Gents, we went to our property today, and found that the pipe between the pump and the tank had burst (wish I'd had 2 work lights in there!). The repair looks pretty simple (it's PVC after all) but I want to make the repair in the best way (without a full rebuild).
I'm not sure if there's a reason for the middle to be higher than the rest. It's probably because that was simplest, but I suspect it's also possible that there's some other reason (like traps in pipes).
Also, any recommendations on a better way to do it than just rebuilding it to be similar to how it is now?
I think I'd need to cut the pipe on the vertical just before it goes into the elbow which would put the pipe a bit lower than it is now, but that would be easy to rectify with a slightly longer piece between the two 135º elbows.
Or, is there a better way? Should I take this opportunity to install some Pex and if so, how much or does that make any sense in a setup like this without replacing everything.
And any recommendations for a gauge to replace the one in place that clearly isn't working?
Water flow is left to right with the portion in the red circle being the split/damaged pipe.
I was confused about the gray PVC going into the metal T-junction with the faucet, but then I noticed in one of the photos that it looks like there's teflon tape around the PVC, so there must be internal threads in the junction that the PVC is screwed into. I was surprised, didn't expect for there to be internal and external threads.
