    The other option is to get 2 x rubber connectors and a small piece of stormwater pipe from your plumbing supplies and cut out the damaged piece and add new piece with two rubber connectors and hose clamps. the connectors will slide up the new p[eice to make joining easy.
    The connectors are good enough for a permanent repair provided the hose clamps are stainless.

    Ian
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    Plumb quicks are their trade name and this is the way to go. Do your repair very well and you can forget about it, skimp and you may be in there again.
    Do it properly, do it once.

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    The issue is that the pipe is laid on rock/shale, I had enough trouble getting the hole that big. Sleeving would be my preferred method but I'd need to excavate the undisturbed rock below the pipe.
    BTW, the pipe is 100 mm.
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    The sin.

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    Have had similar, a piece of same diameter pipe glued over the top of that hole, does the job. Or to go one step better, I like the idea in one of the previous posts re splitting a piece of pipe and putting over the hole with glue.

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